Comments on: Faerie, fairy, fey, whatever . . . http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64187 rebecca Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:31:03 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64187 <i>"It just means figuring out a new take on vampires . . . Piece of cake."</i> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! um. anyways.... “It just means figuring out a new take on vampires . . . Piece of cake.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

um. anyways….

]]> By: Electric Landlady http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64184 Electric Landlady Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:30:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64184 In Hogfather, Terry Pratchett defines fairies as "beings who are currently employed under supernatural laws to bring things or take them away." Something like that, anyway. The thought of the Electric Drill Chuck Key Fairy still makes me laugh. In short, yay for your fairy book! In Hogfather, Terry Pratchett defines fairies as “beings who are currently employed under supernatural laws to bring things or take them away.” Something like that, anyway.

The thought of the Electric Drill Chuck Key Fairy still makes me laugh. In short, yay for your fairy book!

]]> By: Malcolm Tredinnick http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64078 Malcolm Tredinnick Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:03:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64078 Hold on ... your book universe has a loose-change fairy, but not a page-turning fairy? That's just cold. Hold on … your book universe has a loose-change fairy, but not a page-turning fairy? That’s just cold.

]]> By: serafina zane http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64077 serafina zane Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:39:46 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64077 snowboarding werewolf epic? NOOOOO!!!! *I* have a snowboarding werewolf story!!!!! no!!!!!!!! similarities!!!! noooo!!!!!! well...to be fair, the werewolves spend more time just chasing people down ski slopes than anything else. actually...no---i cut the only scene where anyone actually snowboards. so now they're just werewolves who happen to live on a ski resort. they spend the majority of thier time playing lacrosse, not snowboarding. also, crashing thier cars into the cars of witches. okay. i think i'm safe. and it's more a long short story than an epic. snowboarding werewolf epic? NOOOOO!!!!
*I* have a snowboarding werewolf story!!!!! no!!!!!!!! similarities!!!! noooo!!!!!!
well…to be fair, the werewolves spend more time just chasing people down ski slopes than anything else.
actually…no—i cut the only scene where anyone actually snowboards.
so now they’re just werewolves who happen to live on a ski resort.
they spend the majority of thier time playing lacrosse, not snowboarding.
also, crashing thier cars into the cars of witches.
okay. i think i’m safe.
and it’s more a long short story than an epic.

]]> By: MooseGuy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64072 MooseGuy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:38:45 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64072 I think robots/cyborgs have been seriously neglected here. Goblins, too. I think robots/cyborgs have been seriously neglected here.

Goblins, too.

]]> By: J http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64066 J Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:00:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64066 I love comparisons of Fairy and Faerie! There's so much difference there, and it's all fascinating to discuss. And its fascinating to discuss how one became the other. My Tolkien Society spent weeks on this. Tolkien wrote an influential paper on the subject. I love comparisons of Fairy and Faerie! There’s so much difference there, and it’s all fascinating to discuss. And its fascinating to discuss how one became the other. My Tolkien Society spent weeks on this. Tolkien wrote an influential paper on the subject.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64063 Justine Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:23:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64063 R.J. Anderson: <i>where is the alien love? </i> I am anti-aliens. Harmony: <i>Snowboarding werewolves…sounds like a good book</i> Except that I'll have to learn how to snowboard and that involves snow and cold and other erky things. _iris_: <i>Spelling makes all the difference!</i> Indeed it doth. Mary Elizabeth S.: <i>Never give up on zombies!</i> I was just joshing. I would never give up on 'em. Never! Mr Moles: <i>maybe you should do another poll on “which are you least sick of seeing shelves and shelves of bad books about?” I bet ghouls and daikaiju are a lot closer to the top.</i> You are absolutely correct. My poll was entirely misconceived. What a fool I've been! In fact I think I'll go pop up the new one right now. R.J. Anderson: where is the alien love?

I am anti-aliens.

Harmony: Snowboarding werewolves…sounds like a good book

Except that I’ll have to learn how to snowboard and that involves snow and cold and other erky things.

_iris_: Spelling makes all the difference!

Indeed it doth.

Mary Elizabeth S.: Never give up on zombies!

I was just joshing. I would never give up on ‘em. Never!

Mr Moles: maybe you should do another poll on “which are you least sick of seeing shelves and shelves of bad books about?” I bet ghouls and daikaiju are a lot closer to the top.

You are absolutely correct. My poll was entirely misconceived. What a fool I’ve been! In fact I think I’ll go pop up the new one right now.

]]> By: David Moles http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64062 David Moles Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:18:23 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64062 maybe you should do another poll on "which are you least sick of seeing shelves and shelves of bad books about?" I bet ghouls and daikaiju are a lot closer to the top. (seriously, why <i>doesn't</i> anyone ever talk about the terrible effects daikaiju attacks have on the corpse-eating undead community? live privilege at work, I say!) maybe you should do another poll on “which are you least sick of seeing shelves and shelves of bad books about?” I bet ghouls and daikaiju are a lot closer to the top.

(seriously, why doesn’t anyone ever talk about the terrible effects daikaiju attacks have on the corpse-eating undead community? live privilege at work, I say!)

]]> By: Mary Elizabeth S. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64060 Mary Elizabeth S. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:55:31 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64060 Never give up on zombies! (After all, they won't give up on you, no matter how many reinforced steel walls you put up!) A new twist on vampires? Easy! Just don't do what any of the hundreds of other books have done, and you'll be fine. I mean, hey, I'm giving it a try... ~Mary Never give up on zombies! (After all, they won’t give up on you, no matter how many reinforced steel walls you put up!)

A new twist on vampires? Easy! Just don’t do what any of the hundreds of other books have done, and you’ll be fine. I mean, hey, I’m giving it a try…

~Mary

]]> By: _iris_ http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64059 _iris_ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:45:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64059 "there are dark, scary faery like those that Holly Black writes about, who would as soon gouge your eyes out as look at you. And then there’s your pink, glittery, tinkerbell kind of fairy. A la all those of the Disney books etc. etc.:" I agree, when i think of faery I think of something feral and merciless. But when I think of fairy I think of something much more benign. Spelling makes all the difference! “there are dark, scary faery like those that Holly Black writes about, who would as soon gouge your eyes out as look at you. And then there’s your pink, glittery, tinkerbell kind of fairy. A la all those of the Disney books etc. etc.:”

I agree, when i think of faery I think of something feral and merciless. But when I think of fairy I think of something much more benign. Spelling makes all the difference!

]]> By: Harmony http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64056 Harmony Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:08:58 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64056 Fairies! Yay! I'll read it whether it's called faeries or fairies. Snowboarding werewolves...sounds like a good book :) Fairies! Yay! I’ll read it whether it’s called faeries or fairies.

Snowboarding werewolves…sounds like a good book :)

]]> By: R.J. Anderson http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/02/02/faerie-fairy-fey-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-64055 R.J. Anderson Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:43:03 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-64055 There is one very sad omission on your poll: aliens. You have robots and cyborgs; where is the alien love? *sniffles* There is one very sad omission on your poll: aliens. You have robots and cyborgs; where is the alien love? *sniffles*

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