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1. The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint | |
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(2010-07-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description At turns whimsical, dark, and mystical, this extraordinary collection of retold fairy tales and new, modern myths redefine the boundaries of magic. Compiling favored stories suggested by the author and his fans, this delightful treasury contains the most esteemed and beloved selections that de Lint has to offer. Innovative characters in unexpected places are the key to each plot: playful Crow Girls who sneak into the homes of their sleeping neighbors; a graffiti artist who risks everything to expose a long-standing conspiracy; a half-human girl who must choose between her village and her strange birthright; and an unrepentant trickster who throws one last party to reveal a folkloric tradition. Showcasing some of the finest offerings within the realms of urban fantasy and magical realism, this essential compendium of timeless tales will charm and inspire. Customer Reviews (4)
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2. Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint | |
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(2001-08-11)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Gentry are ancient spirits of the land, sired in rape and born of woman in the Old Country. When the Irish immigrated to the New World, some of the Gentry came along. Generations later, having no real ties to their new home, they dream dark dreams of wresting the land surrounding Newford from the native manitou spirits. The Gentry's scheming and plotting draw some of the inhabitants of Newford into a dark and desperate fight against them and a primeval spirit, old as the earth itself but slumbering in la epoca del mito, the myth time. Bettina, a curandera--or healer--is part Mexican and part Indian. She has recently moved to Newford from the deserts of the Southwest for reasons she can't understand. She lives in Kellygnow, an art colony perched on a hill overlooking Newford. Earning her keep as a model for the various artists who live and work there, she tries to apply her desert-learned skills and knowledge in the cold, forested surroundings. Bettina's fellow Kellygnowians include Nuala, who seems slightly more spiritual than the average housekeeper; Ellie, a sculptor with a very special commission; and the Recluse, a mysterious figure who winters at Kellygnow in one of the outlying private cottages. Donal, an Irish-born malcontent who dreams of better times, joins them, along with Miki, his musician sister, and Tommy, a Native American accompanied by a few of his apparently innumerable aunts. The looming battle against a seemingly invincible foe draws them together and forces them to depend not only upon their skills and powers, but also on hope, trust, and love. Blending aspects of different cultural legends and myths with his keen insight into human nature, Charles de Lint offers a truly incredible and compelling tale. His specialty is an intoxicating mix of real and fantasy worlds, and Forests of the Heart delivers a delicious punch. With his deft touch and sensitive style, de Lint's mastery of the urban fantasy tale and his ability as a great storyteller remain unchallenged. --Robert Gately Customer Reviews (39)
FotH is the 3rd De Lint book I've read in the inviting city of Newford, and the familiarity with the city is a huge part of my enjoyment reading these. The place is starting to really feel like home, becoming someplace I can see when I read about it. Of course, the inhabitants, human and otherwise, are the main draw though. De Lint has a magic touch for reaching out and putting a very real soul, very real pain and very real love into every character he explores, from the main protagonists to the smallest side character. Forests of the Heart again deals with a beautiful blend of the old world faerie stories and native America mysticism, and the two worlds, even in their clashing that this book centers on, fit together like a perfect puzzle. I try to save 5 star ratings for the absolutely best books, like De Lint's own Memory & Dream, but this is damn close. If you believe there are other things in the world with us, that most people don't see all there is to see and that reality is much deeper than the world at large accepts, read this book. Read as much De Lint as you can get your hands on. ... Read more |
3. The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint | |
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(2010-11-11)
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4. Medicine Road by Charles de Lint | |
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(2009-06-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description Marking the return of the mischievous, red-headed Dillard twins, this bewitching fantasy entangles the lovely sisters in a 100-year wager in the Native American spirit world. Laurel and Bess are touring bluegrass musicians who encounter two mysterious strangers with a powerful secret in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to their animal natures, Jim Changing Dog and Alice Corn Hair have been given human forms by the powerful Coyote Woman, but in return they must both find their true human loves in 100 years or be exiled into the animal world alone. Although Alice has found her love, trickster Jim hasn’t been able to commit to one woman until he sets eyes on free-spirited Bess, just before the deadline. Battling time and a meddling motorcycle seductress, the two new lovers must risk intimacy and loss in their quest for love. Customer Reviews (5)
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5. Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint | |
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(2010-11-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description From the master of contemporary urban fantasy, a new collection of “Newford” stories The city of Newford could be any city in North America, bursting with music, commerce, art, love, hate, and, of course magic. Magic in the sidewalk cracks, myth at the foundations of its great buildings, enchantment in the spaces between its people. In novels like Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and The Mystery of Grace, and in a series of story collections, urban fantasy master Charles de Lint has explored that magic and those spaces, bringing to life a tapestry of people from all walks of life, each looking for a spark of the miraculous to shape their lives and transform their fate. Here, in the fifth of the story collections, we reencounter old friends such as Jilly, Sophie, and the Crow Girls. We breathe in intimations of the world beyond death, and of magic beyond time. Longtime readers and newcomers alike will find themselves under Charles de Lint’s unique spell. Customer Reviews (12)
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6. Greenmantle by Charles de Lint | |
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(1998-06-15)
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The order that I would personally recommend reading de Lint books:Yarrow, Greenmantle, Memory and Dream, Dreams Underfoot, Trader (this one is a little hard to find, but it's totally worth it) , The Ivory and The Horn, Someplace to be Flying (my own favorite), Moonlight and Vines, Forests of the Heart, anf finally The Onion Girl (which is basically the all-star Newford book, so make sure you read the others first, or you won't know ANY of the characters).There are other books of his, that I have never been so enamored of; The Moonheart books, Svaha, The Little Country, etc. If you are an aspiring writer, and are prepared to drop a few bucks, get Triskell Tales.It's a wonderful way to see the way a witer can develop in terms of style and story.Also, check out his new collaboration with Charles Vess, Seven Wild Sisters.
This was the second de Lint book I read after I discovered him, the first being "Yarrow", and it's still one of my favorites.I come back to it again and again when I feel the need for a little magic in my life... something de Lint does extraordinarily well! ... Read more |
7. Spiritwalk (Newford) by Charles de Lint | |
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(1993-06-15)
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I think that de Lint'swriting is decent, and his stories are good.They are a different kind offantasy, pulling the otherworld into our world, an occurance that surprisesthe characters as much as the reader.They are perhaps gothic, having adark tone to them, but good still triumphs over evil. Moonheart isdefinately a better book, but those who liked it would be interested in thestories in this one.Other reviewers have compared de Lint to Tolkien andCS Lewis, but I think they were misguided.The fantasy of Tolkien andLewis is of a different brand.For one thing, they are Christian, and thisis clearly reflected in the organization of their secondary worlds.DeLint's writing is based on a different, polytheistic tradition, and thisalso is apparent in his writing.[In Moonheart, it is mainly Celtic w/some Native American, in Spiritwalk it focuses more on the Native American,and in later works such as Svaha, it is a blend of Native American andEastern mysticism].Not that you can't like all three of these authors [Ido], but I do not think that they are similar enough to be compared.Iappreciate each for his merits.I would consider de Lint to be modern inhis themes, and his writing to be exclusively for teenagers and adults [NOTchildren!]My reason for this would most likely be sex scenes, which,while I'm on the topic, tend be described in rather ridiculous terms, butthen, I am no fan of romance novels.These stories are an interestingrendition of ancient rituals of magic crossing into modern Canada. ... Read more |
8. Mulengro by Charles de Lint | |
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(2003-12-01)
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9. Trader by Charles de Lint | |
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(2005-03-01)
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10. Widdershins (Newford) by Charles de Lint | |
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(2007-06-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell. Since they were introduced in the first Newford story, "Timeskip," back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize what everybody else already knows: that they belong together. But they've been more clueless about how they feel for each other than the characters in When Harry Met Sally. Now in Widdershins, a stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the Bohemian street scene of Newford's Crowsea area, Jilly and Geordie’s story is finally being told. Before it’s over, we’ll find ourselves plunged into the rancorous and sometimes violent conflict between the magical North American “animal people” and the more newly-arrived fairy folk. We’ll watch as Jilly is held captive in a sinister world based on her own worst memories--and Geordie, attempting to help, is sent someplace even worse. And we’ll be captivated by the power of love and determination to redeem ancient hatreds and heal old magics gone sour. To walk “widdershins” is to walk counterclockwise or backwards around something. It’s a classic pathway into the fairy realm. It’s also the way people often back slowly into the relationships that matter, the real ones that make for a life. In Widdershins Charles de Lint has delivered one of his most accessible and moving works of his career. A June 2006 Book Sense Pick Customer Reviews (24)
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11. Wolf Moon by Charles de Lint | |
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(2004-01-19)
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12. The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint | |
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(2010-03-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description On the Day of the Dead, the Solona Music Hall is jumping. That's where Altagracia Quintero meets John Burns, just two weeks too late. Customer Reviews (25)
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13. Dingo by Charles de Lint | |
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(2008-03-13)
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14. Moonlight & Vines (Newford) by Charles de Lint | |
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(2005-12-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description Return to Newford Familiar to Charles de Lint's ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and many others, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden magic for those who can see. In the World Fantasy Award-winning Moonlight and Vines, de Lint returns to this extraordinary city for another volume of stories set there, featuring the intertwined lives of many characters from the novels. Here is enchantment under a streetlamp: the landscape of our lives as only Charles de Lint can show it. I can feel a foreign vibe in my apartment, aquivering in the air from Teresa having been there.... My furniture, theposters and prints on my walls, my knickknacks, all seemed subtly changed,a little stiff from the awareness of her looking at them. It takes a whilefor the room to settle down into its familiar habits. The fridge mutteringto itself in the kitchen. The pictures in their frames letting out theirstomachs and hanging slightly askew once more.Hardcore horror/fantasyenthusiasts might find the author's habit of imbuing each protagonist witha sense of wonder and self-discovery slightly saccharine and hackneyed afterthe umpteenth happy ending, but longtime de Lint fans will be delighted.--Jhana Bach Customer Reviews (27)
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15. Tapping the Dream Tree (Newfold, 4) by Charles de Lint | |
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(2003-09-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description 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 Customer Reviews (12)
I confess that I'm one of a billion fans silently pressuring de Lint to tell me more about all my favorite characters, and here they are - the Riddels, the Kelledys, the crow girls.Well, mother always said to be careful what you wish for. These stories are just so disappointing.The characters you love... just coasting, covering no new ground, sad shadows of themselves.Here, for example, is Jilly Coppercorn - mouthing catchphrases and jerking around like an automaton.Christy Riddel meats a ghost - who has a hell of a lot more life than he does.Suddenly the conflicted, intelligent writer is a cardboard cut-out, as deep and nuanced as a french fry. And here's Sophie, on another magical adventure - having the same tired argument with herself about whether the magic is real. Yes, there are new characters.In one excruciatingly badly written tale, told entirely in dialogue, two young men discover magic power and Learn About Themselves.Bleh.A man and woman save a stranger from getting killed and discover he was being hunted by fallen angels.How to keep the "freaks" (a word he uses WAY too often, here and elsewhere) from coming for revenge? "Live a good life. Be good people.Keep hateful thoughts out of your heart and mind."This theme is repeated throughout the anthology, over and over and over, just this clumsily.Every tale a morality tale, everywhere a Message. Really, some of these stories are so bad, one wonders why people published them in their anthologies and magazines and such. I guess because they say "Charles de Lint" on them.Maybe nobody wants to hurt his feelings. And maybe that's a problem.The Onion Girl, and now Tapping the Dream Tree, suggest that maybe de Lint doesn't have anything more to say about our beloved characters, or even magical Newford.Somebody, something, needs to push him to use his powerful, wonderful imagination again.Hey, I know, nobody's perfect. But the time period covered by these stories... that's a long time stumbling. Fans may want to grit through this collection, despite the flaws and disappointments."Ten for the Devil," "Pixel Pixies," and "Big City Littles" are worth reading, and harken back to the GOOD collections of Newford tales, in spirit. Honestly, though, it's a waste of time, money, and hope.And a sorry waste of Charles de Lint. ... Read more |
16. The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint | |
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(2004-10-25)
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17. Memory and Dream (Newford, Book 1) by Charles De Lint | |
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(1995-08-25)
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18. The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint | |
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(2001-01-01)
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19. The Harp of the Grey Rose by Charles de Lint | |
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(2004-01-19)
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20. Waifs and Strays by Charles de Lint | |
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(2004-06-17)
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