kelly link's stranger things happen
here's another book david n. recommended--though actually, it had been on my amazon wishlist since salon reviewed it in 2001. i was glad to have the excuse to finally order it--and it was sooo worth it. these stories are creepy and lovely. link brings in some fairy tale favorites and totally skews them (most notably in "the girl detective," one of my favorites) but it's her other stories that are most memorable--i really think "the specialist's hat" and "louise's ghost" might make it hard to fall asleep tonight, and "survivor's ball" was also a doozy. and on a mostly unrelated note, the cover art for this book is pretty awesome. high marks all around, 5/5 cute star-gazing, coffee-drinking bunnies, or whatever i decided that my rating scale would be. i am really quite glad i finally read this book! don't wait three years to read awesome books, people!
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I got that from Amazon 2 weeks ago and forgot to bring it with me on this trip (I was at a conference in DC last week and am now at ASIST this week). I saw her at the NC Literary Festival last April with Andy Duncan and John Kessel talking about 'new strange' and 'slipstream' fiction. 'creepy and lovely' is a great summary. :) --JohnM@SILS
well, don't wait three years to finish it. ;) the last few stories were some of my favorites.
hope you're having fun at asist!
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