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Susan
Feb 01, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: hardback, 2015
all 4 "pastiches" read 12/1/2011
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Julia
Nov 09, 2009 rated it did not like it
Shelves: didn-t-finish, fantasy, based-on-folksong-myth
Gave up after reading just over a third of this anthology of very early stories. Gave Up! I don't give up reading easily and I've never given up on a Charles de Lint book; he's one of my favorite writers, but this just wasn't working for me. The problem is that de Lint’s earliest stories were pastiches of Tolkien, Dunsanay and others. I usually love de Lint’s work, but this collection did nothing for me. ...more
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Steven
Sep 20, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, anthology-collection
Melanie
May 03, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shea
Jan 23, 2016 marked it as to-read
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