![]() ![]() The focus of this paper is the retelling of classic fairy tales in a contemporary speculative fiction (SF) narrative, Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett in context. ![]() The novel re-uses well-known fairy tales of Western cultural memory, and reshapes their lessons, our perception of truth and fairness. ![]() But it is rarer when several such tales are combined to show power structures and their subversion as in Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, which is a comical travelogue of a relatively short trip both in time and space with a happy ending, told by an omniscient narrator. For instance, some of the tales collected by the Grimm Brothers were paraphrased or rephrased by Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber) Neil Gaiman (Snow, Glass, Apples) Tanith Lee (Red as Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) by Patricia McKillip (The Twelve Dancing Princesses), by Robin McKinley (Touk's House), by Connie Willis (The Father of the Bride), by Patricia Wrede (Rose Red and Snow White), by Jane Yolen (Briar Rose)-to name but a few. Science fiction and fantasy/speculative fiction is awash with retellings of fairy tales and myth. ![]()
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