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[ex_pippin880]

Whatcha reading at the moment? Would you recommend it to others?

After taking a break to read 42 volumes of Dragon Ball I've gone back to The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, an anthology edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. I've read less than half of its contents, but so far I've been more disappointed than pleased. Hopefully the quality will pick up...

Comments

[caro]

I read The Coyote Road last year after buying it at Comic Con. I was pretty disappointed by the stories as well, but there were a few good ones. My favorites were "The Fiddler of Bayou Techem" by Delia Sherman and "The Constable of Abal" by Kelly Link.

I just finished Transformation by Carol Berg and liked it a lot. I also recently read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapowski, and I'd recommend that as well. Right now I'm reading The Story of the Stone, which is the second Master Li & Number Ten Ox book by Barry Hughart. It's fun, in a silly way.

[foxfinial]

I was pretty disappointed by the stories as well, but there were a few good ones. My favorites were "The Fiddler of Bayou Techem" by Delia Sherman and "The Constable of Abal" by Kelly Link.

Those ones were really good.

I also really liked "Realer Than You" by Christopher Barzak, "God Clown" by Carol Emshwiller, "The Dreaming Wind" by Jeffrey Ford and "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park after the Change" by Kij Johnson -- but I am fans of all those authors. =D

But, yeah, I was pretty disappointed by some of the other stories. Who knew trickster tales could be so dull?

[caro]

Ooh, I forgot about the Kij Johnson story -- I did like that one a lot.

[ex_pippin880]

"The Dreaming Wind" fell flat for me.

[ex_pippin880]

I was going to get the other two in the anthology series, but I don't know now. :/

Oh geez, a friend lent me The Last Wish ages ago and I forgot about it! I should read it and give it back to him.

[caro]

You should! It's a good, quick read.

[pyrofennec]

Have you read Blood of Elves?

[caro]

Not yet, but I will as soon as I get my hands on it.

[libelula]

Aaahh, Transformation is one of my favorite novels. I read it back in 2003 and absolutely loved it. Her Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone duology is also pretty darn good.