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Someplace to Be Flying (Newford #8)

by Charles de Lint

4.26 · rating details · 1,818 ratings · 109 reviews

Lily is a photojournalist in search of the "animal people" who supposedly haunt the city's darkest slums. Hank is a slumdweller who knows the bad streets all too well. One night, in a brutal incident, their two lives collide--uptown Lily and downtown Hank, each with a quest and a role to play in the secret drama of the city's oldest inhabitants.

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Published August 1st 2005 by Orb Books (first published 1998)

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Jun 22, 2007

Jason Wyatt rated it

Recommends it for: modern fantasy fans

Shelves: already-read

This was the first Charles de Lint novel that I had ever read, and it's an interesting place to start. I had honestly never even heard of the author before. Strange, considering that he's been writing this Newford series for nearly two decades...

and it's a travesty that none of my fantasy-reading friends apparently knew about him either, because he's an excellent writer.

Basically, de Lint started creating a world with a series of short stories published in random magazine...moreThis was the first Charles de Lint novel that I had ever read, and it's an interesting place to start. I had honestly never even heard of the author before. Strange, considering that he's been writing this Newford series for nearly two decades...

and it's a travesty that none of my fantasy-reading friends apparently knew about him either, because he's an excellent writer.

Basically, de Lint started creating a world with a series of short stories published in random magazines and whatnot. It's largely the real world, simply one that has actual magic in it, yet the majority of people don't notice and/or willfully ignore it. Most of these stories are set in a fictional town named Newford, and this book is no different.

Like I said, this was my first Newford foray, and that definitely colored my perception of the book. Someplace to be Flying is largely the underpinning of the entirety of de Lint's fictional world. This is his "creation story", with the biggest possible rewards and consequences of any of the de Lint novels that I've read. Starting out with this book, then, makes the jump that you have to take to follow the author that much more difficult, but also so much more rewarding.

Being set in Newford, the book has lots of nods to settings and characters from his other works, obviously intended as little rewards to long time readers of the series. This was all new to me, though, and it's only in looking back that I see the "fan service" here and there. This also means that, if you've been reading de Lint for a long time, it's much easier to grasp the significance of situations and pick up on various foreshadowed events.

It may seem like I'm indicating that this is a downside. I don't consider it so at all. With absolutely no knowledge of what to expect, everything in this novel comes off as wondrous. When you don't know the extent to which the author is going to put magic around every corner, then it continually is a surprise.

As for the plot, it's basically fish-out-of-water. Two characters, one from the low-end of society, one from the high, randomly witness an event that shouldn't be possible, nearly dying in the process and magically being saved. Afterwards, though, it's impossible for either of them to let it go, and their investigation into what really happened continues to drag them deeper and deeper into the world just beyond regular people's perceptions. Eventually, they realize they're literally playing with gods (or the closest thing in de Lint's world to it), and it's too late for them to back out.

Highly recommended. This book is definitely in my top ten for most enjoyable. It's not going to change your world, but it's an awfully fun ride.(less)

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Sep 28, 2009

Michael rated it

Shelves: obscure-references-book-group, read-in-2009

After devouring "Trader," "The Mystery of Grace" and "Little Grrl Lost," earlier this year, I was hoping for a similar experience when I picked up "Someplace to Be Flying."

And while this novel certainly had its moments of being just as absorbing as all of those, I still feel like it fell a bit short of my expectations.

It's not that it's a bad story. But the story takes so long for various elements to come together that I found my...more

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Feb 29, 2008

Seymour rated it

The people who become birds, which noone knows about. My first experience with de Lint, this book has a stronger plot, and some very disquieting elements, which nonetheless feel exactly right. Upside-down kind of fantasy. More about people and their strengths showing in adversity, the values of de Lint are very real, despite the magic below the surface.

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Feb 05, 2009

Jamieson rated it

There is a myth that is as old as time. The world was created by Raven, the dark bird of mystery, as he stirred magic in an old black pot. The pot created more than the world: it created the Animal People, spirits as old as time itself. They are the First People and they roamed the land, able to change forms.

Out of the pot came the Blue Jay, the Wolf, and The Crow. There also came the Coyote, the Trickster. Always up to no good, he is the outcast of the First People. Most of his misc...moreThere is a myth that is as old as time. The world was created by Raven, the dark bird of mystery, as he stirred magic in an old black pot. The pot created more than the world: it created the Animal People, spirits as old as time itself. They are the First People and they roamed the land, able to change forms.

Out of the pot came the Blue Jay, the Wolf, and The Crow. There also came the Coyote, the Trickster. Always up to no good, he is the outcast of the First People. Most of his mischief is harmless, little tricks to amuse. But sometimes, he causes more trouble; enough trouble to slip through to our world.

Trouble starts when Lily, a photojournalist, goes looking for the famed “animal people” that are supposed to roam around Newford. One night while investigating the stories in a dark part of town known as the Tombs, a strange gray man attacks Lilly. Coming to her aid is Hank, no stranger to the Tombs and the rougher side of life.

He goes to her aid and the man attacks him as well. Lilly and Hank fight there attacker until something distracts him: two small girls who came from nowhere. They finish off the man with small switchblades that fell from their sleeves and Hank and Lilly are left stunned.

Tending to their wounds, pain disappearing at their touch, the two Crow girls sing a soft song with a haunting melody: The cuckoo is a pretty bird, he sings as he flies. He sucks little birds’ eggs, and then he just dies.

Dazed from the attack and the subsequent healing of two little girls, Hank and Lilly wander way, changed forever. They can now see the world of Fey, the world of the in between. Unbeknownst to them, they are now entangled in what will become a web of mysteries, a tryst. They have stumbled upon war.

There is murder in the darker underbelly to Newford than either could have imagined. They have stumbled upon the war of the Caenid against the Corboe: Bird against Dog. This is a war where no one is safe and the fate of both worlds will be affected. Hank and Lilly must learn to fight in order to save their lives and the life of others.

And so the story goes…

Charles De Lint has created a novel for the ages. “Someplace to Be Flying” is an incredible voyage through myth, through story, through dreams. This has remained among my favorite of De Lint’s novels and perhaps one of his most eloquent. There is layer upon layer of story here and the only way to work your way through them is to become involved in the story.

More involving are all the types of myth within the story: Celtic, Native American to name just a couple. De Lint has managed to weave the story of many people and many different faiths into one whole work that just sings with magic. He has managed to create characters that you can really care about and a story that is part mystery, part myth and part comment on our time.

If you haven’t read “Someplace to be Flying,” you don’t know what you’re missing. From the moment the Crow Girls come into the story, you are drawn into a labyrinth of words and dreams. The only way out of the maze is to finish the book; but you may never be the same again
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Jan 29, 2009

Christy rated it

Shelves: science-fiction-and-fantasy

"When we understand each other's stories, we understand everything a little better--even ourselves." (66)

This book was a mixed bag for me. I liked some of the characters quite a bit (particularly Jack, Katy, and Kerry), I liked the premise, and there are several passages where I particularly liked the writing and the ideas, but I just could not get into the plot and I had a hard time keeping track of who all the very, very many characters were. It took me more than twice ...more

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Jan 06, 2009

Elizabeth rated it

in the middle of this mess, don't judge just yet!

Though I'd never read Charles de Lint before, I liked Someplace to Be Flying so much that I went out and bought three more of his books when I finished. De Lint's prose had some thin spots where the story stretched to transparency and I could see his hand moving the characters and action, but the tale was so entertaining that I barely cared. He created a very compelling world that I didn't want to end with the book.

Somepl...morein the middle of this mess, don't judge just yet!

Though I'd never read Charles de Lint before, I liked Someplace to Be Flying so much that I went out and bought three more of his books when I finished. De Lint's prose had some thin spots where the story stretched to transparency and I could see his hand moving the characters and action, but the tale was so entertaining that I barely cared. He created a very compelling world that I didn't want to end with the book.

Someplace to Be Flying combines myth and urban grit to tell the story of the ancient rivalries between clans of animal people. When photographer Lily goes in search of these folkloric beings, she quickly finds herself enmeshed in their struggles. She is attacked by a cuckoo and saved by the crow girls and a man named Hank. Hank is just as confused as Lily, and when it becomes clear that her brush with them is not just coincidental, together they embark on a mision to find out what they want with her. Hank, an illegal cab driver from downtown is part of a close knit family of people living on the fring of society. Their story teller, Jack Daw, weaves the tales that seem to hold the whole situation together. Meanwhile, Kerry, a mental hospital release tries to make it on her own in a house full of corbae while her shadow like twin sister slowly disappears. Raven, eldest of the Corbae has lost his pot, primordial shaker of the universe, while Cody, the first coyote and the Couteaus, a clan of cuckoos try to get their hands on it.

He uses repetition in the way ancient epics and sometimes folk tales do, but fits it into the story in a more modern fashion. I simultaneously liked the way this created a layered, textured atmosphere as slight variations echoed off of each other and also found it annoying to hear the same thing over and over again.

There was a long line of stories, the theme is how stories tie the world together and make the world. This is shown in many ways

This theme seems to be pulled right from de Lint's experience as a writer. Many of the characters in Someplace to Be Flying come from a cast featured in many of his novels. The setting too, the city of Newford, serves as the background for many of his tales. The author clearly knows this place well and he acheives a depth of setting that seems effortless. For the most part, even his background characters seem to have depth. A fine web of connections runs between characters and events in the novel and outside of it's realm so that the world seems expasnisive and real.

Although all the characters felt 3D, they ranged from original and interesting to interestingly dressed stereotypes. The tough-but-sensitive Hank and the womanly, smart, but occasionally in need of rescue Lily were the least interesting to me. So, while they might be considered main characters, I liked that de Lint told the story by circling it through the eyes of a large cast. Though he kept disappointing me, I thought Rory was a well written, original character. I want to know more about him. I also wanted to know more about Margaret. Wanted to hear more from the canids too. Fortunately, de Lint has written many other books set in the same world and featuring some of the same characters. I've started in on Spirits in the Wires and look forward to enjoying a romp through the authors world over the next several months. Just hope that I don't break the bank picking up all of his books so quickly! (less)

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Nov 10, 2008

Alissa rated it

This book could have been good. The premise, that "animal people" live around us in some fantasy world that intersects with the real world, was intriguing.

Ok, so there are about 200 characters (slight hyperbole), and de Lint gets so bogged down by trying to make them all interesting that he fails to make *any* of them interesting.

Then there's the plot: apparently some of the animal people want to reclaim some holy relic and take over the world. Um... I gues...more

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Apr 26, 2008

Ceridwen rated it

Shelves: fantasy, o-canada

I've had uneven success with de Lint: I've loved short stories like "The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep," and have actively disliked novels like "Jack, the Giant Killer." This falls somewhere in the middle.

Taking place in de Lint's evolving city of Newford, an Ottawa-ish place with the drug problems of late-90's Vancouver, the story involves a group of poorly differentiated artsy types in the plots of "animal people." Animal people are, of course, Native...more

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Aug 18, 2009

Kerry rated it

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Shelves: everything, sci-fi-fantasy

Yet another amazing book in Charles de Lint's Newford series. This was my first introduction to the Crow Girls, Raven and the rest of that crew and I have to say I love them.... especially Maggie and the Crow Girls.

Before I read Someplace to be Flying, if you had asked me what I loved about the Newford series, I would have mentioned characters like Jilly and Geordie and Christy but I would have focused on what a great world de Lint has created. Now that I have read Someplace to Be F...more

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May 05, 2011

Luke rated it

Let's start with my current three favourite.

Here's a story starting with a simple rescue, blossoming into an awkward romance between two very different people and then revealing layer after layer of intertwining stories and lives which seem disparate at first but link in a seemlessly organic fashion as the plot unfolds.
Every character here is vivid, relatable and distinct, and quirky enough that reading about the most mundane of problems (like helping a timid foxgirl move in ...more

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Sep 26, 2010

Fysierm rated it

Recommends it for: Anyone, everyone

I had fallen in love with Charles de Lint's writing before this book, had read several of his works (though I still have a lot more to get through). I had gotten this off of Betterworld Books on a whimsy, a kind of a "I like this author; it's cheap, and I'll probably enjoy it, so why not?" But I'm so glad I did.

If I had to choose a place to start, this would seem to be as good as any (especially for someone like me, used to starting in between a series as at the end of it), ...more

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May 31, 2011

♥Xeni♥ rated it

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Shelves: magic, magical-realism, fantasy, ebook, urban-fantasy, shapeshifter, animal

I always feel so sad finishing one of these books. But at the same time I feel uplifted, and like magic really exists in my own world. It's an interesting mix.

Once more, this story is competely different from the other Newford books. In this one we get an interesting set of characters, characterized by their animal sides. These 'animal people' say that they were there long before us (the 'normal' people) and came from the beginning of time. It's not a new idea, but the way that de Lin...moreI always feel so sad finishing one of these books. But at the same time I feel uplifted, and like magic really exists in my own world. It's an interesting mix.

Once more, this story is competely different from the other Newford books. In this one we get an interesting set of characters, characterized by their animal sides. These 'animal people' say that they were there long before us (the 'normal' people) and came from the beginning of time. It's not a new idea, but the way that de Lint integrates it into this "time to save the world again, folks" type story just works.

I love how he didn't make the animal people totems, or tie them exclusively to a Native American culture as so many authors are wont to do. They're just there; that's just them. The most prevalent of the species would be the corbae... or I suppose you'd call them birds. Not just any birds, but the most common are crows, followed by rooks, magpies, jackdaw's, blue jay's... you get the picture? We have a lovely wiley coyote character, named Cody, who's heart is in the right place, but keeps messing up trying to fix his past mistakes. And of course we have the more evil set of animals: the cuckoo's. I really love how de Lint took their nesting habits and brought those over into a people world. It makes so much sense that the cuckoo's are probably the characters I felt were most believable.

But among all the fanciful characters are also humans, like usual in these Newford books. They are realistic and possible and different and have flaws and have perfections and are just lovely to hang out with. In all, the animal characters were more memorable, but it was the human characters that kept the story together: without the human element what would be left in this world? Just the animal people, based on this book.

The plot was a tad mundane... the whole, let's save the world now. But for all that it was still interesting to see how events unfolded. These stories live for their characters, not necessarily the plot, although I really do love the recurring themes strewn throughout all the Newford books.

One of the themes used strongly in this novel was the idea of storytelling and how vital it is. It makes me want to start collecting stories and setting them down, or just sharing them. I do have my own personal store, but why not expand a bit? Although, the sheer amount of stories that I've encountered in all the books I've read is a pretty impressive amount.

What's left to be said? De Lint is a genius and he can't publish enough books by my standard! I love being drawn into his world and probably wouldn't mind staying in Newford for an extended period of time either!(less)

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Dec 21, 2011

Shara (Calico Reaction) rated it

Reading books like this make me wonder why certain readers have such a hissy fit over the fantasy genre, saying it can't be literary or it has nothing to offer in terms of social reflections. Clearly, they haven't read books like this, or if they have, they simply don't care for using magic, mythology, and folklore as a means to explore humanity. If that's the case, it's a shame. Someplace to be Flying is a beautiful book, something to break all those stereotypes of what people seem to think urb...more

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May 22, 2011

Jennifer rated it

This is one of the most beautifully written books I've read in a long, long time. The plot is very hard to explain --- the back of the book cover states: "Here is Lily, a photojournalist in search of the "animal people" who supposedly haunt the city's darkest slums. Here is Hank, who knows those slums all too well. One night, in a brutal incident, their lives collide --- uptown Lily and downtown Hank, eac with a quest and a role to play in the secret drama of the city's oldest...more

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Mar 19, 2011

Daryl rated it

I enjoy DeLint's writing, particularly his Newford novels and stories, of which this is one. Someplace to Be Flying involves a couple of “ordinary” humans who inadvertently get involved in the undercurrent of mysticism and magic that defines Newford. If I have any criticism of De Lint, it’s that he tends to return to these same themes repeatedly. That, and the fact that many of his characters are unrelentingly good and positive about how life can be wonderful and there’s magic in the world. I s...more

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Dec 03, 2007

Jo rated it

Recommends it for: David Caron

Shelves: fantasy, books-that-rocked-my-world

This is one of my favoritist fantasy books today. The old gods may still walk the earth, but what if even they have forgotten who they are.

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Mar 29, 2011

Jericho "Jack" Aleksandr Wootton rated it

I greatly enjoyed *most* of this de Lint novel. Having previously read only "Moonlight and Vines", a collection of short stories, I expected an evocative and literary tale, a street-fantasy bringing many ills of the modern day into communication with perspective borrowed from First Nation folk wisdom - and I was not disappointed.

For as worthwhile as the reading experience was (very), the climax of the plot was a bit overdone. de Lint is master of the muted, and he did not p...more

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May 28, 2008

Rob rated it

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One of my 2 favorite de Lint novels.

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Jan 17, 2011

Verona rated it

the story is about animal people who live among us and can change into their animal 'skin'. there are a lot of characters introduced and I had trouble keeping track of who was who for the first half of the book. I like some of the 'morals' taught through the book. Such as, it is important to know each others stories, then we can learn from the mistakes of the past.Also, that we shouldn't judge people by appearance. some of the heroes of the story are the outcasts of 'good' society.
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Nov 17, 2010

M— rated it

Shelves: reviewed, journaled

Beach Vacation Read #2: Second of two books dragged with me on the plane. I'm amused that I brought this the whole way from Pennsylvania to Florida when it originated from a Florida moocher to begin with, located not so far away from my vacation spot. This copy isn't very pretty, though; and I'll leave it behind at the beach house for someone else to find and acquire a better copy later for my permanent collection.

A dreamy, dreamy book, but I lost track of the large cast of character...more

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Jan 04, 2011

Jane rated it

Recommends it for: fantasy fans, teens-to-adult, adults

Shelves: fantasy

Again, de Lint's characteristic Newford is amazing and consistent (yeah, I'm a nerd for consistent worlds and magic systems). Plot twists are well done without being too much "ha ha, gotcha". Does require a certain amount of suspension of disbelief, but mostly because of the types of characters he uses for this particular story (should be street-savvy people, occasionally slip from that mould). Liked it quite a bit, will likely be a cheerful favorite to reread after a bit more time ...more

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Nov 07, 2008

Rachel rated it

Shelves: fantasy

An excellent Newford book which tells the backstory for Jack Daw, Kerry, and Katy. A photographer (Lily) is rescued from a mugging by a passing gypsy cab driver (Hank). The mugger turns on him, but before he can kill Hank, he and Lily are saved by the crow girls, and healed. This begins an odd adventure, as they discover that it wasn't a random mugging, and that Lily has something the cuckoos want. And that it has something to do with Raven's pot, and with Cody trying to remake the world aga...more

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Jul 14, 2011

Lucy Pollard-Gott rated it

This is the first Charles de Lint book I read, and I haven't stopped since, reading nearly his full backlist and eagerly awaiting the next installment. Many of his urban fantasies are under the rubric of "Newford" books, set in a fictional Canadian city a lot like Ottawa. The characters are a recurring group of artists, writers, and musicians whose mutual friendship and support of each other is as notable as their adventures in the dream world.

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Oct 15, 2010

Autumn Shultz rated it

I really enjoyed reading this one. I read it directly after Neil Gaiman's American Gods and was surprised to find some similar traits in the main male characters. Someplace to Be Flying makes you look at birds, foxes and love in a new light. A nice long read with rich characters and deeply moving relationships. A full-feathered five stars for me!

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Sep 29, 2010

Bob rated it

I never heard of this author before, but I saw a bunch of his books listed on a "100 best books" somewhere. Since I liked many of the other books on the list, I figured I would try him out. But this book was pretty boring. I can't stand quitting a book once I've started, so I slogged through all 546 pages...but it's weak, man. The cover compared him to Stephen King, but King kicks this guy's ass! Under the Dome at 1100+ pages goes by much more quickly than this did - it's way mor...more

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Jul 31, 2011

Joye Fulgirl rated it

I read this book quite some time ago (over a decade ago, really) so I don't remember much about it, except that I remember really really liking it and wanting to read more by this author. For some reason, though, I have yet to pick up another de Lint book... I mean to correct that soon!

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Apr 29, 2011

Josie rated it

Writing from my ipod, so apologies in adbance for typos. This is my second full-length foray into Newford, and it's just as complex as The Onion Girl. I love the corbae; I have a fondness for crows and ravens, and their personifications are solidly spot-on. The plot takes a little while to get rolling, but when it does, the central conflict weaves all the threads in deftly.

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May 20, 2011

Tom Bramlett added it

it was an wonderful read, for some one like me at that point in my life, It truely changed my out look. This book is highly recomended for men and women, who are young and not sure where they fit in life, there will always be some one to take you under there wing.

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Nov 25, 2007

Joyce rated it

Recommends it for: Fantasy Lovers

I was introduced to De Lint some time ago, when a book club member recommended one of his books, the name eludes me at the moment. His books tend to have to have the same theme; otherworld characters that have native american subtext. Althogh I enjoyed this book, not as much as the first, De Lint introduces so many characters I feel as though I need a character key to keep up with who's who. I like venturing into something other than what is real, and so I like the fantasy aspect of his novel...more

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Nov 22, 2010

Johann Snyman rated it

To be honest, during the first few chapters I thought it was going to suck. (I mostly dislike the "urban fantasy" type books) but I was wrong. This was really very good, and I'll be looking for more of his books.

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About Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint, an extraordinarily prolific writer of fantasy works, was born in the Netherlands in 1951. Due to his father's work as a surveyor, the family lived in many different places, including Canada, Turkey, and Lebanon. De Lint was influenced by many writers in the areas of mythology, folklore, and science fiction.

De Lint originally wanted to play Celtic music. He only began ...moreCharles de Lint, an extraordinarily prolific writer of fantasy works, was born in the Netherlands in 1951. Due to his father's work as a surveyor, the family lived in many different places, including Canada, Turkey, and Lebanon. De Lint was influenced by many writers in the areas of mythology, folklore, and science fiction.

De Lint originally wanted to play Celtic music. He only began to write seriously to provide an artist friend with stories to illustrate. The combination of the success of his work, The Fane of the Grey Rose (which he later developed into the novel The Harp of the Grey Rose), the loss of his job in a record store, and the support of his wife, Mary Ann, helped encourage de Lint to pursue writing fulltime. After selling three novels in one year, his career soared and he has become a most successful fantasy writer.

It is often said that, along with Terri Windling, he established the genre of mythic fiction which falls somewhere between fantasy literature, and mainstream fiction with a magical realist bent. This is debatable, as John Crowley preceded de Lint with the novel "Little, Big", which was published in 1981, and won the World Fantasy Award the following year for its blending of classical fantasy with modern culture. In any case, de Lint can certainly be credited with popularizing the emerging genre, which is also known as "urban myth" or "urban fantasy." De Lint's work has been called "fantasy for people who normally don't read fantasy."

Many of his later stories center around the mythical North American city of Newford and a regular cast of characters that make cameo and feature appearances. "The books have all been written in such a way that you should be able to pick up any one and get a full and complete story. However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence." He has received many awards including the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Moonlight and Vines. He has also published a children's book, Circle of Cats, with artist Charles Vess.

In addition to being the author of numerous novels and short stories, de Lint is also a poet, musician, artist, folklorist, and critic. His poetry can be found online in the Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts. De Lint's works include novels, novellas, short stories, chapbooks, and verse. He also publishes under the pseudonyms Wendelessen, Henri Cuiscard, and Jan Penalurick.
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Someplace to Be Flying (Newford #8)

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