{"id":432,"date":"2007-09-03T17:41:14","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T00:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/432"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:13:00","slug":"the-essential-bordertown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/432","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Bordertown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Essential Bordertown: A Traveller’s Guide to the Edge of Faerie<\/a><\/em> (1998) Terri Windling<\/a> & Delia Sherman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Essential Bordertown is a collection of short stories set in Bordertown, the land between our world and Faerie. The stories are written with a teenage audiences in mind, with primarily teenage characters, and parts of a “traveler’s guide” appearing before each chapter.<\/p>\n

Bordertown strikes me as a cross between Sanctuary of Thieves’ World<\/em> and the world created by Charles de Lint. It’s the area where faerie and the world of humans meets, and it’s a strange place where neither magic or technology works properly, and although there are some places where elves and humans meet and get along, there are roving gangs of elves and humans who rule different parts of town, and woe to the opposite race who wanders into their territory.<\/p>\n

Some of my favorite authors contributed to this anthology: Charles de Lint, Steven Brust, Ellen Kushner. I particularly liked Charles de Lint’s story “May This Be Your Last Sorrow”, but then I think that he has his own magic in that he is able to write the most wonderful short stories.<\/p>\n

Although all the stories in this anthology were good, I did like some more than others. As I mentioned, I particularly enjoyed Charles de Lint’s “May this Be Your Last Sorrow”. I also very much liked Carloline Stevermer’s story “Rag”, whose characters were adults, but they were adults deal with the friendships of childhood and adolescence. The story “Half Life” by Donnard Sturgis was particularly good–I had no idea where the story was going, and was pleased with how it ended.And Delia Sherman’s story “Socks” was also particularly good, although there was much that was unresolved.<\/p>\n

As a whole, the anthology was pretty good. Unlike Thieves World<\/em> the authors didn’t write each others characters, but they did have a shared world, which did tie the stories together, making it something more than a simple anthology.
\nI would love to read the original Borderland anthologies, however, they’re out of print and I’ll have to find them used if I want them. But I do recommend The Essential Bordertown<\/em> to anyone who likes antholgies or any fan of the Charles de Lint.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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