From rec.arts.sf.written Fri Mar 20 11:02:50 1992 Path: herkules.sssab.se!isy!liuida!sunic!kth.se!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!think.com!mips!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!world!jwenn From: jwenn@world.std.com (John C Wenn) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Author Lists: Angela Carter Message-ID: Date: 17 Mar 92 10:22:31 GMT Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Lines: 62 My all time favorite Angela Carter book is _The Bloody Chamber_. It is a collection of retellings of classic fairy tales in a decadent style. If you have read Tanith Lee's _Red As Blood_, you know the type of story. The two books, however, have very different styles. _Red as Blood_ is sharp and witty, while _The Bloody Chamber_ is moody and sensuous. _The Bloody Chamber_ also contains "A Company of Wolves", the source for the wonderful movie of the same name. In fact, "A Company of Wolves" is *the* most accurate translation from the written word to the screen. The movie adds an outer wrapping of a 20th century girl, and I think the movie uses a semi-colon instead of a comma, but aside from that one can read the story along with the movie. Both are a great psycho-sexual retelling of various werewolf legends, most especially Little Red Riding Hood. And the original story is only 12 pages long. [C] == Story Collection. [CB] == Chapbook. (A small booklet or pamphlet). [O] == Omnibus. Includes other books. [YA] == The book is for young adults (however you define them). [= ...] == Also known by this other title. /John arpa: jwenn@world.std.com adirtymindisajoyforever-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Carter, Angela (Olive) (U.K., 5/7/1940-2/16/1992) Artificial Fire (1988) [O/N+C= Fireworks + Love] Black Venus (1985) [C= Saints and Strangers] Black Venus's Tale (1980) [CB] The Bloody Chamber (1979) [C] Fireworks (1974) [rev. 1987] [C] Heroes and Villains (1969) The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman (1972) [= The War of Dreams] The Magic Toyshop (1967) Nights At the Circus (1984) The Passion of New Eve (1977) Edited Sleeping Beauty and Other Favorite Fairy Tales (1984) The Virago Book of Fairy Stories (1990) [= The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book] Non-Genre Fiction Comic and Curious Cats (1979) [YA] The Donkey Prince (1970) [YA] Love (1971) [rev. 1987] Miss Z, The Dark Young Lady (1970) [YA] Several Perceptions (1968) Shadow Dance (1966) [= Honey Buzzard] Unicorn (1966) [C/poetry] Wise Children (1991) with Leslie Carter The Music People (1980) [YA] with Justin Todd Moonshadow (1982) [YA] Nonfiction The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography (1979) [= The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History]