61. Raven's Reviews: Robin McKinley Reviews of the books of robin mckinley, with a general introduction to her work. http://members.fortunecity.com/arwen_e/pz/robinm.html

web hosting domain names photo sharing R Deerskin (x,b) The Outlaws of Sherwood (x,v) The Hero and the Crown (v), Rose Daughter (b) PG Beauty (slight b), The Door in the Hedge (slight b), The Blue Sword (slight v) Introduction Damar Beauty and the Beast Others Introduction The first book of McKinley's that I read was The Hero and the Crown , which is a classical fantasy novel done in an unusual (and Newbery award-winning) style. McKinley never promises a perfect world; what she does give her characters is the chance to choose fate. She writes lyrically, with an interesting perspective that moves from the archetypal to the ordinary and back again with impressive grace. Her books usually have romantic plotlines woven into the "save the world" themes. She also has no qualms about introducing magic at unexpected moments. She seems to like the idea of humans as the workers of miracles within the confines of their fates- as though they were predestined to act and yet chose their actions. McKinley seems to do an excellent job of taking legends and turning them into humans with families, friends, worries, and dreams all their own. Her work generally contains a good variety of tones while preserving the personalities of the characters. Damar Both Aerin of The Hero and the Crown and Harry from The Blue Sword (the prequel which happens afterward chronologically) are strong women who love the wild land known as Damar. Both are unwilling yet courageous heroines driven by love of the land, the people, and the animals (and their amazing horses). The two heroines are bound across time and both have similar tasks to fulfill, but they choose different paths to their ends. Both books are a mixture of lighthearted and painful episodes with characters whose personalities both change and become stronger over time. Both of these books are appropriate for teenagers, though they are also interesting to older readers.

62. Angieville: Robin McKinley Has A Blog robin mckinley Has a Blog. I found out several days ago and have been quietly waiting to make sure it didn t disappear before my eyes before posting it here http://angieville.blogspot.com/2007/09/robin-mckinley-has-blog_26.html

skip to main skip to sidebar Angieville Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Robin McKinley Has a Blog I found out several days ago and have been quietly waiting to make sure it didn't disappear before my eyes before posting it here. And I'm happy to report that yes, it does in fact exist . That not only has it been up and running now for 10 days, but Ms. McKinley has been posting on it regularly . And no, it has not disappeared. I've given myself permission to sit back and relax. It appears the wonderfulness is here to stay. Posted by Angiegirl at 3:53 PM Labels: blog Robin McKinley comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Bookish Places 3 Evil Cousins Avid Book Reader Bookshelves of Doom Cybils ... YA Authors Cafe My People Aaron Michael Photography Aaron's PBase Galleries Benedict Blog Musings From Wonderland ... Three is a Magic Number Authors I Love Charlaine Harris Ellen Emerson White Holly Black Janet Evanovich ... Tamora Pierce My Bookshelf The 2007 Cybils widgetbackground = "rgb(240, 230, 140)"; widgettext = "rgb(0, 0, 0)"; widgetborder = "rgb(0, 119, 0)"; Blog Archive January Seeing Me Naked by Liza Palmer 2008 Books That Must Be Mine Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs ... Cybils Nominations Now Open!

63. Dragonhaven By Robin McKinley [Up Island Eggs] robin mckinley s Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown are two of my favorite YA books. Her new book is Dragonhaven and it is even better than the other two http://upislandeggs.blog-city.com/dragonhaven_by_robin_mckinley.htm

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64. Robin McKinley’s Fairytales robin mckinley’s retellings of classic fairytales give the characters and the tales themselves new life by strengthening the protagonists’ personalities and http://www.toyingwithfate.com/~becca/fairytales.html

Rebecca Ward English 630: Fairy Tales Professor Tuma 11 May 2005 Robin McKinley’s Fairytales Robin McKinley’s retellings of classic fairytales give the characters and the tales themselves new life by strengthening the protagonists’ personalities and giving them wills of their own outside those allotted by the traditional tales. Two of McKinley’s novels, and Spindle’s End , as well as two of her short stories, "The Princess and the Frog" and "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," particularly illustrate the new life with which her stories are imbibed, and help enhance the reader’s impression of the stories themselves as well as the characters within them. In Beauty , McKinley attributes to her protagonist values far beyond the physical beauty the traditional story grants her, even to the extent of initially limiting that beauty. But she also modifies the traditional bad characters, allowing Beauty’s sisters to be good-hearted and well intentioned. The changes allow the McKinley’s story to illustrate more of the magic and less of the morality of the classical tale. In Spindle’s End , which is a radically different rendition of the classic Sleeping Beauty, the Princess is protected from her traditional fate by the gift of ordinariness, and she eventually abdicates the throne in favor of that ordinary life and the love she finds there. While the evil fairy of the traditional version remains, the story is so much changed that those characters with whom it was possible to fault in original story have been removed entirely, and the focus rests squarely on the Princess and her personal strength. Both "The Princess and the Frog" and "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" retain the same overall plot and ending, but the care that McKinley puts into developing each character and the qualities that she bestows upon them throughout each story make the traditional endings even more fulfilling than their classic counterparts, and present a more appealing image of humanity than the traditional classic tales on which her stories are based.

65. Robin McKinley: Beauty, Beasts And Fractured Fairytales A magic rose in bloom, a fateful spinningwheel, a dashing outlaw with an altruistic streak and penchant for archery. Think you know these traditional tales http://hubpages.com/hub/Robin-McKinley-Beauty--Beasts-and-Fractured-Fairytales

HubPages sign in my account help ... Hubtivity Robin McKinley: Beauty, Beasts and Fractured Fairytales rate this page By mqjeffrey The cover of McKinley's first novel, "Beauty" A magic rose in bloom, a fateful spinning-wheel, a dashing outlaw with an altruistic streak and penchant for archery. Think you know these traditional tales of enchantment and heroism? Think again. Author Robin McKinley is a master of remolding the classic tales of yesteryear into surprisingly contemporary allegories and transforming beloved heroes and heroines into three-dimensional, complex figures who must fight for their "happily-ever-after." History and Background "One of my first memories is of being read aloud to. My mother would prop me in a corner of the sofa and read to me before I was old enough to sit up by myself..." Born in her mother's hometown of Warren, Ohio, Jennifer Robin Carolyn McKinley was the only child in a military family, with a father in the United States Navy. As a result of this, she spent most of her childhood moving from place to place, with books and reading the only true constants in her younger years. According to her autobiography, books became the key to remembering the events, places, and times of where she lived. For instance, she first read Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book while in California; C.S. Lewis'

66. Sunshine -- Robin McKinley by robin mckinley. Berkley, 2003, ISBN 0425-19178-8. A book review by Elisabeth Carey. mckinley s latest fantasy is set in a somewhat Buffyesque world, http://www.nesfa.org/reviews/Carey/sunshine.htm

New England Science Fiction Association, Inc. Navigation NESFA Press Boskone Calendar Clubhouse ... Useful Links NESFA Members' Reviews Sunshine by Robin McKinley Berkley, 2003, ISBN 0-425-19178-8 A book review by Elisabeth Carey McKinley's latest fantasy is set in a somewhat Buffyesque world, only rather darker and more pessimistic. The vampires, demons, werebeasts, and other assorted supernatural nasties are more pervasive and openly recognized by everyone. About 15-20 years prior to the opening of the story (our heroine, Sunshine, was a child probably ten or a little older, and is now in her mid-twenties), the Voodoo Wars inflicted a major hit on both the human population and the human economy. In place of the FBI, we have the SOF, Special Other Forces, with the primary responsibility of holding the Others, but most importantly the vampires, in check. And they're losing. The SOF and the world council to which they answer believe that the vampires currently control about 20% of the world's capital, and that within a century they'll have enough control that it will be, basically, all over; they'll be able to set up serious human ranching. It's in this happy context that Sunshine, a.k.a. Rae Seddon, baker extraordinaire at Charlie's Coffeehouse, decides to get an evening away from the noise and bustle of work and family (much the same, since Charlie is her stepdad) by driving out alone to the lake that's been pretty much totally deserted since the Voodoo Wars. It should be no surprise to the reader when she's snatched by vampires; a bit more surprise when she wakes up in an abandoned lakeside house chained to the wall next to a vampire who's also chained to the wall. And then rather more of a surprise (at least if you haven't read the dustflap, which gives this away) when the vamp declines to consume the meal so helpfully provided for him by his captors.

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68. Dragonhaven By Robin McKinley - Realms Of Fantasy :: Community Forums Dragonhaven by robin mckinley The Dragonbone Chair. http://forums.rofmagazine.com/showthread.php?p=47429

69. Spindle's End By Robin McKinley | Revish Spindle s End by robin mckinley at Revish, the book review site. http://www.revish.com/books/0441008658/

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72. Swarm Of Beasts: McKinley, Robin. mckinley, robin. The Hero and the Crown. WattEvans Law of Literary Creation There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer http://swarmofbeasts.blogspot.com/2006/04/mckinley-robin-hero-and-crown.html

The Hero and the Crown skip to main skip to sidebar Swarm of Beasts Children's and young adult literature and librarianship: Booklog (children's, YA, and otherwise) and more. Wednesday, April 19, 2006 McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown Watt-Evans' Law of Literary Creation: There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it. I picked this book out of the library knowing only that it had won a Newbery honor book, and it was generally well-liked among people in the know (though a very good friend has a severe allergy to Robin McKinley in general). This is a good thing, because if I had known it was about a spunky tomboy princess and her very special friendship with a lame horse and her adventurous questing that eventually allowed her to win out over the disdain of everyone, I never would have picked it up off the shelf, and that would've been my loss. So what do I like about it? I think it gets the tone just right: it's not all self-satisfied and smug about how feminist it is, and it takes itself very seriously, but it does seriousness well . Many fantasy books go for the high epic tone and don't pull it off, leaving the impression of a six-year-old girl wearing her mother's best ballgown. This story's tall enough and old enough to wear its clothes with dignity. It doesn't shy away from its implications; and for a children's book from the mid-80s it's surprisingly honest about sex, although it's only present for a single modest sentence or two.

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