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Green Monkey Dreams
A stunning collection of 14 short stories, full of provocative ideas and haunting images
I ride this day upon the Worldroad, alone, except for Courage, who rides on the pommel of my saddle fluffing his feathers. I did not dream of journeying thus as a child . . .
This is the unforgettable world of Isobelle Carmody, presented in 14 stories written over a period of 13 years. Within it readers will find roads of paradox on which an angel might be a torturer, or a princess might reject a prince to save a rooster. These are paths traveled by seekers of the difficult deepest truths never found on straight roads; here a boy searches for his true name, a group of pilgrims is led by a song on an ancient journey, and a beast discovers hope. Enter this world and you will never again be sure where reality ends and imagination begins, for sometimes the greatest truths can only be told through imagination. From one of Australia's finest writers of fantasy comes a stunning collection of stories full of provocative ideas and haunting images.
I ride this day upon the Worldroad, alone, except for Courage, who rides on the pommel of my saddle fluffing his feathers. I did not dream of journeying thus as a child . . .
This is the unforgettable world of Isobelle Carmody, presented in 14 stories written over a period of 13 years. Within it readers will find roads of paradox on which an angel might be a torturer, or a princess might reject a prince to save a rooster. These are paths traveled by seekers of the difficult deepest truths never found on straight roads; here a boy searches for his true name, a group of pilgrims is led by a song on an ancient journey, and a beast discovers hope. Enter this world and you will never again be sure where reality ends and imagination begins, for sometimes the greatest truths can only be told through imagination. From one of Australia's finest writers of fantasy comes a stunning collection of stories full of provocative ideas and haunting images.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Isobelle Carmody
104 books1,735 followersIsobelle Carmody began the first novel of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles while she was still in high school. The series has established her at the forefront of fantasy writing in Australia.
In addition to her young-adult novels, such as the Obernewtyn Chronicles and Alyzon Whitestarr, Isobelle's published works include several middle-grade fantasies. Her still-unfinished Gateway Trilogy has been favorably compared to The Wizard of Oz and the Chronicles of Narnia. The Little Fur quartet is an eco-fantasy starring a half-elf, half-troll heroine and is fully illustrated by the author herself.
Isobelle's most recent picture book, Magic Night, is a collaboration with illustrator Declan Lee. Originally published in Australia as The Wrong Thing, the book features an ordinary housecat who stumbles upon something otherworldly. Across all her writing, Isobelle shows a talent for balancing the mundane and the fantastic.
Isobelle was the guest of honor at the 2007 Australian National Science Fiction Convention. She has received numerous honors for her writing, including multiple Aurealis Awards and Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
She currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia and her travels abroad with her partner and daughter.
Librarian's note: Penguin Australia is publishing the Obernewtyn Chronicles in six books, and The Stone Key is book five. In the United States and Canada this series is published by Random House in eight books; this Penguin Australia book is split into two parts and published as Wavesong (Book Five) and The Stone Key (Book Six).
In addition to her young-adult novels, such as the Obernewtyn Chronicles and Alyzon Whitestarr, Isobelle's published works include several middle-grade fantasies. Her still-unfinished Gateway Trilogy has been favorably compared to The Wizard of Oz and the Chronicles of Narnia. The Little Fur quartet is an eco-fantasy starring a half-elf, half-troll heroine and is fully illustrated by the author herself.
Isobelle's most recent picture book, Magic Night, is a collaboration with illustrator Declan Lee. Originally published in Australia as The Wrong Thing, the book features an ordinary housecat who stumbles upon something otherworldly. Across all her writing, Isobelle shows a talent for balancing the mundane and the fantastic.
Isobelle was the guest of honor at the 2007 Australian National Science Fiction Convention. She has received numerous honors for her writing, including multiple Aurealis Awards and Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
She currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia and her travels abroad with her partner and daughter.
Librarian's note: Penguin Australia is publishing the Obernewtyn Chronicles in six books, and The Stone Key is book five. In the United States and Canada this series is published by Random House in eight books; this Penguin Australia book is split into two parts and published as Wavesong (Book Five) and The Stone Key (Book Six).
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March 21, 2017
- Update March 2017 -
On reread I am bumping this up to 5 stars.
I think I took so much more out of these stories now as a 25 year old compared to when 21 year old me, who was only really starting to experience the real word. I have much more appreciation for the way Carmody weaves her stories. For such short stories, there was such depth to the worlds and the characters. This time I embraced the odd and quirky stories that I shied away from last time. I loved the way that some of the stories made my brain hurt, where last time I was just confused.
There was a repetition of one element in three stories. The element was that of a giant being died with his arm sticking out so that when he was buried he had to have a stone tower built around his arm to bury him properly. I loved the three different versions of this tale throughout the different stories and I loved how it meant different things for the three different characters.
I have been trying to think how best to describe this collection of short stories to someone. I think I would have to say that it is a mix of dystopian, magical realism and fantasy with a touch of sci-fi and fairytale elements thrown in. I think this collection is probably classed as YA but I think it is suitable for adults too, who might find more meaning buried into the stories.
I am so glad that I reread this!
- Original Review February 2013 -
This is an amazing collection of short stories. Each story was different and unique. There were so many different themes throughout the different stories. Unlike the other collection of short stories that I reviewed, I won't review each individual story because there are just too many stories.
I love Isobelle Carmody's writing. She is so descriptive without using heaps of words, which meant that each story had depth. The complexity of the stories was quite amazing. The depth of the characters and the intricacies of the plots where amazing for being so short.
The themes and subjects broached in the stories where fairly deep. The book was separated into three sections and each section covered one broad theme. The first section, The High Path, looked at hope and that no matter how dark or hard your life seems there is hope of a new beginning. Most of these stories were set in a later version of our world where war and other things have destroyed life as we now know it. I liked how Carmody showed how hopeful a new start can be.
The second section, The Way of the Beast, was darker than the first. It covered how when we grow up our dreams are often broken. Most of the stories where set in "the real world", with one of my favourite stories being set in the Depression. Most of the stories ended with the person realising that there dream was no longer possible, and often they accepted that. It was very thought provoking .
The third section, The World Road, looked at being different. It looked at breaking out of the norm and being what you want to be. Most of these stories were either set in a different world, or had magical aspects within the stories. One my favourite stories followed a guy who was looking for his lost love. Another followed a princess who had run away from her prince because she wanted to be free. All these stories captured my imagination and still brought thought provoking questions.
I really enjoyed these stories. Some of them were a little odd, particularly Green Monkey Dreams which I had a bit of trouble keeping up with. I give this book 4.5/5.
Mel.
On reread I am bumping this up to 5 stars.
I think I took so much more out of these stories now as a 25 year old compared to when 21 year old me, who was only really starting to experience the real word. I have much more appreciation for the way Carmody weaves her stories. For such short stories, there was such depth to the worlds and the characters. This time I embraced the odd and quirky stories that I shied away from last time. I loved the way that some of the stories made my brain hurt, where last time I was just confused.
There was a repetition of one element in three stories. The element was that of a giant being died with his arm sticking out so that when he was buried he had to have a stone tower built around his arm to bury him properly. I loved the three different versions of this tale throughout the different stories and I loved how it meant different things for the three different characters.
I have been trying to think how best to describe this collection of short stories to someone. I think I would have to say that it is a mix of dystopian, magical realism and fantasy with a touch of sci-fi and fairytale elements thrown in. I think this collection is probably classed as YA but I think it is suitable for adults too, who might find more meaning buried into the stories.
I am so glad that I reread this!
- Original Review February 2013 -
This is an amazing collection of short stories. Each story was different and unique. There were so many different themes throughout the different stories. Unlike the other collection of short stories that I reviewed, I won't review each individual story because there are just too many stories.
I love Isobelle Carmody's writing. She is so descriptive without using heaps of words, which meant that each story had depth. The complexity of the stories was quite amazing. The depth of the characters and the intricacies of the plots where amazing for being so short.
The themes and subjects broached in the stories where fairly deep. The book was separated into three sections and each section covered one broad theme. The first section, The High Path, looked at hope and that no matter how dark or hard your life seems there is hope of a new beginning. Most of these stories were set in a later version of our world where war and other things have destroyed life as we now know it. I liked how Carmody showed how hopeful a new start can be.
The second section, The Way of the Beast, was darker than the first. It covered how when we grow up our dreams are often broken. Most of the stories where set in "the real world", with one of my favourite stories being set in the Depression. Most of the stories ended with the person realising that there dream was no longer possible, and often they accepted that. It was very thought provoking .
The third section, The World Road, looked at being different. It looked at breaking out of the norm and being what you want to be. Most of these stories were either set in a different world, or had magical aspects within the stories. One my favourite stories followed a guy who was looking for his lost love. Another followed a princess who had run away from her prince because she wanted to be free. All these stories captured my imagination and still brought thought provoking questions.
I really enjoyed these stories. Some of them were a little odd, particularly Green Monkey Dreams which I had a bit of trouble keeping up with. I give this book 4.5/5.
Mel.
July 16, 2015
I first read this short story collection in early high school – this is the ideal window in which to read it, I think - and have found myself coming back to it again and again. To give you an idea of what to expect, the stories include a monstrous angel, a giant contemplating the meaning of life, an orphan in search of his inner power, and several post-apocalyptic scenarios. But to just name them is to not do them justice. These tales are so vivid and haunting that they’ve stayed with me for over 10 years, and every time I re-read them I have a different experience. Many are “low fantasy”, and often Carmody deliberately underplays the fantastical element, placing the reader in a position to decide the real truth behind a story. Endings are sometimes left ambiguous.
In one story, Carmody sneakily delivers a few lines directly from herself to the reader, identifying “the two great preoccupations of my life – truth and death”. And although the magical components vary between stories, there are themes which persistently re-emerge – the lost innocence of youth, the power of story, the meaning of death and the intersection of fantasy and reality. Commonly, these scenarios are experienced through the eyes of a child, and there is an exceptionally large cast of abandoned, misunderstood children experiencing domestic violence and neglect. I wonder what Carmody’s childhood was like for such issues to come out so strongly. Anyway, this is one of the few books I truly treasure…particularly since I got my copy signed last year!
In one story, Carmody sneakily delivers a few lines directly from herself to the reader, identifying “the two great preoccupations of my life – truth and death”. And although the magical components vary between stories, there are themes which persistently re-emerge – the lost innocence of youth, the power of story, the meaning of death and the intersection of fantasy and reality. Commonly, these scenarios are experienced through the eyes of a child, and there is an exceptionally large cast of abandoned, misunderstood children experiencing domestic violence and neglect. I wonder what Carmody’s childhood was like for such issues to come out so strongly. Anyway, this is one of the few books I truly treasure…particularly since I got my copy signed last year!
August 29, 2012
The High Path is a road of sorrow. With all good intentions we are led on a path of sacrifice, hardship and loss only to find that in the end we are left alone in the world, separated from those we love through the choices we have made, and left to face the consequences of an unknown future alone. But even when all is lost the will to go on still remains.
The Way Of The Beast speaks to the darker side of our human natures. Beneath the smiles and kind gestures lurks a darkness that is capable of causing great pain to those we care for through broken promises, crushed dreams and shattered hearts. At times there are no answers, no prays heard, only the darkness and the lost innocence of youth.
The Worldroad teaches life lessons, and while some are able to inspire and bring hope, others maybe learned all too late. It is our choices in life that make us who we are, lead us where we are going and teach us what we need to know. There are no right or wrong paths, only choices that must be made.
Green Monkey Dreams is a beautiful collection of short tales that are full of hope, tragedy and bittersweet moments that haunt you long after their reading. A skilfully written collection of magical tales of the fanciful, the quirky and the everyday. Each story is a doorway to another land, another time or anther reality where everything is at once both new and familiar in just the same way that these stories are at once both unique and timeless.
The Way Of The Beast speaks to the darker side of our human natures. Beneath the smiles and kind gestures lurks a darkness that is capable of causing great pain to those we care for through broken promises, crushed dreams and shattered hearts. At times there are no answers, no prays heard, only the darkness and the lost innocence of youth.
The Worldroad teaches life lessons, and while some are able to inspire and bring hope, others maybe learned all too late. It is our choices in life that make us who we are, lead us where we are going and teach us what we need to know. There are no right or wrong paths, only choices that must be made.
Green Monkey Dreams is a beautiful collection of short tales that are full of hope, tragedy and bittersweet moments that haunt you long after their reading. A skilfully written collection of magical tales of the fanciful, the quirky and the everyday. Each story is a doorway to another land, another time or anther reality where everything is at once both new and familiar in just the same way that these stories are at once both unique and timeless.
July 20, 2016
Fascinating but rather nasty
July 2, 2018
A mixed bag collection of some of Isobelle's earlier short story work. I much prefer Metro Winds personally, though this collection has some stand-outs which I've listed below:
Roaches
The Lemming Factor
The Monster Game
The Pheonix
The Pumpkin Eater
Green Monkey Dreams
Roaches
The Lemming Factor
The Monster Game
The Pheonix
The Pumpkin Eater
Green Monkey Dreams
August 16, 2012
I adore Isobelle Carmody. Her stories are like diving into shared dreams. Beautiful, inspirational, poetic. My fav genre too!
December 27, 2018
Isobelle Carmody's Green Monkey Dreams has 12 short stories - postapocalyptic, magical realism, fractured fairy tales, even sci-fi. There is no doubt Carmody can write, with gripping descriptions, great characterisation, suspense, wonder, pathos, horror.
The stories probe the intersection of reality and imagination, the interplay of materialism and spirituality, the potential for self-sacrifice and love versus the beast that lurks within. In more than one story, we are left wondering what version of reality is true (The Glory Days, The Phoenix, The Red Shoes,) and in other cases imagination is a two-edged sword which can make life liveable (The Monster Game) or drive people to unspeakable acts (The Glory Days, The Phoenix). Perhaps The Lemming Factor most closely expresses Carmody's own views, or maybe the nested dreams of the titular story Green Monkey Dreams.)
Many of the stories are dark and pessimistic. All of them left me pondering. For me - true spirituality is more positive than a beautiful dream that at best allows you to cope, at worst drives you to destroy what you love. For me it helps one live in a more grounded and compassionate way in a fractured world. It is more knowable, less a mirage, and less dependent on us. Perhaps for that reason, my favourite stories were Roaches, Seek No More & The Pumpkin Eater which all gave a seed of hope that positive change is possible.
I am intrigued and will probably read more of Carmody’s works.
The stories probe the intersection of reality and imagination, the interplay of materialism and spirituality, the potential for self-sacrifice and love versus the beast that lurks within. In more than one story, we are left wondering what version of reality is true (The Glory Days, The Phoenix, The Red Shoes,) and in other cases imagination is a two-edged sword which can make life liveable (The Monster Game) or drive people to unspeakable acts (The Glory Days, The Phoenix). Perhaps The Lemming Factor most closely expresses Carmody's own views, or maybe the nested dreams of the titular story Green Monkey Dreams.)
Many of the stories are dark and pessimistic. All of them left me pondering. For me - true spirituality is more positive than a beautiful dream that at best allows you to cope, at worst drives you to destroy what you love. For me it helps one live in a more grounded and compassionate way in a fractured world. It is more knowable, less a mirage, and less dependent on us. Perhaps for that reason, my favourite stories were Roaches, Seek No More & The Pumpkin Eater which all gave a seed of hope that positive change is possible.
I am intrigued and will probably read more of Carmody’s works.
February 18, 2022
Loaned by a lovely neighbour who shares the same enthusiasm for Isobelle Carmody. It's taken me a while to finish. I'm not in the right frame of mind to really enjoy this book, the pandemic has really hit me in weird ways and reading post-apocalypse books was a big love of mine, but now finding it hard to get into them now.
So my three star review is pretty unfair, Ms Carmody's works have been a love of mine for 25+years and they are treasured books on my shelves.
So my three star review is pretty unfair, Ms Carmody's works have been a love of mine for 25+years and they are treasured books on my shelves.
October 20, 2022
Read this for school, good book but schools have a way of taking the magic from pages.
November 30, 2024
A bit darker than I was anticipating, but a great read nonetheless!
August 4, 2022
A collection of 14 short stories. Read 10 July 1999. Overall, I was left with the impression of greyness, of heart emptiness, of sadness. I think my favourite one was 'Seek No More', because the others were all too bleak or had endings which were morally/unsatisfyingly ambiguous. Many have a post-apocalyptic setting.
Divided into 3 parts - Part 1: the High Path; Part 2: The Way of the Beast; Part 3: The Worldroad
Part 1: The High Path
1. The Glory Days
Fascinating but horrible description of the Harrowing. Too sad for me, what happens to the character.
2. Roaches
I liked this one, though it had a dark feel to it, especially the ending. I liked the boy and the girl, but not the woman. The kids were real; the woman was without hope. (So many of these stories are about people without hope).
3. The Beast
Yucky one. I wonder why she didn't put this one in with the Way of the Beast ones? Sad for him, that he became the Beast he always hated in his grandfather.
4. The Lemming Factor
I liked this one second best of the collection, because it had a happy ending, but was the story about post-apocalyptic people or really animal lemmings anytime? I think it was people, even though they said 'paws'.
Part 2: The Way of the Beast
5. The Monster Game
Very interesting twist to this one. I wanted to know more though and what happened later.
6. Corfu
A very interesting one but sad because he chooses oblivion over truth and love and the sea. But you can understand why he does it, and that desire for belonging, and his pain. And you can be Sophy, on the other side, accepting, but not understanding.
7. The Witch Seed
Sad. A mother next door, half-killing the kids and having a romance-friendship ... hints of the madness.
8. Seek No More
My favourite of this collection. Not too ambiguous, not bleak, yet lovely, touching... the child with the white hair, the dream man with the black cape, people with faery heritage, he haunts the cemetery, vampire heritage...
9. The Phoenix
Very moving, yet with an incredibly ambiguous ending. William calls her Princess and she falls in love with Torvald from the private school ... they accidentally kill him, then they set themselves on fire. Ambiguous, because you want to believe it really is the way to reach the otherworld and is a triumphant ending, as she points you towards, and yet part of you believes that it is just tragic because they are really just killing themselves...
Part 3: The Worldroad
10. Long Live the Giant
This featured a rest home with a woman stolen from them, the makers of humans, flawed but therefore more alive. (I love the way the recurring image/story of the giant's hand in the tower keeps repeating throughout the stories. Here, at the beginning of Part 2, in Seek No More, and the Monster Game...)
11. The Pumpkin Eater
A prevalent theme in some feminist fairy tale retellings is the violence of men. Sad. I liked the pumpkins though.
12. The Red Shoes
The child who thought her mother was a bird, although we are shown she is not from the actress costume and the letter in the attic (and yet otherwise, how the book on the shelf?). And the ending says she flies. But is this just a euphemism for dying?
13. The Keystone
I thought this one incredibly sad - one of the most moving ones for me because he did not make the right choice in time, and now, so many years later and he is searching but hasn't given up hope (and yet, we are led to expect, I think, that he never will find her again...)
14. Green Monkey Dreams
Perhaps the weirdest. I liked it, but it didn't answer enough of the confusion for me: dream after dream and I really wanted to know who the characters were in reality.
Divided into 3 parts - Part 1: the High Path; Part 2: The Way of the Beast; Part 3: The Worldroad
Part 1: The High Path
1. The Glory Days
Fascinating but horrible description of the Harrowing. Too sad for me, what happens to the character.
2. Roaches
I liked this one, though it had a dark feel to it, especially the ending. I liked the boy and the girl, but not the woman. The kids were real; the woman was without hope. (So many of these stories are about people without hope).
3. The Beast
Yucky one. I wonder why she didn't put this one in with the Way of the Beast ones? Sad for him, that he became the Beast he always hated in his grandfather.
4. The Lemming Factor
I liked this one second best of the collection, because it had a happy ending, but was the story about post-apocalyptic people or really animal lemmings anytime? I think it was people, even though they said 'paws'.
Part 2: The Way of the Beast
5. The Monster Game
Very interesting twist to this one. I wanted to know more though and what happened later.
6. Corfu
A very interesting one but sad because he chooses oblivion over truth and love and the sea. But you can understand why he does it, and that desire for belonging, and his pain. And you can be Sophy, on the other side, accepting, but not understanding.
7. The Witch Seed
Sad. A mother next door, half-killing the kids and having a romance-friendship ... hints of the madness.
8. Seek No More
My favourite of this collection. Not too ambiguous, not bleak, yet lovely, touching... the child with the white hair, the dream man with the black cape, people with faery heritage, he haunts the cemetery, vampire heritage...
9. The Phoenix
Very moving, yet with an incredibly ambiguous ending. William calls her Princess and she falls in love with Torvald from the private school ... they accidentally kill him, then they set themselves on fire. Ambiguous, because you want to believe it really is the way to reach the otherworld and is a triumphant ending, as she points you towards, and yet part of you believes that it is just tragic because they are really just killing themselves...
Part 3: The Worldroad
10. Long Live the Giant
This featured a rest home with a woman stolen from them, the makers of humans, flawed but therefore more alive. (I love the way the recurring image/story of the giant's hand in the tower keeps repeating throughout the stories. Here, at the beginning of Part 2, in Seek No More, and the Monster Game...)
11. The Pumpkin Eater
A prevalent theme in some feminist fairy tale retellings is the violence of men. Sad. I liked the pumpkins though.
12. The Red Shoes
The child who thought her mother was a bird, although we are shown she is not from the actress costume and the letter in the attic (and yet otherwise, how the book on the shelf?). And the ending says she flies. But is this just a euphemism for dying?
13. The Keystone
I thought this one incredibly sad - one of the most moving ones for me because he did not make the right choice in time, and now, so many years later and he is searching but hasn't given up hope (and yet, we are led to expect, I think, that he never will find her again...)
14. Green Monkey Dreams
Perhaps the weirdest. I liked it, but it didn't answer enough of the confusion for me: dream after dream and I really wanted to know who the characters were in reality.
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February 22, 2017
Love this book. Food for the imagination and soul.
The description is accurate: "A stunning collection of fourteen short stories, full of provocative ideas and haunting images."
The description is accurate: "A stunning collection of fourteen short stories, full of provocative ideas and haunting images."
June 6, 2013
A wide ranging collection of tales, some epic in nature, such as the dystopian "glory days" or the fantastical "the Lemming Factor", some more mundane and focussing on the magical realism of life such as "the monster game" or "seek no more". They vary in quality, but all are easy to read and hard to forget. Don't read them all in one sitting. Take your time and read one story per day. Ration them out, think about them. Standouts from this collection for me was the creepy, post- apocalyptic "roaches" for which I felt an affection for the main characters and a desire to find out 'what next?..' "The Beast" made me think and will stay with me. Recommended for all!
December 11, 2012
This is a difficult book to review as the worlds of the tales range from an apocalyptic world to what could be right next door. Each story is complex and thought provoking with ideas of what identity and reality mean. I would recommend these stories to a young adult reader who enjoys dystopias such as The Hunger Games as they will find some similar plot settings along with a deeper probing into philosophy and why people make the choices they do. I will soon be rereading this book because it will get better as I find more depth.
July 16, 2015
The captivating short stories were a refreshing change from the books I usually read. Personally my favourite was The Monster Game, but I enjoyed all the stories. Each story was unique and beautifully haunting. I think no matter what your preferred reading genre, I think everyone should read it. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
June 13, 2009
mmmmm :P
November 7, 2010
Collection of very readable short stories.
July 23, 2012
A true master of the written word. Carmody takes us to so many different places both imaginatively and the way she uses language, to the point where each word has beauty of its own.
October 11, 2019
Beautiful, imaginative and exquisite. Thought provoking and haunting. The collection of short stories is seamless and well worth a read. I am really glad that this was republished!
September 15, 2012
Probably has put me off trying any other Isobelle Carmody even though I love fairy tales.
January 26, 2013
Isobelle Carmody writes well- but fantasy is just not my genre, and short stories often leave me unsatisfied.
June 18, 2013
A long time since I read it, but it sticks in my mind. I love the abstract, evocative worlds created in these stories. If you like everything strange, this is an interesting read!
February 8, 2015
A collection of really beautiful short stories. Isobelle Carmody's ability to conjure such vivid worlds and characters in short format is incredible.
July 12, 2014
I really enjoyed a couple of these stories, but found some to be too long. It isn't a genre that I tend to enjoy, but if you're going to read fantasy Carmody is a good choice :-)
March 22, 2016
A mixed bag with a few stories feeling very similar. Enjoyed the titular Green Monkey Dreams, wish more of the stories had been more like that.
November 20, 2023
More distinctively styled than Carmody's other collection, showing her growth as a writer, but the stories themselves just weren't for me. Still, a technically and visually fascinating read.
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