Kyrie
I've absolutely got to save a link to Ursula Le Guin's essay from this book. I don't want to lose the words when I've got to grudgingly return this book to the library.
I'd originally grabbed this for the short stories by Patricia McKillip, Susanna Clarke, and Neil Gaiman, only to realize - slightly disappointed - that I'd already read those particular short stories. Lady of the Skulls, “John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner”, and Snow, Glass, Apple respectively.)
But, I don't mind rereading those. Their authors are on my list of favorites for a reason.
There was a story by Gregory Maguire that I hadn't read yet, “Scarecrow”, which was a lovely, more traditional look at the land of Oz.
I'm hunting down books by Steven Millhauser and Robert Holdstock, thanks to their stories - “The Barnum Museum” (which hits that same sweet spot for me that The Night Circus did) and “Mythago Wood” (which has wonderful imagery of primeval forests).
I've absolutely got to save a link to Ursula Le Guin's essay from this book. I don't want to lose the words when I've got to grudgingly return this book to the library.
I'd originally grabbed this for the short stories by Patricia McKillip, Susanna Clarke, and Neil Gaiman, only to realize - slightly disappointed - that I'd already read those particular short stories. Lady of the Skulls, “John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner”, and Snow, Glass, Apple respectively.)
But, I don't mind rereading those. Their authors are on my list of favorites for a reason.
There was a story by Gregory Maguire that I hadn't read yet, “Scarecrow”, which was a lovely, more traditional look at the land of Oz.
I'm hunting down books by Steven Millhauser and Robert Holdstock, thanks to their stories - “The Barnum Museum” (which hits that same sweet spot for me that The Night Circus did) and “Mythago Wood” (which has wonderful imagery of primeval forests).