Ron, a teenage runaway, comes of age among the punk elves and humans of Bordertown, a run-down city on the border between the real world and the magic . When Ron runs away, he ends up in Bordertown, a grim city that lies between the real world and the world of faerie, a place where elf and human gangs stalk. Ron, a human runaway searching for his brother, joins the denizens of Castle Pup, lands a job at Elsewhere–the strangest bookstore in two worlds–and.
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Little Red and the Big Bad”. It was cute at first because Ron didn’t want to look stupid and present all his name, so when people asked he said, “Just Ron. Other books in the series. Bordertown is dangerous, filled with gangs from both species, rife with magic, drugs, violence. Come on y’all, we need UF for the middle aged. Shetterly popularized the term ” social justice warriors ” [6] in in his blog “Social Justice Warriors: That being said, I did enjoy the overall story and am looking forward to wull nex I’ve gotta say, I have shetteely feelings about this book.
Elsewhere by Will Shetterly Series: May 10, Iwll Batchelder rated it really liked it. Not exactly what I thought it would be, yet strangely better than I thought it would be.
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Had I not been into grunge as shettterly teenager this may not have bothered me. Elsewhere follows a teenage runaway Ron as he travels to the Borderlands between The World and Faerie in search of his elder brother Tony.
View all 5 comments. And not everyone is so eager to accept the results of the democratic process No trivia or quizzes yet. Ron, a young man without an inborn ability to know when to keep elsewnere mouth shut, arrives in Bordertown on a specific quest but with no real plans of what to do when he arrives.
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Sadly, is annoying in the process of doing so. This is quickly reversed- he is offered a place to stay Castle Pup, a refuge for many folk who fit in nowhere else, including elves, humans and halflings, and is the only place where all 3 of those actually attempt to get along and finds a job he enjoys, but has no idea how to fulfill his quest. References to this work on external resources.
I like the gritty realism of the urban fantasy, drug addicts, first time teen sex, fabulous friends and scenes and thier inevitable loss, misplaced and enduring loyalty.
ELSEWHERE by Will Shetterly | Kirkus Reviews
But also Finder is just so much more perfect and makes me cry and laugh and want to read it again. I would guess that they are loosely tied, but probably would have made it a little easier to get into this book. In this story, an impulsive human boy named Ron comes to Bordertown looking for his older brother, and ends up falling in with a crowd of elves, halfies, and other humans trying to bust the stereotype that the race This book takes place in the Borderlands universe created by Terri Windling, whose stories I have never read.
Elsewhere is a bookstore, and the names of the shelves are hilarious for anyone who has worked in a bookstore or library. Also the ending explained a lot for me- it might have surprised other readers, but I’ve possibly read another short story once set in Danceland? Not far in the future, Faerie returns to the sight of man while a once-conservative human city becomes Bordertown, where young elves and humans alike escape their various homes and rules.
It’s decently written, and Shetterly makes the setting feel real enough. I read it again this month, outloud, all in one day during a road trip to LA with my sister. This story takes place on the borderlands in many senses– between child and adult, real and unreal, mundane and supernatural, despair and courage.
I was in college in the 90s, and I still was like, whoa, seriously?? I only saw this and Never Never listed here on Goodreads. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
The city and characters are filled with such vibrancy it’s almost painful to think they might not exist.
Captures being an annoying teenager very well.