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Tag Archives: fantasy
Jim C. Hines’s The Stepsister Scheme
Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Cinderella. Some stuff happened involving an evil stepmother, some nasty stepsisters, a glass slipper, and a prince. Cinderella and her prince fell in love, were married, and lived happily ever … Continue reading
Jim C. Hines’s Red Hood’s Revenge
They are the secret protectors of the kingdom of Lorindar. Snow White, the sultry mistress of mirror magic. Danielle, wielder of a powerful glass sword, once known as Cinderella. Talia, whose fairy gifts make her a powerful warrior, but whose … Continue reading
Jim C. Hines’s The Mermaid’s Madness
Once upon a time, there were three very special princesses. Each one inspired a fairy tale, and in each case, the facts were either exaggerated or outright fabricated. Even so, there remains an element of truth to Sleeping Beauty, Snow … Continue reading
Walter Wangerin, Jr.’s The Book of the Dun Cow
Equal parts allegory and fable, The Book of the Dun Cow is one of those rare books that transcends genre boundaries to appeal to a broad range of readers. Key to this unique trait are the theological underpinnings that Walter … Continue reading
Jodie Forrest’s The Rhymer and the Ravens: The Book of Fate
Jodie Forrest has taken a familiar story — that of Thomas the Rhymer — and successfully fused it with both Norse mythology and her own blend of history and fantasy. Thomas, or rather Tomas, is a young Norseman in this … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged British folklore, fantasy, Nordic myth, Scottish folklore
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Dragonship’s The Rhymer and the Ravens
I wanted to like this 19 track cassette. Really I did. Why? First, it’s a rock opera, and I’ve always been a sucker for rock operas. Second, it’s based on (and named after) the first of a series of books … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged fantasy, progressive rock
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S.E. Hinton’s Hawkes Harbour
S.E. Hinton has had an interesting career. She sold her first (and subsequently most well known) novel The Outsiders, when she was only 17. That was in 1967. In the years since, her career has been punctuated by long breaks … Continue reading
Steven Spielberg’s Hook
Kate Brown wrote this review. An outstanding film, Hook follows up the original story of Peter Pan, in which a lost boy in ‘Neverneverland’ takes on a villainous pirate who would steal his innocence. Peter Pan is the boy who … Continue reading
P. J. Hogan’s Peter Pan, Mike Newell’s An Awfully Big Adventure, and Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland
Michelle Erica Green wrote this review. Peter Pan: wonderful childhood fantasy about a land where the young-at-heart have adventures with pirates and fairies, or dysfunctional parable of the dark side of childhood in which every girl is expected to play … Continue reading
Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Norrington: “You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of. Jack Sparrow: “But you have heard of me.” Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate’s life for me. From Errol Flynn sailing the high seas to Cary Elwes … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged adventure, fantasy, pirates, The Princess Bride
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