{"id":26,"date":"2004-06-04T12:24:59","date_gmt":"2004-06-04T19:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=26"},"modified":"2021-05-31T19:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T23:36:28","slug":"red-slippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/26","title":{"rendered":"Red Slippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Slippers<\/i> Dennis McKiernan<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"This compilation of short stories should be the final Mithgar book. As Dennis McKiernan says in the beginning, there were some loose ends that he wanted to go back and tie up, or explain, or stories that were mentioned in passing that he wanted to mention in greater detail.<\/p>\n

For this collection he follows the same convention that he used in Tales of Mithgar<\/i>, in that these are not really short stories per se, but rather a collection of tales woven together around the central theme of sitting around a fire telling stories. Some of the stories reach back into the history of Mithgar, others continue forward from the end of Silver Wolf, Black Falcon<\/i>.<\/p>\n

As nice as it was to revisit some of the characters, I think I prefer Tales of Mithgar<\/i> as a short story collection, but it’s possible that this collection will grow on me over time. I now want to go back and reread all the Mithgar books, and then finish by rereading this book, which might help, since everything would be fresh in my mind.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I’ll do that, and get back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Red Slippers Dennis McKiernan This compilation of short stories should be the final Mithgar book. As Dennis McKiernan says in the beginning, there were some loose ends that he wanted to go back and tie up, or explain, or stories that were mentioned in passing that he wanted to mention in greater detail. For this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,291,39],"tags":[309,310],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-paper","category-sword-sorcery","tag-dennis-mckiernan","tag-mithgar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/77","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":0},"title":"Tales of Mithgar","author":"Michelle","date":"June 2, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Tales of Mithgar (1994) Dennis McKiernan Still looking for books to tide me over, I turned to another favorite, Dennis McKiernan. I picked up Tales of Mithgar because it's a collection of short stories, and I love short stories. Set in the \"One Eyed Crow\" tavern, a blizzard has descended\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Tales-of-Mithgar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/101","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":1},"title":"Into the Fire","author":"Michelle","date":"July 30, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Into the Fire (1998) Dennis McKiernan Book Two of the Hel's Crucible Duology The conlusion to the story started in Into the Forge, Phais, Loric, Tipperton, and Beau leave Mineholt North to continue Tip's quest to take the coin to Agron. 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In The Eye of the Hunter, the Lastborn Firstborns Gwilly and Faeril, join with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/07\/Eye-of-the-Hunter.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":105,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/105","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":3},"title":"Silver Wolf, Black Falcon","author":"Michelle","date":"August 7, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Silver Wolf, Black Falcon (2000) Dennis McKiernan This is the final book in Dennis McKiernan's Mithgar series, where all the loose ends are tied up. We follow the journal of Bair, the impossible child, borne of Riatha and Urus. The reeds speak of Bair as the one to find the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Silver-Wolf-Black-Falcon.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":91,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/91","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":4},"title":"The Dragonstone","author":"Michelle","date":"July 7, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dragonstone (1996) Dennis McKiernan This is a good book, but not my favorite Mithgar books. Unlike other books set in Mithgar, there are few appearances by characters from other books: Aravan is mentioned in passing, the great dragons make an appearance, and Vanidar accompanies Arin for awhile, but mostly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dragonstone.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":90,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/90","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":5},"title":"Voyage of the Fox Rider","author":"Michelle","date":"July 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Voyage of the Fox Rider (1993) Dennis McKiernan Dennis McKiernan is another author I appreciate for his ability to write duologies and single book fantasies. 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