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梁 子健 zjlearns — I liked this book, but I wasn't expecting to have to work as hard as I did. When I pick up James Joyce or Thomas Pynchon (which I don't...I'm just giving examples of non-linear, postmodern, absurd, abstract prose) I expect to have a little trouble understanding the themes, the characters or even the plot. I did not think that picking up a collection of short stories by someone I've never heard of would have me so flummoxed. Maybe I didn't read carefully enough? That's very possible. Or maybe they're obtuse and esoteric. Also possible. But if that's the case, I think Link (which I can't write or read without thinking of Zelda) was obtuse with a purpose. Which at least I considered, so maybe I understand them better than I thought. Or maybe I'm wrong. That's the thing about these stories. They're very entertaining with crazy characters and completely weird, fantastic plots replete with ghosts, Greek gods, the underworld (lots of reference to the underworld), the Donner Party (parts of them...no pun intended) and a prosthetic nose collection. They were engaging and kept me guessing-- with regard to the plot as well as what exactly Link was *getting at*. What's with all the fairy tale references? Why the very, very permeable membrane between life and afterlife, landscape and dreamscape, in all the stories? And why is everyone so weird, in general? I've seen Link classified as a horror writer and a fantasy writer. I don't think these stories fit either of those genres. They're not scary, bloody, gruesome or violent. And they're not fantasy if dwarves and halflings are prerequisites for the fantasy genre. With that said, "The Specialist's Hat" is one of the most frightening stories I've ever read, and "Travels with the Snow Queen" is definitely fantastical. But overall, Link seems to float between genres, occasionally settling in magic realism, which makes the stories all the more compelling. I will definitely read more of Link's collections. They're interesting and I'm determined to figure out what's going on in her world.

Erl Viva _rl_iva — I never saw the stupid movie, but the first story ties in directly with The Dark Tower series. This was a period of 10 years or more in between Dark Tower installments and I was jonesing like a heroin addict for anything of any semblance of a relation. On its own, not so amazing, but not terrible.