tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post3063885639157414345..comments2023-10-25T03:40:54.655-07:00Comments on Neth Space: Review: The Wood Wife by Terri WindlingNethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-54796166433908789452012-04-11T10:53:27.258-07:002012-04-11T10:53:27.258-07:00Wood Wife is one of my favourites. I also enjoyed...Wood Wife is one of my favourites. I also enjoyed Someplace to be Flying and Forests of the Heart for the mythology.ELIZABETHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15508304939265970143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-78197851501424775152012-04-09T08:54:55.104-07:002012-04-09T08:54:55.104-07:00@Tom: I really don't think the publicaton date...@Tom: I really don't think the publicaton dates are relevant to how I felt about The Wood Wife vs. Medicine Road. Both are good, I really like both. But I like Medicine Road more. I think it's pretty clear in the review.Nethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-60148034285526829932012-04-09T03:06:14.050-07:002012-04-09T03:06:14.050-07:00But The Wood Wife came out before Medicine Road (t...But The Wood Wife came out before Medicine Road (the first book in 1996 and the second book in 2004), and Charles de Lint has said in interviews how inspired he's been by Terri Windling's desert art and fiction. So I think you have to take into account how much the urban fantasy/contemporary fantasy field evolved in the eight years between the two books before you make negative comparisons between them. Personally I like them both for different reasons. De Lint is an amazing storyteller who creates characters so real you feel you've always known them. Windling is an incredible prose stylist with delicious language and a knowledge of myth second to none. Both are great books.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-91673784486123979342012-04-03T17:31:48.273-07:002012-04-03T17:31:48.273-07:00It's sad that this book has been kind of "...It's sad that this book has been kind of "left behind"--I remember really loving it when I read it, probably about ten years ago.Kelly L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05617272041357509333noreply@blogger.com