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Page-Burner: We Have a Winner!
February 27, 2008

Anne guessed correctly, because she liked its cover, that I have been reading Black Ships by Jo Graham.

Black Ships is out from Orbit Books in a week or two, but I've got tell you a bit about it because it's quite unusual. Orbit specializes in science fiction and fantasy, and while Graham's novel may technically fit the fantasy category, it's actually a literary inversion, a retelling of Virgil's Aeneid. 

I don't want to tell you any more until you've had a chance to find the book in your local bookstore, but I'll definitely talk about it again. I don't read a lot of SF/fantasy (maybe I should, but so many books...), and I would love to know about more like Graham's (and yes, I have read The Mists of Avalon!).

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Posted by Bethanne Patrick on February 27, 2008 | Comments (2)


February 27, 2008
In response to: Page-Burner: We Have a Winner!
Joel commented:

Julliette Marillier wrote "Daughter of the Forest." A retelling of the seven sons turned into swans by a witches curse. The "Fionavar Tapestry" a trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay covers almost all of the major Celtic myths (including King Arthur). C.J. Cherryh wrote "Ruskala" about the Russian legend of the same name. Sarah Zettel's "Isavalta Series" is similarly indebted to the legends and mythology of ancient Russia. There are plenty more, but those are the ones that first come to mind.




February 27, 2008
In response to: Page-Burner: We Have a Winner!
Terri commented:

There is Margaret Atwood's "Penelopiad" which is basically "The Odyssey" told from Penelope's point of view. (It's one of "The Myths" Series, where contemporary writers re-imagine some of the famous myths.) But my favorite is "The War at Troy" by Whitbread Award-winning Lindsay Clarke. It's a retelling of the Iliad focusing more on the characters and their relationships to one another and less on the warfare.





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