Dreams of Dark and Light
by Tanith Lee
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Twenty-three tales of fantasy, science fiction, horror and the macabre, many of them conveying a hauntingly dark sensibility.Tags
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Overall score on this collection is 5.4 (out of 10) so not very good. I seem to have a love-hate thing for Tanith Lee. She's written some of my favorite books/stories but also at least a couple that I couldn't even finish they were so painfully bad. I read this collection of the last 3 years and finally finished it this morning.
Because Our Skins are Finer (5.0) - Just having someone be a lycanthrope does not constitue a plot.
Bite-Me-Not, or, Fleur de Fur (7.0) - Cool ending, good writing, but why no red? Interesting plot but just kind of waiting to find out what's going to happen at the end.
Black as Ink (1.0) - Suucked, no plot, no magic
Bright Burning Tiger (6.0) - Story about Blake's poem. Why is everyone so obsessed with this poem. show more Some cool imagery. Hunter turns into tiger.
Cryion in Wax () - This story is in 'Cyrion'
A Day in the Skin (or, the Century We Were Out of Them) (6.5) - Not enough living bodies so some
made. (not sure what that means, can't read my own writing).
The Dry Season (6.5) - Not bad, no big surprise, very atmospheric.
Elle Est Trois (La Mort) (3.0) - No plot. 3 guys die.
Foreign Skins (5.5) - Ok but too long. I like the Naga city but the plot was lagging.
The Gorgon (7.5) - Heavy, distrubing, original
La Reine Blanche (7.0) - Fairy tale like, sad and then happy
A Lynx with Lions (6.0) - Forgot to review, best guess
Magritte's Secret Agent (7.5) - Interesting twist on old myth, but kinda long.
Medra (5.0) - Not very exciting. Kinda surreal.
Nunc Dimittis (2.0) - Boring emo crap.
Odds Against the Gods (6.0) - Kinda wandering around with a bad ending but cool retro fantasy pulpiness.
A Room With a Vie (4.5) - Guy rents a room a couple months a year, makes it his own. Then he dies and the room is living. New tenant stabs it to death because it freaks her out. Kinda dumb.
Sirriamnis (6.5) - Weak ending, too long, good writing, scary
Southern Lights (6.5) - Fantasy story, not bad. Village of automatons built by a blind alchemist. Kinda freaky.
Tamastara (2.0) - Very confusing. I do get the main plot and it seems like it could be good but just wasn't. If you die badly your next incarnation is scared. They make a machine to go back in time and help avoid that.
When the Clock Strikes (6.5) - A dark version of Snow White where she's evil and the prince dies.
Wolfland (6.5) - Kind of Little Red Ridinghood except she becomes a werewolf.
Written in Water (5.0) - Very strange. Not sure where the title came from or what the story meant but at least it was short. show less
Because Our Skins are Finer (5.0) - Just having someone be a lycanthrope does not constitue a plot.
Bite-Me-Not, or, Fleur de Fur (7.0) - Cool ending, good writing, but why no red? Interesting plot but just kind of waiting to find out what's going to happen at the end.
Black as Ink (1.0) - Suucked, no plot, no magic
Bright Burning Tiger (6.0) - Story about Blake's poem. Why is everyone so obsessed with this poem. show more Some cool imagery. Hunter turns into tiger.
Cryion in Wax () - This story is in 'Cyrion'
A Day in the Skin (or, the Century We Were Out of Them) (6.5) - Not enough living bodies so some
made. (not sure what that means, can't read my own writing).
The Dry Season (6.5) - Not bad, no big surprise, very atmospheric.
Elle Est Trois (La Mort) (3.0) - No plot. 3 guys die.
Foreign Skins (5.5) - Ok but too long. I like the Naga city but the plot was lagging.
The Gorgon (7.5) - Heavy, distrubing, original
La Reine Blanche (7.0) - Fairy tale like, sad and then happy
A Lynx with Lions (6.0) - Forgot to review, best guess
Magritte's Secret Agent (7.5) - Interesting twist on old myth, but kinda long.
Medra (5.0) - Not very exciting. Kinda surreal.
Nunc Dimittis (2.0) - Boring emo crap.
Odds Against the Gods (6.0) - Kinda wandering around with a bad ending but cool retro fantasy pulpiness.
A Room With a Vie (4.5) - Guy rents a room a couple months a year, makes it his own. Then he dies and the room is living. New tenant stabs it to death because it freaks her out. Kinda dumb.
Sirriamnis (6.5) - Weak ending, too long, good writing, scary
Southern Lights (6.5) - Fantasy story, not bad. Village of automatons built by a blind alchemist. Kinda freaky.
Tamastara (2.0) - Very confusing. I do get the main plot and it seems like it could be good but just wasn't. If you die badly your next incarnation is scared. They make a machine to go back in time and help avoid that.
When the Clock Strikes (6.5) - A dark version of Snow White where she's evil and the prince dies.
Wolfland (6.5) - Kind of Little Red Ridinghood except she becomes a werewolf.
Written in Water (5.0) - Very strange. Not sure where the title came from or what the story meant but at least it was short. show less
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Tanith Lee, September 19, 1947 - May 24, 2015 Tanith Lee was born on September 19, 1947 in London, England, the daughter of ballroom dancers. She attended various primary schools and had a variety of jobs, from file clerk and assistant librarian to shop assistant and waitress. Lee attended an art college for one year, but felt she would be better show more writing her ideas than painting them. Her first professional sale was "Eustace," a 90 page vignette which appeared in The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories in 1968. While Lee was working as an assistant librarian, she wrote a children's story that was accepted for publication. Others of her stories were also bought but never published. In 1971, Macmillan published "The Dragon Hoard," another children's book, which was followed by "Animal Castle" and "Princess Hynchatti and Other Stories" in 1972. Lee was looking for a British publisher for her book "The Birthgrave," but was denied at every House she went. She then wrote to American publisher DAW, known for it's fantasy and horror selections, who immediately accepted her manuscript and published the book in 1975. Thus began a partnership between the two that lasted till 1989 and resulted in 28 books. After the publication of her third book by DAW, Lee quit her job and became a full-time freelance writer. Lee has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the August Derleth Award and the Nebula. She has had more than 40 novels published, along with over 200 short stories. Lee died peacefully in her sleep after a long illness on May 24, 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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