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A review by rebeccacider
Borderland by Terri Windling
4.0
Eighties mythic urban fantasy that, almost more than War of the Oaks, sets the tone for the rest of the genre. The prose is merely serviceable, the characters likable but uncomplicated, but the aesthetic of Celtic punk rock, elf/human gang warfare, and glamorous urban decay absolutely succeeds. You can understand why this series inspired its own new wave/nerd subculture back in the eighties.
The first three stories are very much cut of the same cloth, but Kushner's last story is a welcome surprise, depicting teenage angst and moral ambivalence with an emotional rawness that the previous stories lack.
The first three stories are very much cut of the same cloth, but Kushner's last story is a welcome surprise, depicting teenage angst and moral ambivalence with an emotional rawness that the previous stories lack.