Date: 30 Apr 92
Subject: Author Lists: Angela Carter
From: jwenn@world.std.com (John Wenn)
To: rec.arts.sf.written
Edited: 27-Jun-95

My all time favorite Angela Carter book is _The Bloody Chamber_.  It is 
a collection of retellings of classic fairy tales in a decadent style.  
If you have read Tanith Lee's _Red As Blood_, you know the type of 
story.  The two books, however, have very different styles.  _Red as 
Blood_ is sharp and witty, while _The Bloody Chamber_ is moody and 
sensuous.  _The Bloody Chamber_ also contains "A Company of Wolves", 
the source for the wonderful movie of the same name.  In fact, "A 
Company of Wolves" is *the* most accurate translation from the written 
word to the screen.  The movie adds an outer wrapping of a 20th century 
girl, and I think the movie uses a semi-colon instead of a comma, but 
aside from that one can read the story along with the movie.  Both are 
a great psycho-sexual retelling of various werewolf legends, most 
especially Little Red Riding Hood.  And the original story is only 12 
pages long.

[C] == Story Collection.
[CB] == Chapbook.  (A small booklet or pamphlet).
[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.
[YA] == The book is for young adults (however you define them).
[= ...] == Also known by this other title.

Carter, Angela (Olive)	(U.K., 5/7/1940-2/16/1992)

American Ghosts & Old World Wonders (1993) [C]
Artificial Fire (1988) [O/N+C= Fireworks + Love]
Black Venus (1985) [C= Saints and Strangers]
Black Venus's Tale (1980) [CB]
The Bloody Chamber (1979) [C]
Fireworks (1974) [rev. 1987] [C]
Heroes and Villains (1969)
The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman (1972) [= The War of Dreams]
The Magic Toyshop (1967)
Nights At the Circus (1984)
The Passion of New Eve (1977)

Edited
The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales (1992) [= Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen]
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favorite Fairy Tales (1984)
The Virago Book of Fairy Stories (1990) [= The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book]

Non-Genre Fiction
Come Unto These Yellow Sands (1985) [C] [plays]
Comic and Curious Cats (1979) [YA]
Curious Room (1996) [C] [forthcoming]
The Donkey Prince (1970) [YA]
Love (1971) [rev. 1987]
Miss Z, The Dark Young Lady (1970) [YA]
Moonshadow (1982) [YA]
Several Perceptions (1968)
Shadow Dance (1966) [= Honey Buzzard]
Unicorn (1966) [C/poetry]
Wise Children (1991)

with Leslie Carter
	The Music People (1980) [YA]

Edited
Wayward Girls and Wicked Women (1986)

Nonfiction
Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings (1982)
The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography (1979) [= The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History]

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