Fire, Robin McKinley
Fire, Robin McKinley
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Fire
Tales of Elemental Spirits

Author: Robin McKinley, Peter Dickinson

Narrator: Bianca Amato

Unabridged: 20 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/07/2021


Synopsis

TWO MASTER FANTASISTS SET THE WORLD OF STORY ABLAZE!

After Water comes Fire—five stories from Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson about the necessary yet dangerous element. In these tales, a boy and his dog are unexpected guests on a dragonrider’s first flight. A slave saves his village with afiery magic spell. A girl’s new friend, the guardian
of a mystical bird, is much older than he appears. A young man walks the spirit world to defeat a fireworm. A mysterious dog is a key player in an eerie graveyard showdown. These five short stories are full of magic, mystery, and wonder.

About Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown, a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. Her other books include the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; Deerskin, another novel-length fairy-tale retelling, of Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on April 07, 2020

Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature: Spindle’s End is long and leisurely-paced, but I found it an absorbing retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, with fascinating details and appealing animals (Robin McKinley excels at both of those things) and a few major twists to the classic st......more

Goodreads review by Renee on July 21, 2008

Spindle's End (a retelling of Sleeping Beauty) is odd in a lot of respects, and therefore a lot of people aren't going to like it. To outline these: 1. Most of the book is narration. There is very little in the way of dialogue, even when it comes to things that most other authors would have left for......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 16, 2021

This could have been an interesting retelling of Sleeping Beauty. McKinley had some good ideas, but the plot rambled along at such a boring pace that it's hard to remember what they were. Long-winded and useless descriptions of every mundane thing you can imagine were a huge part of what bogged the......more

Goodreads review by Magrat on June 20, 2022

Este libro es el summum del costumbrismo-cottagecore-de cuentos de hadas. DIOS COMO LO HE DISFRUTADO. No es perfecto, a ver, es uno de estos libros que tú ves que no es perfecto (la trama... ¿qué trama? se le va de las manos y el final es... raro) pero para ti sí que lo es. Está escrito para ti, lleva......more

Goodreads review by Scottsdale Public Library on May 15, 2024

You think you know the story of Sleeping Beauty? Think again! This retelling of the popular fairy tale will take you through some unexpected twists and turns in search of happy ever after. - Beth M. From ten stories up, golden eagles see details on the ground that are beyond our ken. They see colors......more