Joy- I really love the concept of previous tales as backbones for the retelling. I’ve always felt strange ‘borrowing’ themes that have been told and wonder if it’s worth doing so. But your insights here is inspiring in a ways that it honors previous works.
Ah thanks so much, Thalia! Really glad it's helpful! Yes, I love seeing it as being in a kind of ongoing conversation with that story, as it's changed and evolved over the years.
Love this! Reminds me of Naomi Novik’s books. I think I preferred Uprooted to Spinning Silver, both of which have new stories twisted out of fairy tales.
Also, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is a great one for reimagining a story from the unlikeliest direction.
I want a parallel version of the Abbey Road album where each song is from a different perspective. An alternative version of “I Want You,” one of the longest Beatles songs, from Yoko’s perspective: super short and light in contrast and about how she wants John too if he’ll ever finish this super long song.
Thank you for reading, Nathan! And I'm not familiar with Naomi Novik, but I'll have to check out her books - they look incredible.
Very interesting about a parallel Abbey Road album - not to get technical, but I'm guessing permission would have to be granted from the album's rights holder for any kind of alternate versions of this to happen (though I don't know the technicalities). But it's a very fun idea.
Joy- I really love the concept of previous tales as backbones for the retelling. I’ve always felt strange ‘borrowing’ themes that have been told and wonder if it’s worth doing so. But your insights here is inspiring in a ways that it honors previous works.
Ah thanks so much, Thalia! Really glad it's helpful! Yes, I love seeing it as being in a kind of ongoing conversation with that story, as it's changed and evolved over the years.
Love this! Reminds me of Naomi Novik’s books. I think I preferred Uprooted to Spinning Silver, both of which have new stories twisted out of fairy tales.
Also, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is a great one for reimagining a story from the unlikeliest direction.
I want a parallel version of the Abbey Road album where each song is from a different perspective. An alternative version of “I Want You,” one of the longest Beatles songs, from Yoko’s perspective: super short and light in contrast and about how she wants John too if he’ll ever finish this super long song.
Thank you for reading, Nathan! And I'm not familiar with Naomi Novik, but I'll have to check out her books - they look incredible.
Very interesting about a parallel Abbey Road album - not to get technical, but I'm guessing permission would have to be granted from the album's rights holder for any kind of alternate versions of this to happen (though I don't know the technicalities). But it's a very fun idea.