23 Retellings of Classic Stories From Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors
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tor.comPosted Feb 6, 2020, 1:33 AM UTC
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tor.comFor those still looking for books for Bingo, here's a nice collection of Retellings for that square.
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Glad something good came out of the Barnes & Noble debacle. There's some great books on here.
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I feel like Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton (retelling of Beowolf) should be on this list.
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It's not explicitly stated in the article but I think this list is going for retellings specifically done by POC since that's what the tweet they referenced was about. All of this is likely meant as a semi-subtle dig at Barnes and Noble's less than well thought out plan to re-release a bunch of older books with diverse covers that wouldn't actually reflect the content of said books.
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I was starting to get that vibe as I went down the list, but I also really wanted to make people aware of a book I liked
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That's fair. Always a good time to get out more recommendations
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Thanks for the recap, I was wondering what the others were talking about!
I just figured hey, gotta be a few good books here for people to read.
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Dorothy Must Die is fantastic.
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David Drake has a number of these as well. Cross the Stars is the odyssey in space, he has written two different takes on king arthur (the spark and the dragon lord), and his Northworld books are heavily based on various norse myths. If you are slightly more flexible about source materials, his RCN series is the Aubrey/Maturin series in space, his Patriots is Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys in space, and his Reaches trilogy is Sir Francis Drake in space.
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Oh my, I bookmarked so so many of these on my amazon list.
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Frankenstein in Baghdad??
Destroyer Frankenstein tackles the Black Lives Matter movement???
I winced, and noped away from that list so quickly.
Um...
Why is the rest of this thread praising it??
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Frankenstein in Baghdad was genuinely good.
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Why is the rest of this thread praising it??
Maybe people enjoy retellings of classic tales from different perspectives?
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I haven't read Destroyer yet, but Victor LaValle is genuinely good.
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Nice subtweet of Barnes & Noble's classic books with diversity covers debacle.