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Fairy Tales for Adults: The Novels
SF/F/BRUST
Brust, Steven The Sun, the Moon and the Stars1987, 210p.
Parallel stories contrast a present day group of young artists struggling for recognition and success and an old Hungarian folk tale of three gypsy brothers in medieval Hungary struggling to fulfill a promise to their king that they will find the sun, the moon, and the stars and hang them in the sky.
F/BYATT
Byatt, A.S.Possession: A Romance1990, 555p.
In this retelling of The Fairy Melusine, literary scholars investigate the lives of two mid-Victorian poets who loved briefly and parted, with the man not knowing he had fathered a child.
F/CARROLL
Carroll, JonathanSleeping in Flame1989, 273p.
Divorced for several years, Walker Easterling finally falls in love again, but someone seeking to settle an old score threatens his love and his life. A suspense-filled updating of an old, familiar tale of love and deception.
SF/F/CHERRYH
Cherryh, C.J.Rusalka1989, 374p.
A young man falls in love with the ghost of a murdered girl who must draw life from others or perish completely in this story based on an ancient Russian folk legend.
SF/F/DALKEY
Dalkey, KaraThe Nightingale1991, 221p.
As in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of the same name, an Emperor is enchanted by lovely music while sinister forces seek to replace the good musician with a counterfeit.
F/DARLING
Darling, DianaThe Painted Alphabet1992, 209p.
This story is an updating of an epic Balinese poem about a man’s quest to become an ascetic.
SF/F/DEAN
Dean, PamelaTam Lin1991, 460p.
In this tale, based on a Scottish folk ballad, Janet must win her lover in a battle with the Queen of Faerie on the campus of a small college in Minnesota.
SF/F/DELINT
De Lint, Charles Jack the Giant Killer1987, 202p.
The story of Jack And The Beanstalk with “Jacky,” a young woman in present day Ottawa, becoming involved with the other world after her lover leaves her because she is so boring and predictable. Jacky continues her adventures in Drink Down the Moon.
F/GARDNER
Gardner, JohnGrendel1971, 174p.
A new twist on the old story of Beowulf and Grendel. This time we hear it from the point of view of the surprisingly introspective monster, as he wreaks havoc on the world around him.
F/GRUNDY
Grundy, StephanRhinegold1994, 721p.
Retelling of the Northern European epic of Siegfried, the treasure of gold buried under the Rhine, and the ring that brings to those who possess it nothing but grief.
SF/F/KUSHNER
Kushner, EllenThomas the Rhymer1990, 247p.
Based on an old English folk song about a young man kidnapped by the Queen of Elfland. He is cursed with an inability to lie, even a little, when he unwillingly returns from her world to earth.
SF/F/LACKEY
Lackey, MercedesThe Fire Rose1995, 433p.
Rosalind Hawkins goes to San Francisco as the “governess” of a wealthy man whose amateur dabbling in magic has resulted in his accidentally becoming a werewolf. A rival adept/alchemist wants Rosalind to betray her employer’s secret. The year is 1905.
F/LLYWELYN
Llywelyn, MorganFinn MacCool1994, 400p.
Finn MacCool, a hero of Irish mythology, is a famous warrior who writes poetry and tells his men (and anyone else who’s listening) fantastic tales (not necessarily true) about his life, although the truth of his life and loves needs no embellishment.
F/MAGUIRE
Maguire, GregoryWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West1995, 406p.
If someone dropped a house on your sister, wouldn’t you expect them, at the very least, to return her magic slippers? Read the Wicked Witch of the West’s version of the happenings in Oz before, when, and after Dorothy arrived.
SF/F/SCARBOROUGH
Scarborough, Elizabeth AnnThe Godmother1994, 294p
Characters from the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales get together in a present day fable set in Seattle.
F/SYNGE
Synge, UrsulaSwan’s Wing1981, 156p.
A tragic continuation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale The Wild Swans, following one of the eleven brothers who were turned into swans. It is told by an orphan who became a sculptor and is complete with a goose girl and a wicked snow duchess.
SF/F/TEPPER
Tepper, Sheri S.Beauty1991, 412p.
Sleeping Beauty tells the real story of her enchantment (with asides from Carabosse, the fairy who placed the spell on Beauty).
F/WELTY
Welty, EudoraThe Robber Bridegroom1942, 134p.
A fairy tale about a young girl with a wicked stepmother and a bandit lover who lived long ago in the American South.
SF/F/WILLIAMS
Williams, TadCaliban’s Hour1994, 201p.
A wild man has one hour to explain to a woman he once loved that he must kill her to avenge the havoc her magician father wreaked on his life.
F/WILSON
Wilson, David HenryThe Coachman Rat1989, 171p.
Imagine one day you’re just an ordinary rat. And then you’re changed into a coachman for
a magical night. And then you’re a rat again. But now you can talk! And then...
SF/F/WREDE
Wrede, Patricia C.Snow White and Rose Red1989, 273p.
The daughters of a woman rumored to be a witch in a small Elizabethan village take pity on an enchanted bear and help him to break the spell accidentally cast upon him by a pair of inept and careless practitioners of magic.
SF/F/YOLEN
Yolen, JaneBriar Rose1992, 190p.
In this recreation of Sleeping Beauty, a fifteen-year-old girl learns the story of her grandmother’s experiences in a German concentration camp during World War II.
SF/F/ZELAZNY
Zelazny, Roger and Robert SheckleyBring Me the Head of Prince Charming1991, 279p.
As the millennium approaches, the powers of evil plot to seize power for the next thousand years by manipulating the tale of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming.
Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, April 1997
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