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Frost Dancers: A Story of Hares

By Garry Kilworth
Frost Dancers: A Story of Hares by Garry Kilworth digital book - Fable

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Garry Kilworth (1941 -)
Garry Douglas Kilworth was born in York in 1941 and travelled widely as a child, his father being a serviceman. After seventeen years in the RAF and eight working for Cable and Wireless, he attended King's College, London University, where he obtained an honours degree in English. Garry Kilworth has published novels under a number of pseudonyms in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction and Children's Fiction, winning the British and World Fantasy Awards and being twice shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Award for Children's Literature.


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“I was scared when I picked up the book that this would be 'we have Watership Down at home' but it stands out as unique, compelling and tense. Its connected to the same universe as Hunter's Moon and uses the same languages, cultures and some character crossover so it was both a fun nod and a great expansion to the world. It tackles topics like bigotry and racism within the animal kingdom, especially between hares and rabbits and it was a compelling display of how different cultures come together for a common goal. Also, thank god hare coursing was banned in the uk after 2005, because it was as graphic and disgusting as it was described in this book. There are a couple of issues with the book. For one it follows the misconception that male hares box each other for a mate but that is inaccurate. Although this book came out in 1992 so that's not unexpected. I also felt mis sold on the premise as I thought it would be about how horrific hare coursing was/is, but that only happens in two chapters. It was only because the real plot was so compelling that I kept reading. Another issue is that the book takes until about the halfway point to really get going so it required a bit of patience. I think the book needs an update for potential trigger warnings as out of nowhere, the tractor driver murders his wife and wife's affair partner and then after the bodies are discovered, blows his brains out in his tractor. It serves as a way to show that hares and rabbits do not have the concept of suicide and that they don't understand humans as much as they believe they do, but not everyone wants to read about that.”
“This is an odd one. I’m usually a huge fan of Kilworth’s work, and his take on hares certainly isn’t a bad one, it just feels tonally off. I really wish he hadn’t felt the need to include such a bizarre antagonist as the harpy eagle (who you only know is a harpy eagle once you read the afterward - the narrative is intentionally vague on that). Very abrupt ending as well. I liked it! Just not my favorite of his line-up.”

About Garry Kilworth

Garry Kilworth (1941 -) Garry Douglas Kilworth was born in York in 1941 and travelled widely as a child, his father being a serviceman. After seventeen years in the RAF and eight working for Cable and Wireless, he attended King's College, London University, where he obtained an honours degree in English. Garry Kilworth has published novels under a number of pseudonyms in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction and Children's Fiction, winning the British and World Fantasy Awards and being twice shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Award for Children's Literature.

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