Search Results for "Robin McKinley": 7 results
McKinley, Robin: Blue Sword, The: I'd wanted to re-read Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword back when I was looking for anti-sexist fiction, but none of the libraries nearby had a copy (shock! horror!). (I reviewed it a couple of years ago.) This time I...
McKinley, Robin: Deerskin: Robin McKinley's Deerskin is her "except" book; any description of her accumulated novels will probably include an " . . . except Deerskin." It's a re-write of "Donkeyskin" in its Charles Perrault version, in which a widowed king wants to marry his daughter....
McKinley, Robin: Door in the Hedge, The: I came across Robin McKinley's The Door in the Hedge this weekend, when trying to find something else, and said, "Huh. I don't think I've actually read this." So I read it on the train Sunday. This is a...
McKinley, Robin: Knot in the Grain and Other Stories, A: I picked up A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories, by Robin McKinley, Thursday night because I still was experiencing leftover hyperactivity from the trial at the start of the week. Fairy tales seemed like a good way...
McKinley, Robin: Spindle's End: As promised, a review of Spindle's End by Robin McKinley is now up. I'd said that Spindle's End was working in something of the same area as Howl's Moving Castle, which probably deserves explaining. They're both doing a low-key...
McKinley, Robin: Stone Fey, The: I was browsing around the library yesterday, and found myself in the YA section. I picked up Robin McKinley's The Stone Fey out of curiosity, saw that it was a Damar story from the inside cover, and decided to...
McKinley, Robin: Sunshine: What a very odd book Robin McKinley's Sunshine is. It opens thusly: It was a dumb thing to do but it wasn't that dumb. There hadn't been any trouble out at the lake in years. And it was so exquisitely...