Winner, and Contest #2: Favorite Fairystory

[alanajoli]

Congratulations to dcopulsky! The d10 of Fate choose him to win the ARC of Troy High. I thought all the muses and inspirations were excellent, and was glad to see both the classical muses and modern inspirations get equal screen time.

This week starts what will be a series of prizes in the same vein. When I worked at Barnes and Noble, all of Andrew Lang's fairy books went on the bargain table. I bought all of the ones we had in the store. Recently, I inherited another nearly complete set, which means I've got a number of duplicates. This is great news for you! Classic fairy stories in books of rainbow colors are going to be up for grabs, starting with the most famous: Lang's Blue Fairy Book.



To win a copy of this classic, all you need to do is describe your favorite fairystory. Feel free to define that term as you see fit -- for this contest, it's open to your definition.

To inspire you, here are some more antics from the editorial assistants:


Jack: So I just rub the lamp like this...


Jack: Hey, there's supposed to be a genie in there!
Tollers: Boss, where's the genie?

Comments

[tezmillertm.livejournal.com]

Aw, they seem more interested in the chain than the lamp itself ;-)

Are Jack and Tollers brothers, from the same litter? They're both so adorable :-)

great post

[(Anonymous)]

Idhave to say my fav fairy story is Thumbelina i dont know why i just love that story.

~SiNn~

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[niliphim.livejournal.com]

Next picture in the series-
Jack & Tollers: ::chew chew chew::

Okay, so I think "fairy story" means "fairy tale"? I couldn't really think of any stories about fairies themselves...

One story I particularly liked when I was younger was "Hansel & Gretel"... I grew to love it more when I saw the Opera Theater at Yale Company production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel and Gretel" where the characters truly sprung to life.. and the witch was frightening!

The Elves

[randyhoyt.livejournal.com]

My favorite story with fairies in it is "The Elves" by Ludwig Tieck. It tells a story of a young girl who crosses a bridge while playing in the forest and finds herself in the land of the fairies. It was published in French in 1812 and then in English translation in 1827.

The full text is available online: [http://bit.ly/o6jLE]. I was thrilled when it was published in Tales Before Tolkien because I think it conveys that sense of peril Tolkien often wrote about regarding Faerie.

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

I did have to tease them with the chain to get them to pose for me. :)

They are brothers. They were actually from a litter of boys that were advertised as "The Beatles" by the shelter -- their mother, who also got adopted, was Yoko.

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Heh, hope the genie doesn't have a water pistol... :)

Fairy story and fairy tale are both roughly the same. I used the previous because Tolkien uses it to not only describe traditional fairy tales, but also works of the fantastic that involve that Perilous Realm of Other. So, modern novels would also qualify for this week's contest, for example.

Re: great post

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Whenever I think about Thumbelina, I think of the song from the Danny Kaye movie Hans Christian Andersen. :)

Re: The Elves

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Oooooh... *adds to my TBR list*

[holmes-iv.livejournal.com]

The Perilous Gard is still my favorite, I think. Which probably means I haven't read enough fairy stories over the past 18 years or so, alas, but I still think it's a good book. :-)

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

The Perilous Gard is in my top two books of all time, so if you've not read quantity, you've definitely read quality. :)