"Veil of the Dancer" is one of my favorite chapbook stories.
I have read (I think) everything in the Liaden Universe (with the exception of Ghost Ship). I like the fact that although all of the Liaden Universe stories are "kind of related", they do not feel formulaic. Each story is unique, so since "Veil" actually is a fairy tale, why shouldn't it start like one?
The main character is a young girl who finds a magic book that transforms her into something other than what she is.
I always think of Inas / Natesa as being kind of a feminist - assassin Cinderella...
That's what fairy tales are supposed to be all about, anyway - magic and transformation.
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Date: 2011-06-16 04:40 am (UTC)I have read (I think) everything in the Liaden Universe (with the exception of Ghost Ship). I like the fact that although all of the Liaden Universe stories are "kind of related", they do not feel formulaic. Each story is unique, so since "Veil" actually is a fairy tale, why shouldn't it start like one?
The main character is a young girl who finds a magic book that transforms her into something other than what she is.
I always think of Inas / Natesa as being kind of a feminist - assassin Cinderella...
That's what fairy tales are supposed to be all about, anyway - magic and transformation.