The Hundredth House Had No Walls {short story}
by Laurie Penny
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"The Hundreth House Had No Walls," a Tor.com Original short story from the award-winning author, journalist, screenwriter, essayist, public speaker, and activist Laure Penny. The King was bored. For five hundred years he had been King of the country of Myth and Shadow, and he was a good king, if a slightly bewildered one. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.Tags
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This is a gorgeous little short-story at Tor.com which I liked in the first place because it had all the whimsical hallmarks of modern fairy tales that I love and it's light and it's funny. And then it made me cry (happy tears; I don't do sad).
5 stars *****
Oh - what's it about? How the King of the land of Myth and Shadows, who could conjure up anything he wished for (which was how he was chosen to be King) found the love of his life and learned how to woo a princess.
This is a gorgeous little short-story at Tor.com which I liked in the first place because it had all the whimsical hallmarks of modern fairy tales that I love and it's light and it's funny. And then it made me cry (happy tears; I don't do sad).
5 stars *****
Oh - what's it about? How the King of the land of Myth and Shadows, who could conjure up anything he wished for (which was how he was chosen to be King) found the love of his life and learned how to woo a princess.
A self-aware original fairy-tale, with an exploration of "female agency." Jaded readers may not see enough new ideas, but though I did recognize what Penny was doing, I still enjoyed the story. Especially because it's concise, gets to the point, tyvm. I will look for more by the author.
Thank Tor for the freebie.
Merged review:
A self-aware original fairy-tale, with an exploration of "female agency." Jaded readers may not see enough new ideas, but though I did recognize what Penny was doing, I still enjoyed the story. Especially because it's concise, gets to the point, tyvm. I will look for more by the author.
Thank Tor for the freebie.
Thank Tor for the freebie.
Merged review:
A self-aware original fairy-tale, with an exploration of "female agency." Jaded readers may not see enough new ideas, but though I did recognize what Penny was doing, I still enjoyed the story. Especially because it's concise, gets to the point, tyvm. I will look for more by the author.
Thank Tor for the freebie.
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Laurie Penny was born in London in 1986 and grew up on the Internet. Her blog, Penny Rea, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for political writing in 2010. She is a contributing editor at New Statesman magazine and editor at large at the New Inquiry, and has written for the Guardian, Salon, the Nation, and others. She is also the author of Meat show more Market female Flesh Under Capitalism, a collection of her columns; Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent; Discordia: Six Nights in Crisis Athens (with Molly Crabapple): and Cybersexism, an original e-book from which this book draws. Follow@PennyRed. show less
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- The Hundredth House Had No Walls {short story}
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- 2019-09-11
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- Nielsen Hayden, Patrick
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