A review by innae
Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City, by Martin H. Greenberg
3.0
I bought this way back in 2004, and started reading it then...and got distracted by something else, so I stopped reading.
I am now re-starting it.
Mallificent by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - A bit of a twist on the Sleeping Beauty story...although it also has some Labyrinth mythology to it (i am not sure of the myth that started Labyrinth going though) -- I liked it quite a lot.
The Last Day of the Rest of Her Life by Russell Davis - one of my favorite Hans Christian Anderson tales -- The Little Match Girl -- this one follows along with the older tale, only told in today's world. Still sad, still good.
Jack and the B.S. by Tanya Huff - Yep, its Jack and the Beanstalk, sort of. I thought it was okay.
Panhandler by Alan Dean Foster - NICE...a Peter Pan tale told in this world, I liked it lots.
Trading Fours with the Moldy Figs by Jean Rabe - has several wolves that you will recognize. I thought it was an okay story, nothing too spectacular.
Signs are Hazy, Ask Again Later by Fiona Patton - I don't know what story this retold, but I did enjoy it for the most part. Not one of my favorites of the book though.
Overall, an okay collection of short stories, none of them blew me away, but none of them were stinkers either -- I stopped keeping track of the stories, so this is going to have to end it.
I am now re-starting it.
Mallificent by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - A bit of a twist on the Sleeping Beauty story...although it also has some Labyrinth mythology to it (i am not sure of the myth that started Labyrinth going though) -- I liked it quite a lot.
The Last Day of the Rest of Her Life by Russell Davis - one of my favorite Hans Christian Anderson tales -- The Little Match Girl -- this one follows along with the older tale, only told in today's world. Still sad, still good.
Jack and the B.S. by Tanya Huff - Yep, its Jack and the Beanstalk, sort of. I thought it was okay.
Panhandler by Alan Dean Foster - NICE...a Peter Pan tale told in this world, I liked it lots.
Trading Fours with the Moldy Figs by Jean Rabe - has several wolves that you will recognize. I thought it was an okay story, nothing too spectacular.
Signs are Hazy, Ask Again Later by Fiona Patton - I don't know what story this retold, but I did enjoy it for the most part. Not one of my favorites of the book though.
Overall, an okay collection of short stories, none of them blew me away, but none of them were stinkers either -- I stopped keeping track of the stories, so this is going to have to end it.