Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer is a short story collection of dark fantasy retellings of popular fairytales by British author Tanith Lee. Contrary to what the title may suggest, it not only includes retellings of fairytales by the Brothers Grimm, but also by Charles Perrault, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve or Alexander Afanasyev. The title story was nominated for a Nebula Award.

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer
AuthorTanith Lee
IllustratorTanith Lee
Cover artistMichael Whelan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherDAW Books
Publication date
1983
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages208 pp
ISBN0-87997-790-6
OCLC9146663
LC ClassCPB Box no. 2744 vol. 23

Contents

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer contains the following tales:

  1. "Paid Piper" - Asia: 1st century BC (retelling of "Pied Piper of Hamelin")
  2. "Red as Blood" - Europe: 14th century (retelling of "Snow White")
  3. "Thorns" - Eurasia: 15th century (retelling of Sleeping Beauty)
  4. "When The Clock Strikes" - Europe: 16th century (retelling of "Cinderella")
  5. "The Golden Rope" - Europe: 17th century (retelling of Rapunzel)
  6. "The Princess And Her Future" - Asia: 18th century (retelling of "The Frog Prince")
  7. "Wolfland" - Scandinavia: 19th century (retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood")
  8. "Black As Ink" - Scandinavia: 20th century (retelling of Swan Lake)
  9. "Beauty" - Earth: The future (retelling of Beauty and the Beast)

In 2014, the book was released as an expanded edition including a new story, "The Waters of Sorrow", which had been previously published in 2011 in Weird Tales.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Red as Blood for White Dwarf #48, and stated that "Fun: but these inversions can become repetitious, while Lee's SF 'Beauty and the Beast' founders in a morass of soggy pseudoscience."[1]

References
  1. Langford, Dave (December 1983). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (Issue 48): 12.
  • Nickerson, Susan L. "Red as Blood (Book)." Library Journal 108.2 (15 Jan. 1983): 147.
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