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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I loved this book. It was just so ALIVE. Only it made me want to go back to college . . . (  ) MichelleSimkins | Sep 18, 2009 |  This book could very well be the gateway drug from 'mainstream' fiction to fantasy. I spent most of it wondering where the explicit supernatural was, though the hints were lovely. And then, there it was, and I wasn't sorry it had been so subtle before... http://storyjunkie.livejournal.com/10... (  ) storyjunkie | Jul 21, 2009 | Janet is finally attending Blackstock, the college in her hometown she has dreamed of attending. This is a Tam Lin retelling and my second favourite of those. It's set in the 1970s and I love it for its (idealised) description of the college and college life (which makes me disappointed when Janet's later years are skimmed over) which makes up the major portion of the book. The fantasy elements don't come into it that much - i'd call it urban fantasy if anything - but they are woven through. alasen_reads | Jul 20, 2009 | I liked the book better after I finished it and thought about it awhile. I remember first love as running much hotter. LOL The characters & I were freshman in 1972 in the same part of the US. No one I knew spoke or acted like this so the book took some getting used to. (  ) glitrbug | Jun 25, 2009 | I actually like the language, the mannered way the kids have of speaking to one another, the marvel of being at a liberal arts college -- but dag gone it, *nothing* happens. I don't need fireworks and strange happenings, but I can't finish this book with so many other on the shelf that I've never read or really really want to re-read. I can see how it would appeal; the slow, real-time-ish way that the story proceeds is done very well. It's just not my thing. (  ) JandL | Jun 17, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0812544501, Mass Market Paperback)In the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin," headstrong Janet defies Tam Lin to walk in her own land of Carterhaugh . . . and then must battle the Queen of Faery for possession of her lover’s body and soul. In this version of "Tam Lin," masterfully crafted by Pamela Dean, Janet is a college student, "Carterhaugh" is Carter Hall at the university where her father teaches, and Tam Lin is a boy named Thomas Lane. Set against the backdrop of the early 1970s, imbued with wit, poetry, romance, and magic, Tam Lin has become a cult classic—and once you begin reading, you’ll know why. This reissue features an updated introduction by the book’s original editor, the acclaimed Terri Windling.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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