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false <![CDATA[War for the Oaks]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170736704m/70582.jpg 70582 7 Emma Bull's debut novel, War for the Oaks, placed her in the top tier of urban fantasists and established a new subgenre. Unlike most of the rock & rollin' fantasies that have ripped off Ms. Bull's concept, War for the Oaks is well worth reading. Intelligent and skillfully written, with sharply drawn, sympathetic characters, War for the Oaks is about love and loyalty, life and death, and creativity and sacrifice. Eddi McCandry has just left her boyfriend and their band when she finds herself running through the Minneapolis night, pursued by a sinister man and a huge, terrifying dog. The two creatures are one and the same: a phouka, a faerie being who has chosen Eddi to be a mortal pawn in the age-old war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Eddi isn't interested--but she doesn't have a choice. Now she struggles to build a new life and new band when she might not even survive till the first rehearsal. War for the Oaks won the Locus Magazine award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Society Award. Other books by Emma Bull include the novels Falcon, Bone Dance (second honors, Philip K. Dick Award), Finder (a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award), and (with Stephen Brust) Freedom and Necessity; the collection Double Feature (with Will Shetterly); and the picture book The Princess and the Lord of Night. --Cynthia Ward 144029 book 1987 War for the Oaks total:980|5:401|4:364|3:161|2:41|1:13| 980 4039 1533 162 5 11 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:39:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:17:04 -0700 2009 War for the Oaks for one of my GoodReads group. Right now, I have way too many books to read and not enough time to read them. I certainly didn't expect that I'd find a book that I had a hard time putting down and ended up finishing in two days...more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 19:13:34 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 19:15:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Apr 13 15:12:08 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 26 20:59:25 -0700 2008 2
War for the Oaks is said to be the book that ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 16:00:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 15:39:58 -0700 2008
The story of an ordinary girl(or guy)becoming extraordinary is common and essentially this is the formula used by War For The Oaks. Eddi is your regular old rock musician living and playing music in the Twin Cities. Until one day when things are reall...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 17 12:45:57 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 10 10:24:17 -0700 2008 2
There are fairies (but don't call them that if you know what's good for you) of every shape and size, lust, love, rock n' roll and a war b...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jun 10 17:16:04 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 18:43:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 11:04:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 23:05:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 23 09:51:58 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 10:02:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 18:28:20 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 18:30:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 19:58:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 19:58:38 -0700 2009 1
Eddi McCandry is a singer in a rock and roll band that also includes her boyfriend and her best friend, until one early spring night it goes south. Her boyfriend, who has been becoming more and more odd, flips out, their current gig falls apart, and she finally leaves, the band an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 03:00:54 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 03:00:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 20:42:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 20:52:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 16:25:18 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 16:25:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 21 04:07:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 17:35:11 -0700 2007 Eddi and the Fey. I know this for a fact because I own the tour shirt. Now granted the group, with its mix of human and nonhuman members may not have quite existed in the literal sense. Nor may there have been...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 10:23:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:06:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:23:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 12:37:53 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 15:26:14 -0800 2008
Granted, the book was not high literature, and it had some problems and weird quirks, but in general, I found it entertaining and I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 09 13:10:44 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 01:17:15 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:10:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 19:57:59 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 20:06:39 -0700 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQS1cgsE...
The love interest is basically Prince. And he turns into a dog. Also, it culminates in a rock concert with high stakes: the heart and soul of Minneap...more...]]> 1 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 18:48:20 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 18:50:46 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 06:43:58 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 05:14:55 -0700 2009
The book reminds me of a few of deLint's best books, and has the similar facility to invoke intim...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=70582