Jack the Giant-Killer (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Henri Diederick Hoefsmit
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: The mid-1980s
- Setting: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and the parallel world of Faery
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, 1980’s, Canada or Canadians, Talisman or magical object, Hats, Fairies
- Locales: Ontario, Canada, Mythical lands
The Plot
Jack the Giant-Killer is one of several novels in the Fairy Tale Series created for Ace and later for Tor. This Charles de Lint novel, published by Ace, is an early book in the collection. Each novel is written by a different author and is a twentieth century retelling of a classic tale.
The basis of this novel is the trickster Jack of Scottish folklore. The heroine of Jack the Giant-Killer is Jacky Rowan, an ordinary woman living a commonplace life, one so ordinary that her boyfriend leaves her for being too predictable. Jacky despairs of doing...
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