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Title: Waifs and Strays by Charles De Lint, Terri Windling, Charles Vess ISBN: 0-670-03584-X Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Ugh, don't bother!
Comment: As a teen living with women who love words, I get a lot of great gifts in the form of books. And I like Charles de Lint. EXCEPT when he is writing for or about us young 'uns. His teenage characters are bland, often stupid in their inexperience, and they talk like no real teenager I've ever met. Even the two Newford stories included in this volume, ostensibly written for adults, are just - boring, and unrealistic, and preachy.
It's apparrent - and de Lint says as much in his intro - that what we have here is a publisher (or perhaps an editor, Ms. Windling?) bent on wringing every last cent out of de Lint's fame, so they cobbled this thing together for the "youth market," knowing people like my loved ones would trustingly scoop it up to gift young fans. They got gulled. Don't let it happen to you!
Rating: 4
Summary: packed with interesting tales
Comment: An excellent collection with lots of varied stories. Too often, you buy a short story collection, and all of them seem to be the same story, just re-worked. Not this one! I especially loved "A Wish Called Arnold" -- a sweet twist on the classic "three wishes" tale. Personally, I don't like vampire stories, but even if you skip those, there are still enough interesting stories to get your money's worth. This is the second DeLint book I've read, and I can't wait to read more.
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost perfect...
Comment: As a fan of Charles De Lint's other novels and short story collections (the ones meant for adults), I was very excited to get a hold of this one. As usual, his stories are wonderfully written and the book was several hours worth of bliss.
I have just one complaint. Two of the stories were Newford stories. Not a problem, I love Newford. But both of these stories are in other Newford story collections (ie, which I already owned.) This bugged me. I have no problem with the stories themselves, but I did feel a bit gypped, especially as these are two of the longer stories, and brought the book from 300ish pages to 400ish pages. The repetition is what earned it 4 stars, not 5.
Still a good read, but you should know what you're buying. I suppose if I'd bothered to look at the table of contents, I would have known, but some days I'm smarter than others.
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Title: Spirits in the Wires by Charles de Lint ISBN: 0312873980 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: A Circle of Cats by Charles De Lint, Charles Vess ISBN: 0670036471 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Dreaming Place by Charles De Lint, Charles Lint ISBN: 014230218X Publisher: Firebird Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Riddle of the Wren by Charles de Lint ISBN: 0142302236 Publisher: Firebird Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint ISBN: 0312874014 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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