WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN review

[ellenkushner]

And now: A gorgeous sneak preview review of the forthcoming anthology Welcome to Bordertown, edited by blackholly  & me, with Introduction (and story) by series creator Terri Windling . . . written by Michael M. Jones (aka oneminutemonkey , who batted his eyes so prettily at me at WFC when I had an ARC in hand) for Sleeping Hedgehog/Green Man Review:

To give you a flavor:

Bordertown was urban fantasy before urban fantasy really had an identity. It was leather and lace, elves and rock n’ roll, magic and independence and love and adventure and loss and that wild period where anything was possible. . . . It featured some of the movers and shakers of the time, the architects of the subgenre. . . .

And then, like anything really awesome, it stopped. Poof. Finito. Turn out the lights, stack the chairs, lock the doors, Bordertown was gone. The band broke up and everyone went on to solo careers, leaving behind nothing but fond memories, trashed hotel rooms, and possibly a few illegitimate kids. That was that.

Until now. Thirteen years later, a new kind of Bordertown has appeared....

Not only have all of the main members of the old band gotten back together, they’ve brought their protégés and literary offspring along as well to create an all-new superband determined to carry Bordertown into the future. This isn’t a rehashing of the old days, this is a love-fueled rock n’ roll continuation and updating where a new generation meets the old gang. And it is awesome.

Yeah!!  That's what we hoped you'd say!

More info - including ToC and photos - here on Terri's blog.

And if you're an Amazon.com client, their crazy pre-order price for our book just went down again - to $12.22, which is $7.77 off the list price.  Which has gotta mean something.

Comments

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

I was trawling through my iTunes library and found what I think wants to be the theme song of Borderlands.... only it needs to be re-visioned a bit. Archie FIsher's song Borderlands (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leomhFmH62o) has lyrics that are very apposite (I particularly like the line "a nameless figure tossed amidst the human surf that beats"). But much as I like Archie's folky version, for Bordertown it would need to be covered by someone with the talents of a Boiled in Lead or Great Big Sea to give it more beat and drive and hunger. It's so much fun to think about that I wish I knew someone to do it.

I guard my ARC with my life ;D

[schuyler (from livejournal.com)]

Even though I have an ARC, I'm going to buy a beautiful hardcover of BORDERTOWN, because I free-fell in love with this anthology! (The ARC will be donated afterward.) It's a must-have for anyone with even a remote interest in urban fantasy. Also, the author contributor list reads like a star-studded cast for a blockbuster movie. They all wrote their hearts into this book, so don't break those hearts, buy this book!!

Re: I guard my ARC with my life ;D

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

You just made my night!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Wow - I thought I knew all the Archie Fisher songs - but that's one I never heard. Very, very cool. It simultaneously makes me think of our own B'town,..and of my THOMAS THE RHYMER, which is set on the actual Anglo/Scots border he's singing about (with towns like Selkirk & Roxburgh mentioned - and of course it's also the Border of Dunnett's Lymond books).

Of course I'm fascinated by borders - if you want more music of the in-between, I did an entire SOUND & SPIRIT show on it - I think I even included B'town in it:
http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Sound--Spirit-226/episodes/-5094

(Hmm, now I have to check to see if I included our 80s Bordertown anthem, Richard Thompson's "When I Get to the Border"...!)

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Heh. Thomas the Rhymer is in the 'to-be-read' folder on my Kindle. Maybe I should pull up that video when I read it. I'm pretty sure I've got that Richard Thompson, too. (Or I could just listen to your show. I live in Europe and do miss NPR!)

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