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Denver Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club |
SUNSHINE
by
ROBIN McKINLEY
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Sunshine (2003) Jove USA paperback cover art by Erika Fusari 405 pages (left) Bantam Press UK paperback 329 pages (right) |
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From the back cover of the US paperback:
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind.
Until they found her...
From the front flap of the hardcover edition:
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. Sunshine knew that. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and she needed a place to be alone for a while.
Unfortunately, she wasn't alone. She never heard them coming. Of course you don't, when they're vampires.
They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion - within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight.
She knows that he is a vampire. She knows that she's to be his dinner, and that when he is finished with her, she will be dead. Yet, as dawn breaks, she finds that he has not attempted to harm her. And now it is he who needs her to help him survive the day...
Read for group discussion on August 22, 2007
RATINGS:
How we each rated this book
| Dan | - | Amy | - |
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10 Wow! Don't miss it 8-9 Highly recommended 7 Recommended 5-6 Mild recommendation 3-4 Take your chances 1-2 Below average; skip it 0 Get out the flamethrower! U Unfinishable or unreadable - Skipped or no rating given |
| Cheri | 8 | Barb | - | ||
| Aaron | - | Cynthia | - | ||
| Jackie | 8 | Ron | 7 | ||
| Christine | - | Stephanie | - | ||
| Patty | 8.5 |
Bibliography:
Robin McKinley (1952- ) is a US writer residing in the UK. She is married to writer Peter Dickinson.
Awards:
1985 Newbery Award for The Hero and the Crown
2004 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine
Damar fantasy books:
-- The Blue Sword (1982), 1983 Newbery Honor Book
-- The Hero and the Crown (1984), 1985 Newbery Award Book
Other young adult books:
-- Dragonhaven (forthcoming, 2007)
-- Beauty : A Retelling of the Story of the Beauty and the Beast (1978)
-- Rowan (illustrated by Donna Ruff, 1992), children's book
-- The Stone Fey (illustrated by John Clapp, 1998), children's book
More books:
-- The Outlaws of Sherwood (1988)
-- Deerskin (1993), dark fantasy, based on Charles Perrault's "Donkeyskin"
-- Rose Daughter (1997), another telling of Beauty and The Beast
-- Spindle's End (2000), a retelling of Sleeping Beauty
-- Sunshine (2003), dark fantasy featuring vampires
Story collections:
-- The Door in the Hedge (1981)
-- A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (1994)
Anthologies:
-- Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits (stories by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, 2002)
-- Imaginary Lands (edited by McKinley, 1985), which won a 1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
Links:
Robin McKinley website
Original Robin McKinley Home Page
Robin McKinley - Wikipedia
Sunshine (book) - Wikipedia
The SF Site Featured Review: Sunshine
NESFA review: Sunshine -- Robin McKinley
Green Man Review: Robin McKinley, Sunshine
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