{"id":5931,"date":"2016-06-29T20:31:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T00:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5931"},"modified":"2024-05-04T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T15:26:11","slug":"tapping-the-dream-tree-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5931","title":{"rendered":"Tapping the Dream Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tapping the Dream Tree<\/a><\/em> (2002) Charles de Lint<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve been somewhat depressed recently, and since I got an Amazon book credit, I realized I could get some of my Charles de Lint books as eBooks. WIN.<\/p>\n

Ten for the Devil<\/em>
\nWingless Angels<\/em>
\nThe Words That Remain<\/em>
\nMany Worlds Are Born Tonight <\/em>
\nThe Buffalo Man <\/em>
\nSecond Chances <\/em>
\nForest or Stone <\/em>
\nEmbracing the Mystery <\/em>
\nMasking Indian <\/em>
\nGranny Weather <\/em>
\nThe Witching Hour <\/em>
\nPixel Pixies <\/em>
\nTrading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Caf\u00e9 <\/em>
\nMaking a Noise in This World <\/em>
\nFreak <\/em>
\nBig City Littles <\/em>
\nSign Here <\/em>
\nSeven Wild Sisters<\/em><\/p>\n

Ten for the Devil<\/em> (1998) from Battle Magic<\/em>. Staley has a blue fiddle that calls of magic. Or so she’s been told. Unfortunately, she accidentally calls up some things that are not so calm and benign. This has a lovely Robert Johnson bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong as the day is wide?\u201d she asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you know. Start to finish, the day only holds so many hours, but you go sideways and it stretches on forever.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wingless Angels<\/em> (2000) from Black Gate<\/em> is one of the darker stories, and not a particular favorite.<\/p>\n

The Words That Remain<\/em> (2000) from Taps and Sighs<\/em> is a short ghost story. It’s got Christy Riddle, and I quite like it.<\/p>\n

Many Worlds Are Born Tonight <\/em> (2000) from Lisa Snelling’s Strange Attractions<\/em> is another story I don’t much care for. It’s about an Ferris Wheel that can take you to any of the possibilities created whenever you make a choice.<\/p>\n

The Buffalo Man <\/em> (1999) is a Meran and Cerin story with Lucius and the Crow girls and Jilly.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t have any crow blood in you, would you?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNary a drop.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lucius harrumphed and muttered, \u201cI\u2019d still like to see the results of a DNA test.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was that?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI said, I wonder where they keep their nest.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How can a smile, a laugh, a good deed, stand up against the weight of such a history?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2026 I guess it can\u2019t,\u201d Jilly said. \u201cBut you still have to try.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause that\u2019s all you can do. If you don\u2019t try to stand up against the darkness, it swallows you up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Second Chances <\/em> (1998) has Meran, but it’s mostly about Joey Straw and second chances and being more than our genes and history.<\/p>\n

There are people that need stories, that can\u2019t exist without them. I\u2019m one of those people, always have been. Nose in a book, ear cocked for gossip, wouldn\u2019t go to bed without a story and that lasted for a lot longer for me than it does for most kids. I still read for an hour or so before I go to sleep.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And stories.<\/p>\n

Forest or Stone <\/em> (1999) from Merlin<\/em> is a Jilly and Geordie story and keeping promises.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing it like you mean it. You\u2019d be surprised how much satisfaction you can get from the simplest task if you impart it with meaning.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Embracing the Mystery <\/em> (2000) from Spell Fantastic<\/em> is a Wordwood story that also is about Sue Ash and her inherited dog Fritzie. <\/p>\n

They work because they make us concentrate so completely that the magic has to pay attention to us. It\u2019s like communion and singing hymns in church. People really do get closer to God because they\u2019re focusing on these rituals and no longer listening to that constant dialogue that goes on inside their heads.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Masking Indian <\/em> (2000) from Mardi Gras Madness<\/em> is set partially in Newford and in the past in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Granny Weather <\/em> (2000) from Imagination Fully Dilated<\/em> is a Sophie and Mabon story.<\/p>\n

I can feel my anxieties lose some of their immediacy. The dark holes are still there, but I\u2019m no longer so panicked that I think they\u2019re going to swallow me whole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Witching Hour <\/em> is one of the darker stories, about Christy and Geordie’s other brother, and about damnation.<\/p>\n

Pixel Pixies <\/em> (1999) is an amusing story. This has bad faeries offset by a good faerie. And a bookstore.<\/p>\n

The pixies were truly puzzled by the book. I suppose it would be odd from any perspective, a book that old, never once having been opened or read. It defeated the whole purpose of why it had been made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Caf\u00e9 <\/em> (2001) from Single White Vampire Seeks Same<\/em> is another fun story, although it has the potential for very bad things to happen.<\/p>\n

Making a Noise in This World <\/em> (2000) from Warrior Fantastic<\/em> is a story about Native Americans \/ First Peoples (however you want to classify them). I quite like the outcome of this story.<\/p>\n

Freak <\/em> (2001) The Mutant Files<\/em> is a really depressing and upsetting story. Just so you know.<\/p>\n

Big City Littles <\/em> (2000) is another story with Meran, and about faerie.<\/p>\n

What good were promises if you didn\u2019t keep them? How could you respect yourself, never mind expect anyone else to respect you, if you could break them so easily?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sign Here <\/em> (2002) from Apprentice Fantastic<\/em> is an interesting story, but I don’t especially care for it.<\/p>\n

Seven Wild Sisters<\/em> (2002) is one of the longer stories and I actually have an illustrated book of this story. <\/p>\n

Sarah and her seven sisters moved to the country, and live just a few miles from the woman they eventually came to call Aunt Lillian (after determining that she was not, in actuality, a witch). As Sarah spends more time with Aunt Lillian, she eventually discovers that although the older woman’s way of life may seem crazy, but it actually has much to recommend.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsed to live with my aunt, but she passed away some time ago, God rest her soul.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWithout running water or TV or anything?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWithout anything? Girl, I\u2019ve got the whole of the Lord\u2019s creation right at my front door.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s also a story–like so many of Charles de Lint’s, where the girl gets to rescue herself.<\/p>\n

Rating: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Tor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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