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Loading... Black Thorn, White Rose (1994)by Ellen Datlow (Editor), Terri Windling (Editor)
Mostly very good indeed; ruined somewhat by the inexplicable inclusion of Peter Straub's extraordinarily abstruse "Ashputtle." I wish I knew what possesses editors to include such pieces. (I'm fairly new to the modernized-fairy-tale genre, so I may be overrating this.) (  ) drbubbles | Mar 2, 2011 |  This is a good collection of short stories. I liked pretty much all the stories, though some are better than others. (  ) coralsiren | Jul 17, 2010 | What can I say? Datlow and Windling have done it again. Funny, terrifying, creepy and sad - there's a revisionist firy tale for every taste in this gem. (  ) drlake66 | Nov 7, 2008 | This is my favourite of the series by Ellen datlow. in other collections there have always been stories that I skipped but I enjoyed every story in this one. ( ) Rubbah | Jun 5, 2008 | Not as good as the first anthology of this series, and the first part of the book is the better part, too. There is an introduction talking about the kiddification of fairy stories since Victorian times, and also a reading list afterwards. Black Thorn White Rose : Words Like Pale Stones - Nancy Kress Black Thorn White Rose : Stronger Than Time - Patricia C. Wrede Black Thorn White Rose : Somnus’s Fair Maid - Ann Downer Black Thorn White Rose : The Frog King, or Iron Henry - Daniel Quinn Black Thorn White Rose : Near-Beauty - M. E. Beckett Black Thorn White Rose : Ogre - Michael Kandel Black Thorn White Rose : Can't Catch Me - Michael Cadnum Black Thorn White Rose : Journeybread Recipe - Lawrence Schimel Black Thorn White Rose : The Brown Bear of Norway - Isabel Cole Black Thorn White Rose : The Goose Girl - Tim Wynne-Jones Black Thorn White Rose : Tattercoats - Midori Snyder Black Thorn White Rose : Granny Rumple - Jane Yolen Black Thorn White Rose : The Sawing Boys - Howard Waldrop Black Thorn White Rose : Godson - Roger Zelazny Black Thorn White Rose : Ashputtle - Peter Straub Black Thorn White Rose : Sweet Bruising Skin - Storm Constantine Black Thorn White Rose : The Black Swan - Susan Wade True Name gold. 3.5 out of 5 Waking chop squad mission. 3.5 out of 5 Tedious complaint. 2 out of 5 Well, I've forgotten. 3 out of 5 Toad Pilot. 3.5 out of 5 Human sangers, tasty. 3 out of 5 Ginger run is forked. 3.5 out of 5 Keep the hair out of the cooking. 2.5 out of 5 Shapeshifting pursuit. 2.5 out of 5 Not another bloody princess. 3.5 out of 5 Dressing for shagging. 3 out of 5 Shortchanged story. 2.5 out of 5 Music caper stop. 3 out of 5 Death on two wheels. 3 out of 5 Faecal fat chance. 3 out of 5 I'll choose my own ball and chain, you meddling women. 3.5 out of 5 Big girl's blouse. 3 out of 5 http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/03/black-thorn-white-rose-ellen-datlow-and.ht... (  ) bluetyson | Mar 15, 2008 | no reviews | add a review ContainsWords Like Pale Stones by Nancy Kress Stronger Than Time [short stories] by Patricia C. Wrede Somnus’s Fair Maid by Ann Downer The Frog King Or Iron Henry by Daniel Quinn "Can't Catch Me" [short story] by Michael Cadnum Journeybread Recipe by Lawrence Schimel The Brown Bear Of Norway by Isabel Cole The Goose Girl by Tim Wynne-Jones Granny Rumple [short story] by Jane Yolen The Sawing Boys by Howard Waldrop Dark Voices Volume 4: Peter Straub's Ashputtle (Dark Voices) by Peter Straub Silver and Gold (in Black Thorn, White Rose - DATLOW) by Ellen Steiber
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0380771292, Paperback)Once upon a time . . . World Fantasy Award-winners Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling compiled an extraordinary anthology of adult fairy tales entitled Snow White, Blood Red. Now, once more, they return us to the realm of myth and the fantastic - with eighteen remarkable tales that remold our most cherished childhood fables into things darker and sexier, more resonant and appealing to grown-up tastes and sensibilities. Here are the wondrous works of masters who cloak the magical fictions we heard at grandma's knee in mantles of darkness and dread. Here are stories strange and miraculous, of rare and haunting beauty - from Roger Zelazny's delightful narrative of a contemporary knight's service to his godfather Death . . . to Peter Straub's blood-chilling examination of a gargantuan Cinderella and her terrible twisted "art." Between these covers Patricia C. Wrede entices and enthralls with a tale of a keep, a curse and a love stronger than death and time . . . while Storm Constantine transforms a charming and timeless fable into a decidedly horrific yarn about a conjured princess too good to be true. Once upon a time . . . the Gingerbread Man ran gleeful and free. Now he flees in terror from the baking pan to the fire. Once upon a time . . . Rampel stillskin was a heinous villain. Now he is a victim doomed to a cruel and tragic fate. Once upon a time . . . there was a childlike innocence. Now there is only the truth.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:42:02 -0500) Collects 18 stories of darkness and dread from Roger Zelansky's tale of Death's disobedient godson to Peter Straub's blood-chilling examination of a gargantuan Cinderella and her terrible twisted art. |
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