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War For The Oaks (Mass Market Paperback)

by Emma Bull (Author) "The University Bar was not, in the grand scheme of the city, close to the university ..." (more)
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Emma Bull's debut novel, War for the Oaks, placed her in the top tier of urban fantasists and established a new subgenre. Unlike most of the rock & rollin' fantasies that have ripped off Ms. Bull's concept, War for the Oaks is well worth reading. Intelligent and skillfully written, with sharply drawn, sympathetic characters, War for the Oaks is about love and loyalty, life and death, and creativity and sacrifice.

Eddi McCandry has just left her boyfriend and their band when she finds herself running through the Minneapolis night, pursued by a sinister man and a huge, terrifying dog. The two creatures are one and the same: a phouka, a faerie being who has chosen Eddi to be a mortal pawn in the age-old war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Eddi isn't interested--but she doesn't have a choice. Now she struggles to build a new life and new band when she might not even survive till the first rehearsal.

War for the Oaks won the Locus Magazine award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Society Award. Other books by Emma Bull include the novels Falcon, Bone Dance (second honors, Philip K. Dick Award), Finder (a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award), and (with Stephen Brust) Freedom and Necessity; the collection Double Feature (with Will Shetterly); and the picture book The Princess and the Lord of Night. --Cynthia Ward --This text refers to the Paperback edition.



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Originally published by Ace in 1987, this reprint of a minor fantasy cult classic should attract new readers with its appealing and unusual blend of the world of rock and roll performers with the coexistent world of Faerie. Guitarist and singer Eddi McCandry has just left a floundering band and is organizing a new one when a phouka, a man who at times is a talking dog, becomes her guardian at the behest of the Faerie Folk. Eddi soon finds herself involved with warring Faerie groups, the Seelie Court and its noble queen versus the Unseelie Court, ruled by the evil Queen of Air and Darkness. The Seelie Court has chosen Eddi because there's "power in a mortal soul that all of Faerie cannot muster." Eddi's tart humor helps lend reality. When the phouka says, "Forth to honor and glory," she responds, "Get stuffed." For many readers, the fey qualities of the wispy fantasy may be enough; Eddi even labels her new band Eddi and the Feys. The strength of the novel, however, is in the nonfantasy scenes. These demonstrate a sure knowledge of rock music and the field, and contribute to the climax, a struggle between Eddi and the dark queen at a concert. In an appendix of special interest to fans, Bull (Bone Dance, etc.) includes excerpts of a screenplay version of the book she and her husband, Will Shetterly, wrote. A film appears an unlikely bet, but the author's prose portrayal of Faerie infringing on the real world remains an imaginative triumph.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Irritating, Oct 27 2009
By Wooden Shoe (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: War For The Oaks (Paperback)
I initially bought this book because one of my favourite authors suggested Emma Bull's novels as an example of good contemporary fantasy/sci-fi. I guess we don't share the same taste in books because I thought this novel was what-the-hell?

I had a really hard time following Bull's storyline with my imagination. Often I would find myself cruising along a few pages enjoying what I read only to find that the next few pages make almost no sense to me. The depiction of chronological events and the descriptions of the environment and surroundings make this book more analogous to a skipping CD or a broken record leaving me with a confused scowl on my face as I re-read the pages to try to make sense of what is going on. I ended up throwing it out my window before finishing it.

Don't waste your time and money on this. Read Tad William's War of the Flowers instead.
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3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not something I'd read again., May 9 2004
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Some good writing interspersed with long boring sections of "deep and meaningful" lyrics when then band plays. Some of the sections were so slow I skipped over them-and didn't miss anything.

Don't know that I'd read more by this author.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A good book got lost in all the waste, Jul 8 2003
By Craig Clarke (New England) - See all my reviews
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Books like this are the reason I tend to avoid fantasy novels. Emma Bull's War for the Oaks has everything I don't like about the genre: stilted fairy dialogue and a preponderance of overblown florid prose.

Unfortunately, there is a decent novel hiding underneath all the garbage. Eddi McCandry is a rock chick who unwittingly becomes selected to be the mortal mascot for a war between the light and dark sides of Faerie. The scenes with Eddi and her friends and bandmates Carla, Dan, Willy, and Hedge are what make this novel tolerable. The music scene of Minneapolis is given some play and makes me want to visit.

But interspersed between these really cool scenes about a rock band on the make are purple patches of fairy-type creatures (each, it seems, with a different style of speech) and their silly little battles with each other. This war they're fighting seems like nothing more than a couple of egos playing "Yes I will; No you won't" over and over again. I didn't give a whit about it and tended to skim those scenes after a while.

A novel about Eddi and her friends would be a fun book indeed, but War for the Oaks was in many ways underwhelming. I don't regret reading it (at least now I know what my friends at Green Man Review are talking about), but I don't know if I'll search out any other Emma Bull novels to read any time soon. Specifically, the transition between different styles of speech hurt my head after a long time reading, and I would have to read something else to take my mind off it.

It's considered a classic of the genre, so if you like a combination of low and high fantasy, you'll likely find something to enjoy in War for the Oaks. However, if fighting fairies aren't your cup of tea, or if you prefer tightly-written fiction, stay far away.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous piece of writing . . .
I first read this lovely, lyrical invention of urban rock ï¿n' roll fantasy when Emma was pretty much an unknown quantity, a California transplant in Minnesota writing and... Read more
Published on Jun 8 2003 by Michael K. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars This in my "go-to" book....
the one that, when I have nothing new to read, I go back to the shelf and pick this one up again. And again. Read more
Published on April 19 2003 by chandeeregreen

5.0 out of 5 stars At last, a reprint!
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Published on Feb 23 2003 by Kathleen Loughlin

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Books I've Ever Read
War for the Oaks is urban fantasy at its best. Her writing style isn't grandiose or epic the way Tolkien or Lord Dunsany's is, but it has a gritty, lyrical beauty. Read more
Published on Jan 14 2003 by ladylylia

5.0 out of 5 stars Urban Fantasy/Mythic Fiction, Just read it
This is the book which began it all for me. I loved this book, and though I am now addicted to authors like Charles de Lint and Terry Windling (check out her web page for some... Read more
Published on Nov 28 2002 by Alicia M. Hard

4.0 out of 5 stars Fey, death, and Rock 'n' roll . . .
I read this book about three years ago, back when it was still out of print, and I was very excited when I heard it was being reprinted. Read more
Published on Oct 16 2002 by Stephanie Zuercher

4.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' in the Sidhe World *grin*
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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic.
One of the first and perhaps the best contemporary "faerie" story. I bought it when it originally came out many years ago and have re-read it often since then; each... Read more
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War of the Oaks is another great spin on the world of the Fey. The story, character development was right on. Read more
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