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| Don't break the rules |
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| Don't eat the food |
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| Or drink the wine |
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| Don't give away your name |
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| Don't take a nap |
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| Do be respectful to the faeries |
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| Do not believe everything you see |
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| Do pay attention to nature's signs |
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8% |
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| Do not leave the path |
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 Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:29 pm
I love them. This probably the book genre I go to most often. Goose Girl is probably my favorite, though I like Percy Jackson and Tithe too. I also like Enchantress from the Stars because it deals with society's development, theorizes about how myths develop and alien races, and looks a lot into human nature and the development of myths. So what modern fairytales have you read?
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:31 pm
I like Valiant by Holly Black. It's a very gritty read. Reality+fantasy=AWESOMENESS.
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:43 pm
This pickled vegetable...Two words:
"Princess Bride" ... could kick your a** !!
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:59 pm
What qualifies a story as a modern fairytale?
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 12:29 am
Anything with a significant basis in lore or myth, especially remakings of old fairytales. Like Ella Enchanted (the book that got me hooked on fantasy) is really just Cinderella. If it's off of Grimm's, Anderson, or came off a myth, or if it investigates the subject of myths, it counts.
And the Sea of Trolls is another good one. It investigates a time in history most books don't seem to really get into to, and touches on more then one set of myths.
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:42 pm
Renkon Root This pickled vegetable...Two words:
"Princess Bride" ... could kick your a** !! My name is Inigo Montoya, You killed my father, prepare to die.
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:44 pm
brainnsoup What qualifies a story as a modern fairytale? Generally stories written in the 1900s that have a deep fantasy aspect to them.
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 2:18 pm
lucid_mirror Renkon Root This pickled vegetable...Two words:
"Princess Bride" ... could kick your a** !! My name is Inigo Montoya, You killed my father, prepare to die. "Stop saying that!" ... could kick your a** !!
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 2:32 pm
Renkon Root lucid_mirror Renkon Root This pickled vegetable...Two words:
"Princess Bride" ... could kick your a** !! My name is Inigo Montoya, You killed my father, prepare to die. "Stop saying that!" ... could kick your a** !! My name is Inigo Montoya, You killed my father, prepare to die. Princess Bride = best movie ever.
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 3:40 pm
Vizzini: Finish him. Finish him, your way.
Fezzik: Oh good, my way. Thank you Vizzini... what's my way?
Vizzini: Pick up one of those rocks, get behind a boulder, in a few minutes the man in black will come running around the bend, the minute his head is in view, hit it with the rock.
Fezzik: My way's not very sportsman-like.
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 3:43 pm
This pickled vegetable..."You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders. The first is never get involved in a land-war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is one the line! Ha ha ha ha-"
*dies* ... could kick your a** !!
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:19 pm
I'm just going to throw these out there "The Chronicles of Amber", Lord of the Rings, and "The Chronicles of Narnia."
Amber is more recent and deals more along the lines of...I guess a mess of pantheons and myths.
Narnia books deal more with the old religion meeting the new religion. It is mostly based on the bible because Aslan dies and comes back and everyone calls him prince of the emperor beyond the sea.
Lord of the Rings is telling history and religion. If you look at how many of the battles are fought you can see Roman tactics with Celtic fighting mixed with round table values coupled with Angelo Saxon weaponery. I spend to much time reading. Sorry guys.
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:15 pm
pantherdor I'm just going to throw these out there "The Chronicles of Amber", Lord of the Rings, and "The Chronicles of Narnia." Amber is more recent and deals more along the lines of...I guess a mess of pantheons and myths. Narnia books deal more with the old religion meeting the new religion. It is mostly based on the bible because Aslan dies and comes back and everyone calls him prince of the emperor beyond the sea. Lord of the Rings is telling history and religion. If you look at how many of the battles are fought you can see Roman tactics with Celtic fighting mixed with round table values coupled with Angelo Saxon weaponery. I spend to much time reading. Sorry guys. Many of the cultures are derived from European cultures in Lord of the Rings. The Elven language is actually a lot like Gaelic. If you start looking up Celtic gods, you'll notice some of them have the same names as characters in Tolkien's universe. You look at the Anur/Valar and the Maiar, they're not entirely dissimilar to angels with various amounts of power with Eru being ultimately God. After all, the Anur bringing about the world by singing in a choir a theme of Illuvatar's creation is much like the choirs of angels you might think of when you think of Chrisitianity. Tolkien was a devout Catholic and never once believed his stories were any sort of blasphemy against the religion. People just misinterpreted the Valar for Gods (He said himself in the Silmarillion that men themselves mistook the Valar for Gods and believed them to be such, mainly because of Melkor's influence.) That brings me to Morgoth, the Anur that fell from grace, constantly seeking to thwart the wills of those on Middle Earth so that they would serve him. Doesn't that sound similar to the story of Lucifer? Much of Tolkien's universe was based on Christian mythology.
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:17 pm
AH! Renkon is a zombie!
Now back to the topic. I love werewolves and shape shifters. If there are faeries thrown in there, even better! I will give almost anything a shot, but I mostly stick to my werewolf books. Although I have been reading a lot on strange warrior/demon men. Gena Showalter is amazing with her strange demon men. Sherylon Kenyon is just amazing period. She does everything from gods to demons to humans that all get intwined in her crazy story lines. Her books are never long enough for me. I eat through them quicker then any other author.
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:27 pm
Aakosir AH! Renkon is a zombie!
Now back to the topic. I love werewolves and shape shifters. If there are faeries thrown in there, even better! I will give almost anything a shot, but I mostly stick to my werewolf books. Although I have been reading a lot on strange warrior/demon men. Gena Showalter is amazing with her strange demon men. Sherylon Kenyon is just amazing period. She does everything from gods to demons to humans that all get intwined in her crazy story lines. Her books are never long enough for me. I eat through them quicker then any other author. Have you tried the Hollows series by Harrison? It has a touch of were/shifter and demon plus a mess of pixie, elf, witch, and vampire. Trust me...even though the main is a witch it is funny as heck but also very good crime genre
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