Where to find it: Bookstores (independent bookstores or through bookshop.org) and libraries
What is it, in summary?: A short novel that reads like a fairy tale. Peri loses her fisherman father and curses the sea, meets a prince and a dragon, and learns a little about the consequences of magic.
What do you love about it?: Patrica Mckillip is one of my favorite writers; when she died a few months ago I started revisiting some of her books and landed on this one because of the light but lyrical prose, the fairy tale sensibility, the humor and power and love--of the sea, of family, of magic and healing. It's a very accessible story, and leaves enough unresolved that there's room for fic in several different directions.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Pre- or post- stories exploring the characters, their relationships, and the magic that infuses the world.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): None that I can think of. The grief of several characters drives their actions and the plot, but I find the overall tone light and hopeful.
The Changeling Sea - Patricia McKillip
Media: Book
Approx length: 150 pages
Where to find it: Bookstores (independent bookstores or through bookshop.org) and libraries
What is it, in summary?: A short novel that reads like a fairy tale. Peri loses her fisherman father and curses the sea, meets a prince and a dragon, and learns a little about the consequences of magic.
What do you love about it?: Patrica Mckillip is one of my favorite writers; when she died a few months ago I started revisiting some of her books and landed on this one because of the light but lyrical prose, the fairy tale sensibility, the humor and power and love--of the sea, of family, of magic and healing. It's a very accessible story, and leaves enough unresolved that there's room for fic in several different directions.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Pre- or post- stories exploring the characters, their relationships, and the magic that infuses the world.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): None that I can think of. The grief of several characters drives their actions and the plot, but I find the overall tone light and hopeful.