Naiadryade
January 8th, 2014, 12:12 AM
People over in the "I'm getting immune to beautiful long hair" thread were talking about the way long hair is talked about in some books. Specifically, how people in some books are supposed to have "super-long" hair but it's only waist-length, and yet they can supposedly do up-do's that really wouldn't be feasible until tailbone or knee.
It reminded me of a book I read recently which featured truly long hair, but I didn't want to totally derail that thread. So I figured I'd start a new thread where we can share our thoughts on books which partially focus on long hair! To discuss the way hair is talked about in various literature, and also to get book recommendations in line with our favorite obsession.
For each book discussed, please list the title and author, and maybe a few brief words about what kind of book it is. Then follow that with the discussion of the book in a different color. Maybe a light color (which can easily be read by highlighting the text). That way if anyone wants to use this thread to get book recommendations without reading any spoilers first, it's relatively easy to skip over the colored words.
I'll lead by example:
The book I read is The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley. It's an older kid/young adult novel which takes place in a world with some magical creatures. It only took me a day to finish, but it contained some really interesting ideas... some of them about fantastical hair! (Which is of course part of why someone suggested I read it. :p) Slight spoilers to follow. I won't give away anything that doesn't have to do with her hair.
The main character has silver hair that grows 2 inches while she sleeps every night. Eventually, when she stops cutting it, it grows to around her knees/calves and then stops on its own. But that's not all: her hair gives her supersensory perceptions. As her long loose hair swishes, it acts basically as an echolocation organ. Through her hair she "sees" an intricate map of everything around her, like a bat or a dolphin does with sound, and as a result is extremely graceful and can "see" in the dark. When she cuts her hair short, and later when she wears her hair in a bun, she loses this ability--in fact, she becomes very clumsy. Furthermore, her long hair gives her the ability to produce original rhyming poetry on the spot, a power which repels the evil creatures of the book's world. Of course, I thought all of this was just so cool! I wish I had echolocation hair that grew 2 inches a night.
Now it's your turn! Has anybody read this book? Any other books you'd like to share about?
It reminded me of a book I read recently which featured truly long hair, but I didn't want to totally derail that thread. So I figured I'd start a new thread where we can share our thoughts on books which partially focus on long hair! To discuss the way hair is talked about in various literature, and also to get book recommendations in line with our favorite obsession.
For each book discussed, please list the title and author, and maybe a few brief words about what kind of book it is. Then follow that with the discussion of the book in a different color. Maybe a light color (which can easily be read by highlighting the text). That way if anyone wants to use this thread to get book recommendations without reading any spoilers first, it's relatively easy to skip over the colored words.
I'll lead by example:
The book I read is The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley. It's an older kid/young adult novel which takes place in a world with some magical creatures. It only took me a day to finish, but it contained some really interesting ideas... some of them about fantastical hair! (Which is of course part of why someone suggested I read it. :p) Slight spoilers to follow. I won't give away anything that doesn't have to do with her hair.
The main character has silver hair that grows 2 inches while she sleeps every night. Eventually, when she stops cutting it, it grows to around her knees/calves and then stops on its own. But that's not all: her hair gives her supersensory perceptions. As her long loose hair swishes, it acts basically as an echolocation organ. Through her hair she "sees" an intricate map of everything around her, like a bat or a dolphin does with sound, and as a result is extremely graceful and can "see" in the dark. When she cuts her hair short, and later when she wears her hair in a bun, she loses this ability--in fact, she becomes very clumsy. Furthermore, her long hair gives her the ability to produce original rhyming poetry on the spot, a power which repels the evil creatures of the book's world. Of course, I thought all of this was just so cool! I wish I had echolocation hair that grew 2 inches a night.
Now it's your turn! Has anybody read this book? Any other books you'd like to share about?