Sung in Shadow by Tanith Lee

[james_davis_nicoll]

Sung in Shadow by Tanith Lee

Comments

[kithrup.livejournal.com]

"I don’t know why I was surprised to discover this as I read"

I was something more than halfway through watching Warm Bodies when I realized it was a retelling. (Specific thoughts: "Huh, balcony, you know, this would be just like R&J if that were... her... nurse? Crap, I'm an idiot.")

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I guess from the lack of reprints I am mostly alone in liking this.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

...are there giant mice?

[w. dow rieder (from livejournal.com)]

I like her choice of names. Evocative of the original but with a twist. Just from his name, I cannot imagine "Romulan Montargo" living a boring life--this is definitely someone who is going to get into exciting trouble.

[badger.livejournal.com]

I still think Mercurio's response to the rain is one of the funniest lines I've ever read.

[michaelgr.livejournal.com]

Interesting; a part of _Night's Sorceries_ which I just read is a reworking of _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Lee had started work on this book when The Silver Metal Lover ambushed her. She put down Sung in Shadow to write Silver, then came back to Shadow. Interesting compare and contrast on ways to rework the same basic story inspiration.

[(Anonymous)]

"a swerve comparable in impact to the last few pages of Hello Summer, Goodbye"

OK, comparing things to Hello Summer, Goodbye is an effective way to get me to buy them.

-- Paul Clarke