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Earth And Air: Tales Of Elemental Creatures (2012)

by Peter Dickinson(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1618730584 (ISBN13: 9781618730589)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Big Mouth House

review 1: I've loved Dickinson and McKinley's short story collections WATER and FIRE, so I jumped at this book as soon as I saw it was out. Dickinson's writing is masterful as ever. His re-imaginings of basic mythology and folklore elements such as trolls, witches' brooms, gryphons, and gods and goddesses are captivatingly fresh. I rarely find myself feeling neutral about anything Dickinson writes: I either love it or hate it, and this collection is no different. However, it's a testament to the excellence of the writing that I *can't* be neutral about the stories. This will by no means become one of my favorite story collections, but it was well worth reading the first time, and I have no doubt these stories will be haunting me for years to come.
review 2: I really enjo... moreyed Eva and Emma Tupper's Diary when I was younger, so I'm really looking forward to reading this one. I just won it in a First Reads give away!This is an interesting collection of short stories taken from a variety of mythologies (Norse, Greek, etc) and one science fiction tale. My favorite story was the first, a woman rescuing her husband from a troll to whom she is distantly related. less

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