Six stories by married authors Peter Dickinson and Robin McKinley, to varying degrees themed around the element of water. Overall I liked McKinley's better (no surprise there), but Dickinson's "Kraken" was quite good too, making up for the dullness of his "Sea Serpent". The last three stories were b...
I'm a Ms. McKinley fan. These tales were well written. They just didn't pull me in. My problem with science fiction writers is when they write short stories, it always seems to be just a slice of a story. It's usually missing an ending or sometimes contains no beginning. It's frustrating and I ...
A young socialite meets a mysterious older man who sets her up as a society columnist at a magazine he owns in the 1950's. The author worked at Punch magazine for many years.
by Robin McKinley and Peter DickinsonPreviously reviewed: WaterThis is going to get really confusing, because I also have Kristin Cashore's Fire out at the moment (just haven't gotten around to reading it). SIGH. Overall, I thought this was a strong collection, maybe more so than Water. I always ...
Philip Pullman described Peter Dickinson as 'the most surprising, the most original of children's writers at work today.' I'd go along with that. Angel Isle is the sequel to The Ropemaker, which I read some time ago. Immediately afterwards, I started Angel Isle but couldn't get into it because it la...
by Robin McKinley and Peter DickinsonThis is the first in a planned series called Elementals, all consisting of short stories by Dickinson and McKinley.* The second, Fire, has just come out.** So, naturally, I decided it was time for a re-read.Overall, I really enjoyed the book. While the openi...
It was interesting to contrast this enjoyable, well-written YA fantasy book with Ursula LeGuin's "Voices," which I read recently. Both deal with a pair of young people from a remote, isolated valley, and their families.While both situation and family are, in LeGuin's view, unrelentingly negative, to...
A fantasy collection based on the theme of sea magic, from husband & wife Peter Dickinson and Robin McKinley.I’d say, as far as reading level, this book is probably aimed at young teens, but like classic fairytales, the stories are such as can be enjoyed by all… Young women striving against repressi...
I don't remember a lot about this book, because i read it in sixth grade, like four years ago. i remember that it was kinda bizarre, but i remember liking it. it wasn't amazing, but it was interesting. and it also took me forever to read, cuz it's HUGE.
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