Robin Mckinley??

Carafin · 05-20-2002, 10:32 AM

Has any one read Robin Mckinley? She is more fantasy than sci-fi
but I really enjoy her books. Most of her books are retellings of fairytales like Beauty and the beast or Sleeping beauty

XRogue · 05-20-2002, 01:13 PM

I have read those, but I have also read her Damar books.

***azalea*** · 05-20-2002, 01:34 PM

I loved her book about Robin Hood. I think I may have read something else by her, but I can't remember what.

Carafin · 05-21-2002, 04:11 PM

Ooh! I haven't read any of the Damar books (our Library is sooo small

) Are the Damar books any good?

XRogue · 05-29-2002, 05:15 PM

I liked them and thought they were alot of fun. There are two that I know of, The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown. I read Blue Sword first, Hero was written later and I think was meant as a prequel.

mirrille · 05-30-2002, 10:21 PM

For some reason, I found these books very beautiful. They leave you with a feeling that is not often felt after reading a typical fantasy book. I really like the heroines in both these books.

TwirlingString · 06-18-2002, 03:35 PM

They are really cool. For a while I was randomly reading anything written by her. I love:

The Hero and the Crown
Beast!!!!!
Deerskin!!!(TC says so too, {she's right here reading over my shoulder})
The Outlaws of Sherwood
...and a lot more that I don't remember because I don't pay that much attention to authors

All her characters are really inspiring.

Handmaiden of Yavanna · 07-20-2002, 09:57 PM

I loved her books Beauty and Rose Daughter. I am a Beauty and the Beast freak! I love that fairy tale and she did and excellent job with those books. I also loved Spindles End! That was good

Elbereth · 07-22-2002, 06:51 PM

I love Robin McKinly...I read OUTLAWS OF SHERWOOD and adored it because she makes her characters so human. I can relate to all of them, though I especially like Much, Robin, and Little John.
I have also read A DOOR IN THE HEDGE. It's great.

Carafin · 07-28-2002, 02:20 PM

HoY I too am a confirmed BatB freak. (really though I like practically every fairy tale) I love the fairytale and retellings of it. I must agree Spindle's end was very good. Such an interesting ending, neh? sorry that was very disjointed

TwirlingString · 07-30-2002, 07:09 PM

spindle's end was good, but i hated the ending

Carafin · 07-31-2002, 09:23 PM

What part of the ending didn't you like? btw I found another Beast It's by Donna Jo Napoli I liked it.

mirrille · 07-31-2002, 09:25 PM

Wow. I think she must of written a whole wack of stuff since I was reading her back in the day. I think I have to go hunting for her newer stuff and some of the old stuff I never got around to reading. I haven't read Rose's Daughter or Spindle's End.

TwirlingString · 08-12-2002, 10:13 PM

Actually that was probaly rose daughter. I wanted her to be princess. I didn't not like it that much, It's just that I wanted her to ba queen. I like the book really

Sylvee Estel · 09-01-2002, 01:20 PM

My friend read some of those books. I was gonna read one, but by the time I finished what I was in the middle of I forgot. Sounds like some more books I will have to check out again!

thingol · 09-13-2002, 02:27 AM

i have read the damar bokks i realy enjoyed them

Telperion · 11-05-2002, 05:58 PM

I've only read The Outlaws of Sherwood but it was REALLY good!!! I like how it made the characters seem real.

Celebrian · 11-28-2002, 08:19 PM

i have read the Outlaws of Sherwood, The Door in the Hedge, and A knot in the Grain. I really liked all her books, and I want to read The Hero and the Crown, or whatever the first book is in that series.

TwirlingString · 11-28-2002, 11:32 PM

It's the Hero and the Crown then the Blue Sword

05-20-2002, 10:32 AM	#1
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	Robin Mckinley?? Has any one read Robin Mckinley? She is more fantasy than sci-fi but I really enjoy her books. Most of her books are retellings of fairytales like Beauty and the beast or Sleeping beauty __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

05-20-2002, 01:13 PM	#2
XRogue Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2000 Location: D/FW Texas, USA Posts: 345	I have read those, but I have also read her Damar books. __________________ Farewell wherever you fare, till your Eyries recieve you at the journey's end.

05-21-2002, 04:11 PM	#4
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	Ooh! I haven't read any of the Damar books (our Library is sooo small ) Are the Damar books any good? __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

05-29-2002, 05:15 PM	#5
XRogue Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2000 Location: D/FW Texas, USA Posts: 345	I liked them and thought they were alot of fun. There are two that I know of, The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown. I read Blue Sword first, Hero was written later and I think was meant as a prequel. __________________ Farewell wherever you fare, till your Eyries recieve you at the journey's end.

06-18-2002, 03:35 PM	#7
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	They are really cool. For a while I was randomly reading anything written by her. I love: The Hero and the Crown Beast!!!!! Deerskin!!!(TC says so too, {she's right here reading over my shoulder}) The Outlaws of Sherwood ...and a lot more that I don't remember because I don't pay that much attention to authors All her characters are really inspiring. __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

05-20-2002, 01:34 PM	#3
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I loved her book about Robin Hood. I think I may have read something else by her, but I can't remember what.

05-30-2002, 10:21 PM	#6
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	For some reason, I found these books very beautiful. They leave you with a feeling that is not often felt after reading a typical fantasy book. I really like the heroines in both these books.

07-20-2002, 09:57 PM	#8
Handmaiden of Yavanna Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The far and fair West of California:) Posts: 101	I loved her books Beauty and Rose Daughter. I am a Beauty and the Beast freak! I love that fairy tale and she did and excellent job with those books. I also loved Spindles End! That was good __________________ She wandered wayward for a time, from the gardens of the gods to climb the everlasting mountains free that look upon the outmost sea, and never wandered back but stayed softly singing from glade to glade.

07-22-2002, 06:51 PM	#9
Elbereth Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 122	I love Robin McKinly...I read OUTLAWS OF SHERWOOD and adored it because she makes her characters so human. I can relate to all of them, though I especially like Much, Robin, and Little John. I have also read A DOOR IN THE HEDGE. It's great. __________________ A! Elbereth Gilithoniel! 'Fate goes ever as fate must.' Beowulf (Seamus Haney's translation) FRODO LIVES!!!

07-28-2002, 02:20 PM	#10
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	HoY I too am a confirmed BatB freak. (really though I like practically every fairy tale) I love the fairytale and retellings of it. I must agree Spindle's end was very good. Such an interesting ending, neh? sorry that was very disjointed __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

07-30-2002, 07:09 PM	#11
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	spindle's end was good, but i hated the ending __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

07-31-2002, 09:23 PM	#12
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	What part of the ending didn't you like? btw I found another Beast It's by Donna Jo Napoli I liked it. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

07-31-2002, 09:25 PM	#13
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	Wow. I think she must of written a whole wack of stuff since I was reading her back in the day. I think I have to go hunting for her newer stuff and some of the old stuff I never got around to reading. I haven't read Rose's Daughter or Spindle's End.

08-12-2002, 10:13 PM	#14
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	Actually that was probaly rose daughter. I wanted her to be princess. I didn't not like it that much, It's just that I wanted her to ba queen. I like the book really __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

09-01-2002, 01:20 PM	#15
Sylvee Estel Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 115	My friend read some of those books. I was gonna read one, but by the time I finished what I was in the middle of I forgot. Sounds like some more books I will have to check out again! __________________ ~Sylvee

09-13-2002, 02:27 AM	#16
thingol Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: norway,stord Posts: 30	i have read the damar bokks i realy enjoyed them

11-05-2002, 05:58 PM	#17
Telperion Enting Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Calgary Posts: 78	I've only read The Outlaws of Sherwood but it was REALLY good!!! I like how it made the characters seem real. __________________ Wherever you go, there you are. Aim for the stars, if you miss, you'll at least land on the moon! He who is made of air should not accuse the wind. My mind wanders. "Not all those who wander are lost." Therefore, my mind is not lost. Now, my question to those of you who doubt my sanity is this: How can someone who has not lost their mind be insane?

11-28-2002, 08:19 PM	#18
Celebrian Enting Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Calgary Posts: 75	i have read the Outlaws of Sherwood, The Door in the Hedge, and A knot in the Grain. I really liked all her books, and I want to read The Hero and the Crown, or whatever the first book is in that series. __________________ All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost. Tall ships and tall kings, three times three. What brought they form the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree.

11-28-2002, 11:32 PM	#19
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	It's the Hero and the Crown then the Blue Sword __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

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