Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that allows readers to showcase eagerly awaited upcoming releases.
This week I’ve picked Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt
- Expected publication: October 22nd 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
- ISBN13: 9780316212946 ISBN10: 0316212946
- Goodreads / The Book Depository
The best writers of our generation retell the classics.
Literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them; ones that have become ingrained in modern culture; and ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and then reassemble them for a new generation of readers.
Today’s most acclaimed authors use their own unique styles to rebuild these twelve timeless stories:
Sir Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene – Saladin Ahmed
W. W. Jacobs’s “The Monkey’s Paw” – Kelley Armstrong
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla” – Holly Black
“Sleeping Beauty” – Neil Gaiman
The Brothers Grimm’s “Rumpelstiltskin” – Kami Garcia
Kate Chopin’s The Awakening – Melissa Marr
Rudyard Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King” – Garth Nix
Henry James’s “The Jolly Corner” – Tim Pratt
E. M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops” – Carrie Ryan
Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto – Margaret Stohl
William Seabrook’s “The Caged White Werewolf of the Saraban” – Gene Wolfe
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” – Rick Yancey
And six illustrations by Charles Vess
Must. Have. Immediately.
I love fairytale retellings, and some of my favourite authors are going to be in this! I can’t wait.
I’d love to see what you are waiting on … please leave links and I’ll be sure to check them out!
Keely
New fairytale re-tellings? Sounds good 😀
Here’s mine! http://myspinonbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/waiting-on-wednesday-8.html
Briana
This sounds fantastic! I’m adding it to by TBR list on Goodreads.
Jennifer @ Some Like It Paranormal
I love anthologies with all different stories from different authors. All retellings too! Sounds good!
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dragana5kovic
I adore fairy tale retellings too. I don’t know how I missed this book, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. 🙂
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readerswonderland
I can always find it in me to enjoy retellings. Added this to my TBR!
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Tanja
I’m not fan of retellings but I must say that this one sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Janina (@Synchro_Reading)
I’ve seen this on pinterest awhile ago, but never looked up what it was about 🙂 Seems interesting! Great pick 🙂
Janina
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Captain Bec (@Ransom_Reads)
Fairy Tale retellings are AMAZING and I love pretty much all of them. Especially the dark and violent ones. Those are great. I will give up my firstborn if it means I get a copy of this 🙂
georgiewhatshereads
this looks right up my street. thank you for sharing, definitely adding this to my TBR list
michelleandleslie
i don’t usually pick up anthologies but i like reimagined books and there’s a few authors in this one whose book i enjoy. will keep it book in mind.
Miss Mimz
I’d never seen/heard of this one before but I WANT IT. It sounds fantastic and I’m beyond excited about it now 😀 Fab pick girl, thanks for sharing!
Natalie (@NatflixandBooks)
I’m excited for this one, too. I love re-tellings and there are some spectacular authors involved in this compilation. I love that cover, too. Great pick!
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Kritika
Wow, those retellings sound really cool. And I’ll read anything if Neil Gaiman wrote (part of) it!
I’ve added you on goodreads so I can stay updated with your reviews!
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