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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I'd only previously read Charles de Lint in anthologies, and while this is already his fourth Newford story collection, it's the perfect introduction for me to his magical city and its fascinating inhabitants. It's exactly my type of fantasy -- an urban setting that I can very easily relate to, but filled with wonders big and small. A regular cast of characters keep appearing in his tales, sometimes in center of the story and sometimes on the edges. While the stories can stand alone, reading them all add to the richness of de Lint's fantasy world, and by the end of the book, I feel like I have been among old friends. I am looking forward to reading more of the author's works and catching up with them. (  )1   thioviolight | Jun 11, 2008 |  (Amy) Newford is one of those cities that when you read about it, you wish it were real so you could visit it. The thing is, I think maybe it is - it just isn't on the map. We'll find it one of these days... ( )1 libraryofus | Nov 9, 2005 |  no reviews | add a review
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The powerful story "Ten for The Devil" is a superb choice for an opener: it showcases de Lint's literary strengths and treats of his recurring themes of magic, music, creativity, and human worth. Musician Staley Cross's grandmother has always warned her to be careful when she plays her blue fiddle. But Staley never quite believed that her music could rouse dangerous magic... until one night, playing in a faraway field, she discovers the Devil doesn't only go down to Georgia. First published before the filming of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, "Ten for the Devil" draws upon the same crossroads myth as does the movie, but takes a very different road as it follows Staley's search for her only hope of soul survival: a mysterious bluesman known as Robert. --Cynthia Ward
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