Greenmantle, 1988, Charles de Lint
This time last year I was sitting in our apartment, trying to think of something to do as a regular feature for the site, since I was finding myself with decreasing amounts of motivation to post over the weekend. I briefly considered doing a series of reviews of older and concluded in the US manga titles, but then realized that the only possible name for a feature like that would require that the posts go up on Mondays, and I had no plan to give up my Sundays. And then, I noticed the large and conspicuous piles of my books and Pete’s books in the bedroom. And I was inspired.
Unfortunately, the book I wanted to feature, an early example of the urban fantasy genre with an uncomfortably sexy illustration of Oberon on the cover, was nowhere to be found.
So you all got a chosen at random vintage paperback instead.
And now, for the one year anniversary, here’s the book that should have started the feature off all along.
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That’s the first time I’ve seen Oberon portrayed with a stag head, I think.
I half expected this post to be in the style of FU Penguin –
‘So Stag, you think you can shame the rest of us by working out? It’s bad enough that you have those viriile horns, do you really need to flash those iron abs at us as well. F**k you, Stag, for making the rest of us feel bad. Just f**k off.’
I’d have thought that was Cernunnos rather than Oberon, unless Oberon is one of his other names.
DAMN!
We have dozens upon dozens of deer that mill about our forest home, and my wife finds all of them adorable.
If one showed up looking like THAT, I’m sure she’d leave me.
~P~
Too bad no one told him his cloak is made of poison oak. He’s going to be scratching at that thing for weeks and he’ll still need someone to tell him before he finally takes the darn thing off.