About this title: Some of today's best fantasists draw on the great wealth of world faery lore and classic faery literature in this companion anthology to the World Fantasy Finalist "The Green Man." Authors include Tanith Lee, Holly Black, and Neil Gaiman.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Date Published: 2004
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 2004
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Description: Vess, Charles. Good. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 528 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Childrens Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670059140ISBN:0670059145
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
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Description: Vess, Charles. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Paperback Edition-Slight Wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 528 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Young adult; Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: HB
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670059140ISBN:0670059145
Description: Charles Vess. VG in VG jacket. DJ; some edgewear & light rubbing; crease on back flap corner. Book: light rubbing & edgewear; tiny surface tear at edge of paste-down in front cover; overall clean & tight copy. 531 pages. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Viking Childrens Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670059140ISBN:0670059145
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780142404065ISBN:0142404063
Description: Vess, Charles. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 528 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2006
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2006-02-02
ISBN-13:9780142404065ISBN:0142404063
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Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Viking Books, 2004. Book club edition. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new removable archival protector. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670059140ISBN:0670059145
Description: Good. Good: A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. About Austin eBooks Austin eBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service! We add inventory to our store daily, and guarantee order processing and shipment ... read more
"Over the years, Datlow and Windling have established a reputation as editors of quality fantasy anthologies. This particular anthology contains various modern adult retellings of classic fairy tales which are essential reading for the fairy tale-addicted such as myself. Windling starts off with a fine introductory essay on the origins, varieties, and attitudes toward fairies in different cultures and, in particular, their treatment in English literature and art.
If you're expecting stories about quaint Victorian fairies with filmy wings, you're reading the wrong book. The short stories presented here are not the sugar-coated Disney version but rather are stories which hark back to earlier folklore about creatures who can be good or evil, dangerous or benign. Also, most of the stories bring magical elements into modern settings, including New York City, an English village, a Brazilian city, a Japanese mountainside, a French farm, and L.A. To entice your curiosity, many of the best known names of modern fantasy are represented in this volume: Charles de Lint, Delia Sherman, Tanith Lee, Katherine Vaz, Gregory Frost, Kelly Link, Steve Berman, Holly Black, Bruce Glassco, Ellen Steiber, Nini Kiriki Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Patricia McKillip, Gregory Maguire, Hiromi Goto, A.M. Dellamonica, Bill Congreve, Jeffrey Ford, Emma Bull, and Nan Fry.
"The Boys of Goose Hill" by Charles de Lint >> An interesting poem about mischievous fairies
"Catnyp" by Delia Sherman >> A short story about a girl living in a fairy New York who tries to win a bet that humans know more than fairies about love. Throw in a personable library database, a boy searching to get to the human world, and fairy boons.
"Elvenbrood" by Tanith Lee >> A haunting modern-day story about fairies taking young children back to their land. They can't take the child unless one of the parents "sells" them for something better, whether or not the parents are aware of it.
"Your Garnet Eyes" by Katherine Vaz >> The story of a father and daughter abandoned by the faery wife. Involves the different strategies used by the daughter in order to make her father forget the fey.
"Tengu Mountain" by Gregory Frost >> An interesting story with an intriguing basis in legend and history. The story is about a Japanese boy visiting his aunt only to find himself in a precarious situation.
"The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link >> A creative story about a handbag that contains a whole fairy world.
"The Price of Glamour" by Steve Berman >> Poor Tup is in charge of collecting stolen goods for his demanding boss. In order to disguise oneself as a human, the fey must either have glamour or the Sight because all the iron in the city destroys their natural ability to disguise themselves. Caught one day trying to steal glamour, Tup ends up being enslaved for 12 years.
"The Night Market" by Holly Black >> A fast paced Filipino tale about a girl trying to save her sister from an elf's curse. Tomasa, the main character, goes to the night market, the fairies' market, in order to break it. Soon the elf does not seem so bad after all.
"Never Never" by Bruce Glassco >> Tinkerbell, because of Peter's requests, brings in new amusements for him that never leave the enchanted land--such as Tiger Lily's village or Captain Hook's ship. Cursed to live there forever, or at least until madness takes over, Hook is miserable. Tinkerbell takes pity on him and grants him one wish.
"Screaming for Faeries" by Ellen Steiber >> The story is definitely a glorification of primal instincts--insisting we all have a connection with the earth and a beautiful chord of intense passion hidden within.
"Immersed in Matter" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman >> An interesting short story introducing the concept that the half faeries are also, deep down, related to animals. Owl, through his desire to meet horses, learns to notice others and learns about the world.
"Undine" by Patricia A. McKillip >> All undines capture mortal men and bring them back to their underwater homes. Eventually, if the men don't escape, they die and the undines find others to take their places. This short story tells of an undine trying to catch her first man but things don't go exactly as planned.
"The Oakthing" by Gregory Maguire >> When the Grandomtoher is left behind after her family abandons their farm due to war, she finds herself alone in a village with impending advance of enemy soldiers. She befriends an oakthing--a twiggy creature that inhabits the oak tree on the farm.
"Foxwife" by Hiromi Goto >> Yumeko seems to find bad luck wherever she goes and the day the story takes place is no exception. When her boat capsizes she soon finds herself in the midst of a wedding procession for kitsune and becomes their prisoner.
"The Dream Eaters" by A. M. Dellamonica >> Mo and Liz are both girls from a group home. Mo, through stealing some money, starts her own business which takes off. Now one of Mo's friends, a little girl named Peg, has disappeared, spirited off by fairies.
"The Faery Reel" by Neil Gaiman >> A poem about a man, when young, split his soul in two. While one part stayed in the human world the other lived in faerie.
"The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole" by Bill Congreve >> A young man is hired to stay at an oasis-like area in the Australian wilderness in order to shoot animals not native to Australia. And thus begins the young man's rigorous examination of death and life. I did not care to finish this story; it proved to be too long-winded for my taste.
"The Annals of Eelin-Ok" by Jeffrey Ford >> Easily the best story in this collection. A fascinating and creative story about fairies that inhabit sandcastles (Twilmish they are called). A Twilmish lives only as long as the castle exists so they must choose their castle wisely.
"De La Tierra" by Emma Bull >> The tale involves a modified human doing the "dirty work" for shape changing fairies. These fairies, in order to protect their way of life, hire hit men to take out fairies who do not blend in with the urban world. The plot is good, it's just the writing of it which really put me off.
"How to find Faery" by Nan Fry >> A poem not only describing how to find a fairy but also how to appreciate the magic found in nature and ourselves.
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Title The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm Author Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling Reviewed By Purplycookie"
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