Blog of a Bookslut links to an interesting overview of and interview with author Charles de Lint. de Lint has a large fan base among fantasy readers and this article examines the various influences de Lint incorporates into his work. If you're a fantasy reader and you haven't read one of his books, you need to seek him out. His latest, Widdershins, was published this spring.
He relies more on the folklore found in Native American, Celtic and other mythologies to permeate the Old World aspects of settings. In one of his new titles out this spring, Widdershins, he has everyone from Coyote, Raven and the Buffalo people interacting with bogans, a fairy court at “Woodforest Plaza Mall,” and a very creepy salmon creature. It is vintage de Lint and a perfect example of how his nontraditional approach to faerie works so well.
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