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It must have been 10 years since I picked up the first collection of Charles De Lint's collection of short stories about his imaginary city of Newford. I loved them they were unlike anything else I'd read. Modern Urban fairy tales, some silly, some scary but all very enjoyable. He's one of the few fantasy author's that I'll still read.
I picked up a recent collection of Newford stories Tapping the Dream Tree. De Lint has spent a lot of time looking at the blending of native American myths and European myths in his stories. This collection included some Christian mythology too, which was interesting. I found it harder to get into this collection, though I'm not sure I blame this so much on De Lint but rather on the people I've known who believe in fairies and spirits and part of the living in the modern world and having that part be real just reminded me a little too much of them.
But there were some nice stories that seemed like fairy tales, there were some interesting new ideas about ghosts, I think my favorite was about a man who sold his soul to the "devil" only to have the devil turn out to be a benevolent soul who was only interested in helping people improve themselves. But over all I did find it a little disappointing, but I think that might be my fault and not the authors. But it all seemed a little too simplistic and well meaning at times.
I picked up a recent collection of Newford stories Tapping the Dream Tree. De Lint has spent a lot of time looking at the blending of native American myths and European myths in his stories. This collection included some Christian mythology too, which was interesting. I found it harder to get into this collection, though I'm not sure I blame this so much on De Lint but rather on the people I've known who believe in fairies and spirits and part of the living in the modern world and having that part be real just reminded me a little too much of them.
But there were some nice stories that seemed like fairy tales, there were some interesting new ideas about ghosts, I think my favorite was about a man who sold his soul to the "devil" only to have the devil turn out to be a benevolent soul who was only interested in helping people improve themselves. But over all I did find it a little disappointing, but I think that might be my fault and not the authors. But it all seemed a little too simplistic and well meaning at times.