Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales, volume 1) by
Robin McKinley

A good-natured retelling of a well-known fairy tale.

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On Sun, 21 May 2023 13:25:21 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

>Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales, volume 1) by
>Robin McKinley
>
>A good-natured retelling of a well-known fairy tale.

IMHO, /too/ well known. With too many movie adaptations.

Even the animated /Belle/, about a girl whose online persona becomes a
superstar singer, eventually turns out to be a version of /Beauty and
the Beast/. And a better one than most, I must say.

>https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-sick-of-myself
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In article <u4d641$t77$1@reader2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

> Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales, volume 1) by
> Robin McKinley
>
> A good-natured retelling of a well-known fairy tale.
>
> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-sick-of-myself

You didn't mention the Beast's library, which included books that hadn't
been published yet.

Are you going to review more of Mckinley's books, in recognition of her
being declared a Grand Master?

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In article <robertaw-1743C1.09443221052023@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>In article <u4d641$t77$1@reader2.panix.com>,
> jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
>
>> Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales, volume 1) by
>> Robin McKinley
>>
>> A good-natured retelling of a well-known fairy tale.
>>
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-sick-of-myself
>
>You didn't mention the Beast's library, which included books that hadn't
>been published yet.
>
>Are you going to review more of Mckinley's books, in recognition of her
>being declared a Grand Master?
>
I have not done that for other grandmasters so probably not.
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On Sun, 21 May 2023 09:44:32 -0700, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

>In article <u4d641$t77$1@reader2.panix.com>,
> jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
>
>> Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Folktales, volume 1) by
>> Robin McKinley
>>
>> A good-natured retelling of a well-known fairy tale.
>>
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-sick-of-myself
>
>You didn't mention the Beast's library, which included books that hadn't
>been published yet.

In our world. But is this set in our world?

That is why they call it "fantasy".

>Are you going to review more of Mckinley's books, in recognition of her
>being declared a Grand Master?
--
"In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
development was the disintegration, under Christian
influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
of family right."