Someplace to Be Flying
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780330368704 (0330368702)
Publish date: 1999
Publisher: Pan Books
Pages no: 620
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Adult,
Speculative Fiction,
Magical Realism,
Canada,
Mythology
Series: Newford 1 (#8)
"The best change you can make is to hold up a mirror so that people can look into it and change themselves. That's the only way a person can be changed."Picture [b:American Gods|30165203|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462924585s/30165203.jpg|1970226] if it were bird-th...
There's just something so satisfying about Charles de Lint books.
I'm very fond of Charles de Lint's "Newford" novels, and this entry in the series is quite entertaining.With "Someplace to be Flying," de Lint uses Native American mythology (Raven and Coyote) as the basis for a thorough examination on the nature of prejudice, as some citizens of Newford are "first ...
I've had uneven success with de Lint: I've loved short stories like "The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep," and have actively disliked novels like "Jack, the Giant Killer." This falls somewhere in the middle.Taking place in de Lint's evolving city of Newford, an Ottawa-ish place with the drug problems...
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