Difference between revisions of "M Is for Magic"
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− | | "The Price" || | + | | "The Price" || A story about the stray cats that show up at the author's house, and how one in particular keeps his family safe. |
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| "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" || See my description in ''[[Fragile Things]]''. | | "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" || See my description in ''[[Fragile Things]]''. |
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M Is for Magic is compilation of short stories written by Neil Gaiman, published on 2007-06-06. Despite the book's theme implying it's for children, most of the subject matter is more appropriate for teens.
Contents
Personal
Own? | No. |
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Read? | No. |
Stories
Title | Notes |
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"The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds" | A hard boiled crime story set in the world of fairy tales. The juxtaposition of the two genres made me laugh out loud multiple times. |
"Troll Bridge" | A tale about a little boy who meets a hungry bridge troll that will spare his life if he promises to return when he's older. |
"Don't Ask Jack" | A cursed jack-in-the-box drives a family mad. Mildly creepy, but too short to be interesting. |
"How to Sell the Ponti Bridge" | A con artist tells the story of how he scammed a bunch of royals into buying a bridge. |
"October in the Chair" | See my description in Fragile Things. |
"Chivalry" | An old woman finds the Holy Grail at a secondhand shop and buys it to place on her mantle. Then Lancelot of Arthurian times comes seeking it. |
"The Price" | A story about the stray cats that show up at the author's house, and how one in particular keeps his family safe. |
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties" | See my description in Fragile Things. |
"Sunbird" | See my description in Fragile Things. |
"The Witch's Headstone" | |
"Instructions" | See my description in Fragile Things. |
Review
Overall: |
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— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
Bad
- Four of the stories in the book were just published less than a year earlier in Fragile Things, and several others were published in compilations from years earlier. In fact, there are only two stories not previous published in a compilation. This would be like buying a band's latest "Greatest Hits" album and discovering that nearly all of songs were published on their previous Greatest Hits albums.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Representation
Strong female character? | ||
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Bechdel test? | There are some women who to each other briefly "October in the Chair." | |
Strong person of color character? | ||
Queer character? |