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RED AS BLOOD (1982)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 22"

I have fond memories of the cover art for Tanith Lee's novel RED AS BLOOD simply because the act of creation was so enjoyable. I still regret selling the painting. 1/3

#fantasy #horror #illustration #tanithlee #dawbooks

A ghastly pale woman with raven hair and blood red lips reclines lazily on the stone stoop at the entrance to a cottage. Behind her a hag proffers a perfect red apple. The stones wall is weathered and mossy green. The roof is an arch of overgrown branches. Weight resting on one hip, the woman props herself up with arm extended. Embroidered with red flowers, the square neckline of her simple white dress plunges deeply, exposing the hint of her areolae. As she rests back with legs at an angle, her big toe teases the eye socket of a skull set in the lush green vegetation on the ground.

Was für eine Novelle!

"Die Nacht, in der sie Avillis einnahmen, war eine Nacht des Blutes und der blutroten Flammen." - "Nachts schwamm der Mond auf den Wolken und warf sein hartes, kaltes, schattenloses Licht auf den [verschneiten] Pfad."

Zwischen diesen beiden Sätzen kehrt ein Soldat ins Zivilleben zurück, und für diesen Weg braucht es mehr, als einfach nur heimzuwandern.

Kein Wunder, dass #TanithLee mich damit vor 40 Jahren tief beeindruckte. Wie rund - und wild - sie erzählen konnte!

« Quest for the White Witch », c. 1978

by Gino d'Achille (British artist, born in Rome, 1935-2017)
Cover illustration for "Quest for the White Witch" by Tanith Lee, Daw Books, NY, 1978

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GinodAchille #tanithlee

Gleich mal bestellt. In der Ausgabe, die ich vor nunmehr vierzig Jahren auch gelesen habe.

Mehr dort: https://berlin.social/@frankboehmert/115626129412955522

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Ein dickes Taschenbuch auf einem Holztisch. Titelei: "50 Jahre Heyne Verlag / Fantasy / Andrew J. Offutt / Valeron der Barbar / Esther Rochon / Der Träumer in der Zitadelle / Stuart Gordon / Der Krähengott / Tanith Lee / Weggefährten / Hugh C. Rae / Harkfast / Fünf ungekürzte Romane"

@nisjasper Huch? Ich dachte, sie wäre genau wie Vance und Wolfe viel gerühmt und wenig gelesen ...

Ihre Erzählung "Companions of the Road", deutsch "Weggefährten", habe ich aus meiner intensiven Fantasyphase Ende 1970er, Anfang 1980er immerhin als eine der essenziellen Fantasygeschichten in Erinnerung - könnte ich mir direkt mal wieder besorgen. 🤔

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13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝙋𝒊𝙣𝒆𝙬𝒐𝙤𝒅" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙏𝒂𝙣𝒊𝙩𝒉 𝑳𝙚𝒆

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1984, UK

https://youtube.com/shorts/SrpThNnR6Ks

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #shortstory #tanithlee #pinewood #shortstory #feministhorror

I haven’t read anything written by Tanith Lee and I would like to change that. Is there anybody here that knows her writing well and could tell me what are the best novels to discover her work?

#TanithLee #fantasy

AMETHYST SEA (1985)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 32” x 20”

Over a span of ten years, I illustrated seven covers for Tanith Lee. 1/3

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Amethyst water rolls gently onto the shore where a young woman is seated. She is positioned awkwardly with one knee out and the other leg behind her as she turns to face the audience. Her weight is on her left arm, crossing protectively over a horse skull. Her fingers sink into the wet sand while her other hand rests on the spine of a hardcover book, fanned with block down in the web sand. A bearded man perches on an outcrop of rock behind her, blending with the craggy backdrop. Among the mountains, a tall pyramid reaches to the sky only to be outdone by the half dome of rock next to it. In the hazy distance of the shore, a long-legged spidery creature as tall as the mountains tip toes into view.

Anackire

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/09/19/anackire/

#book #DeEssesRomansNouvellesEtc #fantasy #FantasyFiction #FathersAndDaughters #FathersAndDaughtersFiction #fiction #goddesses #GoddessesFiction #goodAndEvil #GoodAndEvilFiction #GuerresEtBataillesImaginairesRomansNouvellesEtc #ImaginaryWarsAndBattles #ImaginaryWarsAndBattlesFiction #LiteratureFiction #PeResEtFillesRomansNouvellesEtc #review #ScienceFiction #TPolyphilus #TanithLee #WarsOfVis

NIGHT'S DAUGHTER (1986)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 36" x 24"

If I don't take the time to keep notes during the creation of a painting, I often forget the meaning of symbolism in it. 1/4

#fantasy #horror #illustration #tanithlee #dawbooks

A raven haired seductress leans against an enormous statue backed by twilight blue sky. One hand rests on her cocked hip while her opposite knee flares out. The drape of her gown, cinched high at two clasps, covers one side of her body entirely, while her other arm posed casually overhead draws up the fabric of her gown to offer a tantalizing glimpse of alabaster skin. Bent at the knee, her leg offers pale contrast through the long slit in the black silk. The line of flesh exposed climbs the bare curve of her hip over midsection and up her torso. Dark eyes glance sideways at the audience in a cool gaze. Her eyelids and lips—the only color on her—are painted royal purple to match the flowers growing at the base of the statue. Barefoot she stands not quite at knee height of the man depicted in weathered stone behind her. The full moon frames his face which cuts off at his cheeks. His beard is braided. He holds in his hands an egg and a cracked urn.

Reprint of the 2009 Wildside Press anthology, Tempting the Gods: The Stories of Tanith Lee, volume one. The ebook and softcover are reasonably priced, and even includes a soundtrack! If you’re new to the spellbinding wonder of Tanith Lee’s writing, this is a great place to start.

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wildsidepress/the-stories-of-tanith-lee

Treating me to some Tanith Lee short story collections. I've not read enough of her writing, but hugely enjoyed those books I read. I also very much enjoyed her two Blake's 7 TV episodes. Her writing is so richly imaginative. I'm looking forward to diving into these short story collections. #Books #Bookstodon #Fantasy #TanithLee #Blakes7

Capsule Review Archive – Night's Master by Tanith Lee

This review originally appeared on Goodreads on November 29, 2011.

https://write.as/robinmarx/capsule-review-archive-nights-master-by-tanith-lee

Died this Day:

Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. Winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards. She wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7 (Sand and Sarcophagus).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanith_Lee

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Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of Tanith Lee's Night's Master (Flat Earth Book 1), over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3llrngbcztk2i

#KindleBookGiveaway #TanithLee #NightsMaster #FlatEarth

“There are authors who stick to what they know, carving out careful niches for themselves. And then there are the ones who obliterate boundaries.

Tanith Lee was in the second camp (…) But with such a vast body of work, where do you begin?”

https://www.nytimes.com/article/tanith-lee-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.704.tduB.WEti4EyxHXsE

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Ulme kirjastamisest Eestis ehk Rapla graafiline ulmetoodang...

Kunagi oli Eesti Ekspressis kuulutus, kus otsiti ulme- ja põnevusromaanide tõlkijaid. Hiljem kirjutati samas lehes ka nn Rapla Hollywoodist ja sellest, kuidas Toivo Kurmet (ans Virmalised jne) Saksamaalt tagasi Eestisse naases, kaasas kohver ulme ja põnevusromaanidega.

Kokku ilmus kuus raamatut (ilmumisjärjekord Sirbi uudiskirjanduse põhjal):
- Keith Laumer «Põrgukoerad» (A Plague of Demons; 1965) – Rapla, Estonian Graphic Center, 1992 (Fantaasia)
- Doris Piserchia «Flugerlane» (The Fluger; 1980) – Rapla, Graafiline Produktsioon, 1992
- Desmond Morris «Jason imedemaal» (Inrock; 1983) – Rapla, Estonian Graphic Center, 1992 (Fantaasia)
- Tanith Lee «Itta, vastu keskööle (East of Midnight; 1977) – Rapla, Graafiline Produktsioon, 1993
- Walter Ernsting «Päev, millal jumalad surid» (Der Tag, an dem die Götter starben; 1975) – Rapla, Graafiline Produktsioon, 1993
- Alistair MacLean «Põrgupisilane» (The Satan Bug; 1962) – Rapla, Graafiline Produktsioon, 1994

Neid raamatuid on omajagu kritiseeritud – valik, tõlked, lühendamine, kaudtõlkelisus jne –, aga ilmumishetkel olid nad sündmus ja oma kindel koht maakeelses ulmes on neil tänaseni.

Eraldi ja iseäranis positiivselt tuleks aga ära märkida Jaan Männiku kaanepildid ja illustratsioonid kolmes ülemise rea raamatus.

#ulme #ulmekirjandus #kultuur #kirjandus #Rapla #ToivoKurmet #JaanMännik #TanithLee #KeithLaumer #DorisPiserchia #WalterErnsting #AlistairMacLean #DesmondMorris

Raplas kirjastatud ulmeromaanide kaanepildid.

Just started this book bc I read a Tumblr post about how Neil Gaiman basically ripped off a bunch of stuff from Tanith Lee…

This particular title wasn’t implicated but it was the only Tanith Lee book on my Libby account.

So far it’s dark, funny, weird, and fairy tale adjacent so I love it.
#TanithLee #neilgaiman

Even though some concept are close, the Sandman’s story is really different from the one in Tales from the Flat Earth. Legitimate anger about Gaiman’s abuses doesn’t really substantiate a plagiarism assertion in this case.

But if it’s the occasion to emphasize a wonderful book series by a great author who did struggle at the end of her career, it’s great ! I recommend these books wholeheartedly !

Quoting @nikki: https://sunny.garden/@nikki@sunny.garden/113828837766687972 #retoot
#neilgaiman #tanithlee #fantasy

Post by Nikki Mayari Lalahon. "Tanith Lee wrote vastly, and won the British Fantasy Award, the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror for her books. This is the first book from Tanith Lee's TALES FROM THE FLAT EARTH series. Read this instead of #neilgaiman 's THE SANDMAN. It's a 5 book series still being published post her death. I learned today from another author that he took too many elements for THE SANDMAN from her without crediting her...and while she was struggling with the publishing culture of the 90s, he was building and never gave her credit. Let's give her, her flowers back. penguinrandomhouse.com/series/… --> overview of her series, I am sure you can find them at your library though en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_fr…> wiki article about it goodreads.com/series/55465-tal… --> GoodReads page @bookstodon #reading #ReadingCommunity #mastodon #writingcommunity #tanithlee" The post contains an image with the following description: "Screenshot of Tanith Lee's book cover for Book 1 of her TALES OF THE FLAT EARTH series, highly recommended to read, and where too many of certain elements of Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN was "borrowed" without crediting Tanith Lee. " Posted on 14 Jan 2025 at 22:30

@herhandsmyhands Thanks for the info.

As a long reader of Gaiman's work, since the early 1990s, i never heard of that relation between #TanithLee work and The Sandman.

Shame on me.

I will read Tales from the flat Earth.

#tanithlee

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