tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post3774954659881570299..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Briar Rose - or 'Time Be Stopped' Katherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-72822867213293900482013-09-17T12:58:10.919-07:002013-09-17T12:58:10.919-07:00I didn't - I'll look out for The Thirteent...I didn't - I'll look out for The Thirteenth Fey, now!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-14057530639812199832013-09-17T04:38:40.299-07:002013-09-17T04:38:40.299-07:00Thanks for the mention, Kath. And did you know I d...Thanks for the mention, Kath. And did you know I did another couple of Sleeping Beauty books?<br /><br />Latest--The Curse of the Thirteenth Fey is about the youngest fey who makes that curse by accident. Sleeping Ugly is a humorous (and easy-reader) take on the story. And I also did a Sleeping Beauty short story "The Thirteenth Fey (the precursor of the novel) as well as a picture book retelling and loads of poems. In some ways I am obsessed with teasing out different (and more pro-active) meanings of this most difficult tale.<br /><br />JaneJane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-62400951148222447352013-09-15T07:01:24.127-07:002013-09-15T07:01:24.127-07:00I can only repeat what others have said, Kath - ab...I can only repeat what others have said, Kath - absolutely beautiful post. Thank you.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-48536795108392459892013-09-15T06:59:43.539-07:002013-09-15T06:59:43.539-07:00Another great post. Have you seen the 'Castle ...Another great post. Have you seen the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Waiting-Linda-Medley/dp/1560977477" rel="nofollow">'Castle Waiting'</a> books by Linda Medley? Though Sleeping Beauty is backstory for them, and has long left the castle by the third or fourth chapter...<br /><br />Like you, I loved the first bit of Tepper's book. But the rest of the book so horrified me that I've never touched anything else by her.pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532518675955579561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-23805697799960268712013-09-14T17:23:23.764-07:002013-09-14T17:23:23.764-07:00Ah, thank you for these inputs! It certainly gave ...Ah, thank you for these inputs! It certainly gave me a better perspective on Sleeping Beauty! Great post!<br /><br />Nancy (www.nancycudis.com)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737139592218663969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-43072580539721800152013-09-14T11:47:11.600-07:002013-09-14T11:47:11.600-07:00I'll certainly look for that, Marian - thankyo...I'll certainly look for that, Marian - thankyou! And Anna, thankyou too. I don't know - I suppose an indefinite sleep is too like death? And I agree we want the evil to be defeated, and yet - and yet - the sleep of this story is so calm, so untroubled - a moment crystallized in Time... Maybe it's something to do with humanity's ever-present consciousness of Time's winged chariot hurrying near? Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-44571131192845088862013-09-14T10:37:44.569-07:002013-09-14T10:37:44.569-07:00What a fascinating take! This makes me wonder if a...What a fascinating take! This makes me wonder if any retellings have "left the castle sleeping" and suggested that the princesses' sleep is indefinite or eternal. Perhaps that kind of thing would not satisfy unless the story also left out the witch/bad fairy, because we always want to know that evil is defeated.Anna Mussmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631139113615066986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-54109814560917981992013-09-14T08:09:44.294-07:002013-09-14T08:09:44.294-07:00The most brilliant treatment of the Briar Rose con...The most brilliant treatment of the Briar Rose concept I've ever read is Vera Nazarian's THE DUKE IN HIS CASTLE. She doesn't shy away from any part of it, and the heroine, even though she sleeps, is far from passive. Please do try it! :)<br /><br />Marian Allen<br /><a href="http://MarianAllen.com" rel="nofollow">Fantasies, mysteries, comedies, recipes</a>Marian Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842321321484056422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-76093114128627522292013-09-14T06:14:06.807-07:002013-09-14T06:14:06.807-07:00Oh yes - isn't it lovely?Oh yes - isn't it lovely?Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-22404561680879544322013-09-14T03:52:06.309-07:002013-09-14T03:52:06.309-07:00Thanks!
Do you know Sylvia Townsend Warner's ...Thanks!<br /><br />Do you know Sylvia Townsend Warner's Sleeping Beauty poem? (Collected Poems, p 249)<br /><br />Being a morning person, revelling in the peace before the family wakes, I love the ending:<br /><br />Woe’s me! And must one kiss<br />Revoke the silent house, the birdsong wilderness?Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-9923354729041704642013-09-14T03:42:53.225-07:002013-09-14T03:42:53.225-07:00Thanks for that lovely post.Thanks for that lovely post.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-71417906452360898742013-09-14T02:53:05.448-07:002013-09-14T02:53:05.448-07:00What a wonderful post! And thanks for mentioning W...What a wonderful post! And thanks for mentioning Watching the Roses...adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com