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Tag Archives: Charles de lint
Charles de Lint’s Svaha
Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review. Svaha is a little different from what we are accustomed to seeing from Canadian fantasist Charles de Lint, being much more science fiction than fantasy. However, there are elements of urban and mythic fantasy … Continue reading
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Charles de Lint’s Triskell Tales: 22 Years of Chapbooks
This, quite honestly, is a book that I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on for quite some time. Years, in fact, long before the good people at Subterranean Press announced they would be putting forth this massive collection, … Continue reading
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Charles de Lint’s The Ivory and The Horn
Imagine a Charles de Lint short story collection as the literary equivalent of a box of Godiva chocolates. Each individual tidbit is luscious, rich, and sensuously delicious. Unfortunately, if you eat the whole box at once, those qualities tend to … Continue reading
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Charles de Lint’s Waifs and Strays
When I read Charles de Lint, I don’t just pay attention to the words. I slow down and listen to the rhythms the words make. I look for the underlying patterns of color and music that so thoroughly insinuate themselves … Continue reading
Charles de Lint’s Greenmantle
Naomi de Bruyn penned this review. When Tony Valenti takes out Eddie ‘the Squeeze’ Pinelli for Don Magaddino, he has no idea that it will become the perfect opportunity for someone to turn the tables and get rid of him. As … Continue reading
Charles de Lint’s The Wild Wood
As I was reading The Wild Wood today, I found the imprint of a shape pressed onto the words on the page in front of me. I was puzzled until I turned back one page and saw the same shape, inked in … Continue reading
Charles de Lint’s Trader
Jayme Lynn Blaschke penned this review. There are few fantasy concepts that enamor Hollywood so much as that of people switching bodies. Jodie Foster did it for Disney way back in the kiddie flick Freaky Friday, and in the ensuing years … Continue reading
Charles de Lint’s Memory & Dream
Jayme Lynn Blaschke penned this review. If there is an inherent flaw within the sub-genre of urban fantasy, it lies in the fact that many writers rely too heavily on established mythology. The familiar fantasy becomes a crutch, and holds the … Continue reading
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Charles de Lint’s Someplace To Be Flying
Laurie Thayer penned this review. Kerry moved to Newford to escape her past and live a normal life. But her life is anything but normal, especially with people like the Crow Girls in it. They appear to be irrepressible teenagers, and yet Maida eased … Continue reading
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Charles de Lint’s Moonlight and Vines
Jayme Lynn Blaschke penned this review. Walk into a bookstore–any bookstore–and take a look at the titles lining the shelves of the fiction section. Odds are there won’t be too many short story collections, and more’s the pity. In today’s corporate-minded … Continue reading
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