Catherynne M. Valente, famous for her fabulous fairy tales embodied in The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden and In the Cities of Coin and Spice, recently published Palimpsest, a searing and erotic work about a viral city. I wasn't totally enamored of the book, but one thing that emphatically did enchant me was her references to a fictional young adult novel called The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.
As part of promotion for her novel, she even had a reading of the beginning of the book recorded for the ostensible novelist's website.
Well, now Catherynne is experimenting with cyberfunded creativity and actually bringing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making into the world! She's starting this next Monday, posting them at![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
catvalente.
Considering the beginning reminds me in the best way of Lewis Carroll and L. Frank Baum, I'm quite excited to see this project unfold.
(Button above links to her initial post on the subject.)
As part of promotion for her novel, she even had a reading of the beginning of the book recorded for the ostensible novelist's website.
Well, now Catherynne is experimenting with cyberfunded creativity and actually bringing The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making into the world! She's starting this next Monday, posting them at
catvalente. Considering the beginning reminds me in the best way of Lewis Carroll and L. Frank Baum, I'm quite excited to see this project unfold.
(Button above links to her initial post on the subject.)