Robin McKinley: Difference between revisions

 

She has written two novels and a number of short stories in the world of Damar. ''[[The Blue Sword]]'' was a Newbery Honor book and ''[[The Hero and The Crown]]'' won a [[Newbery Medal]].

 

 

* ''[[Beauty a Retelling of Beauty And The Beast|Beauty]]''

* ''[[The Blue Sword]]'' (including prequels ''The Hero and the Crown'' and ''A Pool in the Desert'')

* ''[[The Outlaws of Sherwood]]''

* ''[[Rose Daughter]]''

 

* [[All Girls Like Ponies|All Girls Like Ponies (and/or dogs or dragons)]] - almost all of her protagonists (even the one boy) have a horse, dog, or exotic animal as a best friend.

* [[Author Appeal]]: [[May-December Romance]].

* [[Contrived Clumsiness]]: In ''Chalice'', one of the primary antagonists uses a very malicious form of fake clumsiness to set the demesne's Master up for a [[Morton's Fork]]: he "trips" within the Master's reach, forcing the Master - a former priest of elemental fire - to choose between catching and involuntarily burning him (an insult) or letting him fall (also an insult).

* [[Cool Horse]] - ALL of them, but pegasi especially.

* [[Discreet Drink Disposal]]: "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" .

* [[Easing Into the Adventure]]: Common in her works. ''[[The Blue Sword]],'' for example, begins with Harry's efforts at adjusting to life on the desert frontier of the Homelander Empire.

* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: In short story, "Hellhound".

* [[Fisher King]]: ''Chalice'', in which each demesne has not only a [[Fisher King]] Master, but an entire Fisher ''Court''. <ref> If you're curious, the Fisher Court has twelve members: Master, Chalice, Grand Seneschal, Prelate, and the "minor circle" composed of the Clearseer, Keepfast, Landsman, Oakstaff, Sunbrightener, Talisman, Weatheraugur, and (presumably) an eighth member whose title isn't mentioned anywhere in the book.</ref>

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: ''Dragonhaven''.

* [[Pegasus]]: ''Pegasus''

* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: "The Twelve Dancing Princesses".

* [[Something About a Rose]]: ''[[Beauty a Retelling of Beauty And The Beast|Beauty]]'' and ''[[Rose Daughter]]'', inevitably.

* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: ''Spindle's End''.

* [[Tell Me About My Father|Tell Me About My Mother]]: Beauty in ''[[Rose Daughter]]'', Aerin in ''[[The Hero and The Crown]]''.

* [[What a Piece of Junk!]]: The ponies in ''Chalice'' are pretty [[The Alleged Steed|alleged]] by [[The Blue Sword|Damarian]] standards (the Master's older brother certainly seemed to think so), until you realize that while they may be slow and fat, Ponty is very calm around dangerous things (read: bees and fire), and Gallant and Ironfoot have impressive amounts of endurance, and that this is ''exactly'' what the protagonists need them to be.

* [[When She Smiles]]: Appears in one of the short stories in ''Water: Tales of the Elemental Spirits''.

 

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