Dreams Underfoot (Newford, #1) in Charles de Lint and the Mythopoeic Tradition

Aug 10, 2011 Susan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2000, john-jude-palencar, 2015

I was having some pictures taken in the Spring of 1993 at my Dad's request. It was taking a LOT longer than I'd anticipated and I finished the book I was reading. Lucky for me the local Waldenbooks was *just* across the promenade from where Glamour Shots were located. So, I wandered over and saw this book, the original with the Terri Windling cover? And I'd just finished reading his story "The Moon is Drowning While I Sleep" so I picked this book up. WOW

Now I'm a hardcore CdL fan and proud of it ...more

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Apr 11, 2012 M.L.D. rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: canadian-setting, signed, signed-de-lint

I think this is actually the 4th time I've read these stories, and being older this time...I just view things differently. Most of these stories are written in the mid- to late-eighties, so I'll go easier on the "appropriation" in a lot of these--when de Lint is trying to not just have white people in his tales. Some of these work better than others.

The "sexual abuse as character development" is just as difficult to read as it's always been, and those are my least favorite in the collection, esp ...more

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Jan 11, 2018 Sas astro rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, 2018-books

I'm a compulsive reader, I read most genres, I try new authors, read favourite authors and sometimes re-read favourite books. Dreams Underfoot comes under the latter two categories. I've long had the paperback version but decided to treat myself to the e-book version too. Dreams Underfoot is an interconnecting series of short stories that introduces us to a place called Newford and the characters who live there. I think the genre of Urban Fantasy has been taken over somewhat by latter day tales ...more

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