· Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy. Theme: Mythology. Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean, is one of those novels that has popped up in the comments and in book recommendation posts a lot of times and never gotten a full review. I figured I’d use some of my quarantine time to tackle it and what a long, strange book it was – sort of a romance, sort of a fairytale, and mostly a book about college. In this version of "Tam Lin," masterfully crafted by Pamela Dean, Janet is a college student, "Carterhaugh" is Carter Hall at the university where her father teaches, and Tam Lin is /5(). · Pamela Dean is an American fantasy author whose most notable book is Tam Lin, based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in Minnesota. She was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, and was a contributor to the Liavek shared-world bltadwin.ru
Pamela Dean is an American fantasy author whose most notable book is Tam Lin, based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in bltadwin.ru was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, and was a contributor to the Liavek shared-world anthologies. Tam Lin. Pamela Dean $ - $ The Secret Country. Pamela Dean $ - $ The Hidden Land (The Secret Country Trilogy, Vol. 2) Pamela Dean $ - $ The Whim of the Dragon (The Secret Country Trilogy, Vol. 3) Pamela Dean $ - $ The Players of Luck (Liavek bk2) Pamela Dean $ Tam Lin is, predictably, a retelling of the 16th century Scottish ballad by the same name. But before that becomes clear, it's a story about college, about one's first time in a dorm room as a freshman, about classes and professors and advisors and homework and love affairs.
Tam Lin was the first book I read in my ReReadathon efforts, and I'm very glad that I did. As you may be able to tell, I'm really interested in retellings of Tam Lin. Dean's version is one that I've read and really, really liked. Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin is a very free retelling of the old Scottish ballad of the same name. Perhaps because of the title, I expected it to be closer to the original story. This is in fact a modernized version; however, the novel is none the worse for it. Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy. Theme: Mythology. Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean, is one of those novels that has popped up in the comments and in book recommendation posts a lot of times and never gotten a full review. I figured I’d use some of my quarantine time to tackle it and what a long, strange book it was – sort of a romance, sort of a fairytale, and mostly a book about college.
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