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The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

Ellen Datlow (Editor),

Terri Windling (Editor)

Start date: March 15, 2020

Finish date: May 15, 2020

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Jun 09, 2009 Mir rated it really liked it

Shelves: short-stories, fantasy, mythology

Oddly, my favorite story was the least green -- Emma Bull's "Joshua Tree." ...more

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Apr 16, 2020 Katy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020_forest

A nice collection of stories with a a couple of poems.

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Oct 26, 2008 Christine rated it liked it

Shelves: short-stories, diverse-and-women-authors, fantasy-myth-and-fairy, green-man

This is the second time that I have read this book. The stories aren't bad, but overall they aren't memorable. The only story that I remembered with any clarity before re-reading this was the story by M. Shayne Bell, "The Pagodas of Cilorine", a wonderful tale about Ravel and his childhood. The story is simply charming and worth the price of the book.

Other good stories include "Remenets" by Kathe Koja, a story that anyone living in a city will understand and Delia Sherman's :Grand Central Park". ...more

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May 16, 2010 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: based-on-folksong-myth, urban-fantasy, fantasy

First off, I was disappointed by the de Lint story in this anthology; I’d just read it in Waifs and Strays and it hadn’t been a favorite there. Oh well.

I liked “Charlie’s Away” by Midori Snyder about a teenager who lives on the edge of a forest who thinks he’s keeping his family together after the death of his sister.

“Grounded” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman is about a teenager who wants to hate the man her Mom is dating, but he’s a really good guy...

“Joshua Tree” by Emma Bull is about a desert fores ...more

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