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The Essential Bordertown: A Traveller's Guide to the Edge of Faerie [Hardcover]

Terri Windling (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 383 pages
  • Publisher: St Martin's Press (31 Dec 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312865937
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312865931
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 496,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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An American city that borders Elfland provides the setting for stories by Steven Brust, Charles de Lint, Michael Korolenko, Elisabeth Kushner, Ellen Steiber, and Donnard Sturgis.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, not great 25 July 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
A little precious and twee, but still worth reading. I had just read Emma Bull's Finder (set in the same universe), which is a good novel and has a lot of emotional depth. These short stories were just to short and obvious in comparison. I was also annoyed by the tour guide format, especially the "rah-rah" aspects which came out quite smug. Oh well.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars suffering from a serious lack of sleep... 24 July 1999
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I just bought this book last night and stayed up all night to read it. I thoroughly enjoyed it, actually, I guess you can say I sucked the marrow out of it. I agree with the other reviewers, Terri Windling's guide book is the best part of the collection, but it's all good, baby! I can't wait for "The Moon Wife", Terri's new book. (And I wish Ellen Kushner would come out with another full length novel. Now.)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST ONE YET! 13 Nov 1998
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Format:Hardcover
Chicago Reader(review below), I challenge you to a duel by pistols (no make that Border-magic) at dawn! You are wrong, wrong, wrong! This book is still the Borderland we know and love. (Gentrification? Phooey!) B-town is still gritty/still fey/still full of mean streets and rock-n-roll but also full of color/magic/the angst of young human- and elven-beings living life on the edge. The stories make it clear that a few years have passed since the earlier books and the 'town has changed, but Soho is still Soho. And a bit o' change is good, it would be awful if the books stayed stuck in a 1980s vibe. The new book is less "Adam Ant" and "Thompson Twins" than earlier books like Bordertown, Finder, etc.--more "AfroCeltic Sound System" or "Dead Can Dance", more worldbeat and world culture in them which is a great thing as far as I'm concerned, a personal opinion sure but one shared by my circle of Border fans here.

The Delia Sherman story was my personal fav (welcome to Bordertown, Ms. Sherman!) but there was plenty o' other good tunes here too. Patricia A. McKillip's story broke my heart, Ellen Kushner's story made me laugh, Midori Snyder is back in fine form and I liked the less polished but raw and dynamic stories by newcomers like Jenna Felice and Donnard Sturgis too. Special nod to Felicity Savage for her cool and snarky tale at the end o' the book. There's one thing me and Chicago Reader can agree on though: Ms. Windling's "guide" pieces are the absolute best.

To the writers and editors of this volume: thanx from all us Border Rats here in Flagstaff. Borderland just keeps getting better and better. Those of you readers who may be new to the Border, the other books in the series are great, but start with this one. Start with the best.

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