Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Per TRS, The Hunter has been renamed to Hunter Of Monsters. Misuse and zero context examples will be cut or moved to subtropes.
Deleted line(s) 36 (click to see context) :
* TheHunter: Steel in "Eva Fairdeath"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Updating link for the table of dead parents
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* ParentalAbandonment: Dead parents appear rather often. Creator/JamesNicoll is reviewing one Lee book a week for a year. [[http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-you-let-me-in His reviews]] include a table of dead parents: after 50 books we have 37 missing or dead mothers and 32 missing or dead fathers.
to:
* ParentalAbandonment: Dead parents appear rather often. Creator/JamesNicoll is reviewing one Lee book a week for a year. [[http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-you-let-me-in His reviews]] reviews include a table of dead parents: [[http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/last-night-i-heard-the-screaming after 50 books books]] we have 37 missing or dead mothers and 32 missing or dead fathers.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* ParentalAbandonment: Dead parents appear rather often. Creator/JamesNicoll had a project of reviewing one Lee a week for a year. [[http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-you-let-me-in His review]] of ''Black Unicorn'' includes a table of dead parents: after 29 books we have 27 missing or dead mothers and 21 missing or dead fathers.
to:
* ParentalAbandonment: Dead parents appear rather often. Creator/JamesNicoll had a project of is reviewing one Lee book a week for a year. [[http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-you-let-me-in His review]] of ''Black Unicorn'' includes reviews]] include a table of dead parents: after 29 50 books we have 27 37 missing or dead mothers and 21 32 missing or dead fathers.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* DeadAllAlong: Parl Dro in ''Kill the Dead''.
to:
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Parl Dro Dro]] in ''Kill the Dead''.
Added DiffLines:
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Even before Parl Dro appears on-page, his status as [[spoiler: a ghost himself]] is subtly hinted at: Ciddey mentions that she'd heard stories of him "long ago".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moving it to YMMV
Deleted line(s) 28 (click to see context) :
* CryForTheDevil: "The Demoness"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 54 (click to see context) from:
* ReincarnatedInAnotherWorld: At the end of ''Prince on a White Horse'', the knight regains his memories and learns that he is an example of this trope, having lived a full life in our world before dying and being reincarnated as the knight.
to:
* ReincarnatedInAnotherWorld: ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: At the end of ''Prince on a White Horse'', the knight regains his memories and learns that he is an example of this trope, having lived a full life in our world before dying and being reincarnated as the knight.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 51 (click to see context) from:
* QuestForIdentity: ''The Birthgrave'', ''Prince on a White Horse''
to:
* QuestForIdentity: QuestForIdentity:
** ''TheBirthgrave'', Birthgrave''.
** ''Prince on a WhiteHorse''Horse'' is about a KnightInShiningArmor on a QuestForIdentity; he can't remember his past before the opening scene of the novel.
* ReincarnatedInAnotherWorld: At the end of ''Prince on a White Horse'', the knight regains his memories and learns that he is an example of this trope, having lived a full life in our world before dying and being reincarnated as the knight.
** ''The
** ''Prince on a White
* ReincarnatedInAnotherWorld: At the end of ''Prince on a White Horse'', the knight regains his memories and learns that he is an example of this trope, having lived a full life in our world before dying and being reincarnated as the knight.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ParentalAbandonment: Dead parents appear rather often. Creator/JamesNicoll had a project of reviewing one Lee a week for a year. [[http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-you-let-me-in His review]] of ''Black Unicorn'' includes a table of dead parents: after 29 books we have 27 missing or dead mothers and 21 missing or dead fathers.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* DeadAllAlong: Parl Dro in ''To Kill the Dead''.
to:
* DeadAllAlong: Parl Dro in ''To Kill ''Kill the Dead''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
making a page for Tales From The Flat Earth
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' duet (1976-1977); and the ''Flat Earth'' cycle (1978-1986).
to:
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' duet (1976-1977); and the ''Flat Earth'' ''Literature/TalesFromTheFlatEarth'' cycle (1978-1986).
* ''Literature/TalesFromTheFlatEarth''
Deleted line(s) 23 (click to see context) :
* BodyToJewel: In the ''Flat Earth'' series, Ferazhin, who was created from a flower, has tears that turn into gems.
Deleted line(s) 31 (click to see context) :
* HellHasNewManagement: In ''Death's Mistress'', the Queen of Hell was a human princess who ousted Death from his throne instead of serving him for 1000 years. Death decided he liked roaming the Earth, but the inhabitants of Hell want him to come back.
Deleted line(s) 34,36 (click to see context) :
* FisherKing: In ''Death's Master'', Narasen's kingdom is cursed to be as barren as she was. After her death, she returns and reinvokes the curse in jealous revenge, contaminating the land with the poison that killed her.
* GenderBender: One of the main characters of ''Death's Master'', the second novel in the Flat Earth fantasy series, is this.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around. The Gods themselves don't seem to care one bit whether humans die or not, and regard a very real threat to humanity with a nonchalant shrug.
* GenderBender: One of the main characters of ''Death's Master'', the second novel in the Flat Earth fantasy series, is this.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around. The Gods themselves don't seem to care one bit whether humans die or not, and regard a very real threat to humanity with a nonchalant shrug.
Deleted line(s) 49 (click to see context) :
* LifeDrain: In ''Death's Master'' (from the "Flat Earth" cycle), there's a wizard who takes on an apprentice and charges only one fee for his lessons: he gets to bugger the kid every night. When the apprentice finally quits, the wizard reveals that the sex was draining off years of his life (which were transferred to the wizard); and that to add insult to injury, for the few years left of the boy's life, he will act more like the lustful old wizard himself.
Deleted line(s) 68,69 (click to see context) :
* WonderChild: In one of the Flat Earth books, the lady who wants a child has a date with an angel. They kiss, and she is told she'll conceive the next time she and her husband are together; she does, and thereby hangs the tale.
** The woman encountered a beautifull man who's essentially an air elemental variation. He tries to warn her off, but she's not having any of it and steals a kiss from him...leading him to giver her the warning. The resulting child has a touch of the supernatural and besides being unusually beautiful, she has eyes that change colour according to her moods.
** The woman encountered a beautifull man who's essentially an air elemental variation. He tries to warn her off, but she's not having any of it and steals a kiss from him...leading him to giver her the warning. The resulting child has a touch of the supernatural and besides being unusually beautiful, she has eyes that change colour according to her moods.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ImplausibleDeniability: The white horse in ''Prince on a White Horse'' is not a TalkingAnimal, and will tell you so itself if you ask.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
to:
[[index]]
Added DiffLines:
[[/index]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a NebulaAward. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' duet (1976-1977); and the ''Flat Earth'' cycle (1978-1986).
to:
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a NebulaAward.UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' duet (1976-1977); and the ''Flat Earth'' cycle (1978-1986).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Like A Badass Out Of Hell is being split into new tropes.
* HellHasNewManagement: In ''Death's Mistress'', the Queen of Hell was a human princess who ousted Death from his throne instead of serving him for 1000 years. Death decided he liked roaming the Earth, but the inhabitants of Hell want him to come back.
Deleted line(s) 47 (click to see context) :
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: In ''Death's Mistress'', the Queen of Hell was a human princess who ousted Death from his throne instead of serving him for 1000 years. Death decided he liked roaming the Earth, but the inhabitants of Hell want him to come back.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
Her first novel, ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'' (1971), is a comic fantasy that takes the mickey out a wide range of {{fairy tale}} and {{mythology}} tropes while telling the story of how Prince Jasleth was forced to go on a quest after his family was cursed by a sorceress who wasn't invited to his birthday party. Other notable works for younger readers include ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'' (1991-1997) and the ''Piratica'' series (2004-?).
to:
Her first novel, ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'' (1971), is a comic fantasy that takes the mickey out a wide range of {{fairy tale}} and {{mythology}} tropes while telling the story of how Prince Jasleth was forced to go on a quest after his family was cursed by a sorceress who wasn't invited to his birthday party. Other notable works for younger readers include ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'' (1991-1997) and the ''Piratica'' series (2004-?).
(2004-2007).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* LifeDrainer: In ''Death's Master'' (from the "Flat Earth" cycle), there's a wizard who takes on an apprentice and charges only one fee for his lessons: he gets to bugger the kid every night. When the apprentice finally quits, the wizard reveals that the sex was draining off years of his life (which were transferred to the wizard); and that to add insult to injury, for the few years left of the boy's life, he will act more like the lustful old wizard himself.
to:
* LifeDrainer: LifeDrain: In ''Death's Master'' (from the "Flat Earth" cycle), there's a wizard who takes on an apprentice and charges only one fee for his lessons: he gets to bugger the kid every night. When the apprentice finally quits, the wizard reveals that the sex was draining off years of his life (which were transferred to the wizard); and that to add insult to injury, for the few years left of the boy's life, he will act more like the lustful old wizard himself.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Tanith Lee is dead.
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
Tanith Lee is a prolific British SF writer, who has written over 70 novels and over 200 short stories. She has written science fiction, fantasy, and horror, for adults and for children.
to:
Tanith Lee is (1947-2015) was a prolific British SF writer, who has written wrote over 70 novels and over 200 short stories. She has written Her works include science fiction, fantasy, and horror, for adults and for children.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* {{Expy}}: In ''Kill the Dead'', Parl Dro and Myal Lemyal are notorious expies of Avon (played by Paul Darrow) and Vila Restal from ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 60 (click to see context) from:
* TwiceToldTale: Many, including all the stories in ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer'', and ''Sung in Shadow'' (a reimagining of ''Theatre/RomeoandJuliet'').
to:
* TwiceToldTale: Many, including all the stories in ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer'', and ''Sung in Shadow'' (a reimagining of ''Theatre/RomeoandJuliet'').''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'').
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 60 (click to see context) from:
* TwiceToldTale: Many, including all the stories in ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer''.
to:
* TwiceToldTale: Many, including all the stories in ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer''.Grimmer'', and ''Sung in Shadow'' (a reimagining of ''Theatre/RomeoandJuliet'').
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* LifeDrainer: In ''Death's Master'' (from the "Flat Earth" cycle), there's a wizard who takes on an apprentice and charges only one fee for his lessons: he gets to bugger the kid every night. When the apprentice finally quits, the wizard reveals that the sex was draining off years of his life (which were transferred to the wizard); and that to add insult to injury, for the few years left of the boy's life, he will act more like the lustful old wizard himself.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The woman encountered a beautifull man who's essentially an air elemental variation. He tries to warn her off, but she's not having any of it and steals a kiss from him...leading him to giver her the warning. The resulting child has a touch of the supernatural and besides being unusually beautiful, she has eyes that change colour according to her moods.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
Tanith Lee is a prolific SF writer, who has written over 70 novels and over 200 short stories. She has written science fiction, fantasy, and horror, for adults and for children.
to:
Tanith Lee is a prolific British SF writer, who has written over 70 novels and over 200 short stories. She has written science fiction, fantasy, and horror, for adults and for children.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
This is an example from Blake\'s 7, so it belongs on the Blakes Seven page
Deleted line(s) 32 (click to see context) :
* FixFic: One of her ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episodes, "Sand", appears to be a Fix Fic for the dubious characterisation of [[BigBad Servalan]] in the earlier episode "The Harvest of Kairos".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* FixFic: One of her ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episodes, "Sand", appears to be a Fix Fic for the dubious characterisation of [[BigBad Servalan]] in the earlier episode "The Harvest of Kairos".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 56 (click to see context) from:
* TalkingAnimal: In ''Prince on a White Horse'', the Prince has reason to suspect that the horse can talk, but the horse denies it.
to:
* TalkingAnimal: In ''Prince on a White Horse'', the Prince has reason to suspect that the horse can talk, but the horse denies it.says he can't.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32,33 (click to see context) from:
* GenderBender: Pretty much the whole plot of ''Death's Master'', the second novel in the Flat Earth fantasy series.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around.
to:
* GenderBender: Pretty much One of the whole plot main characters of ''Death's Master'', the second novel in the Flat Earth fantasy series.
series, is this.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around. The Gods themselves don't seem to care one bit whether humans die or not, and regard a very real threat to humanity with a nonchalant shrug.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around. The Gods themselves don't seem to care one bit whether humans die or not, and regard a very real threat to humanity with a nonchalant shrug.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
from trope pages
* BodyToJewel: In the ''Flat Earth'' series, Ferazhin, who was created from a flower, has tears that turn into gems.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The Lords of Darkness in the ''Flat Earth'' series are personifications of human ideas such as Death and Madness, and most would cease to exist without human belief; the first Lord, the personification of Wickedness, is stated to be older than humanity, but it's implied even he would be diminished without humans around.
* HauntedFetter: In ''Kill the Dead'', ghosts have an item from their previous life that links them to this plane. If the item is damaged or destroyed the ghost is sent to its final destination.
* ImNotAfraidOfYou: In ''Companions on the Road'', three mercenaries involved in sacking a castle are pursued by the vengeful spirits of people killed there. The ghosts invade their sleep and kill them in nightmares; but when the last remaining member of the group realizes that he pities the ghosts more than he fears them, they vanish.
* TheInsomniac: In ''Companions on the Road'', the main character is in danger from ghosts that kill in dreams, and so does everything possible to stay awake, including using drugs. After a few days, he's in terrible shape, exhausted and thinking confusedly, though not delusional.
* LadyLand: In ''East of Midnight'', a charming rogue unwittingly travels from a male-dominated world to a parallel female-dominated one, in which he happens to resemble the consort of the (female) Moon King.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: In ''Death's Mistress'', the Queen of Hell was a human princess who ousted Death from his throne instead of serving him for 1000 years. Death decided he liked roaming the Earth, but the inhabitants of Hell want him to come back.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: In ''Death's Mistress'', the Queen of Hell was a human princess who ousted Death from his throne instead of serving him for 1000 years. Death decided he liked roaming the Earth, but the inhabitants of Hell want him to come back.
* SexBot: In ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (and its sequel, ''Metallic Love''), a corporation comes out with a line of male and female humanoid robots in various metallic skin tones; they're advertised as "artists" (golds specialize in acting, silvers in music, coppers in dance) and though they ''can'' do those things, everyone seems to assume that they're really intended as sex bots and the other capabilities are just frills. Kind of a robotic HighClassCallGirl.
Changed line(s) 49 (click to see context) from:
* TomatoInTheMirror: ''Sabella''
to:
* TomatoInTheMirror: ''Sabella''''Sabella'', ''Kill the Dead''
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
** Subverted in "Red As Blood".
to:
** Subverted in "Red As Blood".Blood", a retelling of "Snow White" in which the stepmother is trying to save the day.
Added DiffLines:
* WonderChild: In one of the Flat Earth books, the lady who wants a child has a date with an angel. They kiss, and she is told she'll conceive the next time she and her husband are together; she does, and thereby hangs the tale.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
namespace move
Added DiffLines:
Tanith Lee is a prolific SF writer, who has written over 70 novels and over 200 short stories. She has written science fiction, fantasy, and horror, for adults and for children.
Her first novel, ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'' (1971), is a comic fantasy that takes the mickey out a wide range of {{fairy tale}} and {{mythology}} tropes while telling the story of how Prince Jasleth was forced to go on a quest after his family was cursed by a sorceress who wasn't invited to his birthday party. Other notable works for younger readers include ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'' (1991-1997) and the ''Piratica'' series (2004-?).
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a NebulaAward. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' duet (1976-1977); and the ''Flat Earth'' cycle (1978-1986).
Tanith Lee also wrote two episodes of the 1970s science fiction TV series ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
!!Works by Tanith Lee with their own trope page include:
* ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' Duet (''Don't Bite the Sun'' and ''Drinking Sapphire Wine'')
* ''Literature/TheClaidiJournals'' (''Wolf Tower'', ''Wolf Star'', ''Wolf Queen'', and ''Wolf Wing'')
* ''Literature/TheDragonHoard''
* ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'' (''Black Unicorn'', ''Gold Unicorn'', and ''Red Unicorn'')
* ''Literature/WhiteAsSnow''
----
!!Tanith Lee's other work provides examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Tanith Lee.
* AbusiveParents: Jane's mother in ''The Silver Metal Lover''.
* BerserkButton: In ''Vivia'', Vaddix was in peace negotiations with a defeated enemy when one of the disarming soldiers [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally discharged his crossbow]], killing Vaddix's horse. He crucified the lot of them right there and then.
* ChariotRace: ''Vazkor, Son of Vazkor'', aka ''Shadowfire'', has a chariot race that's an obvious homage to ''Film/BenHur''.
* CityOfCanals: ''The Books of Venus''.
* ClothingDamage / DefeatByModesty: Vivia [[spoiler: hides inside the flames after an attempt to burn her at the stake only succeeded in reducing her clothes to ash]].
* CountryMatters: In case the brutal murders were not enough to tell the readers that Vivia's father is a nasty man, he also swears a lot and calls his underlings rude words.
* CryForTheDevil: "The Demoness"
* DeadAllAlong: Parl Dro in ''To Kill the Dead''.
* DealWithTheDevil: Beautifully deconstructed in the short story "Sold". A woman with serious medical and financial problems calls on the devil, asking if he would ''really'' give her health, wealth, beauty, and long life in exchange for her soul. [[spoiler:When he replies in the affirmative, she calls off the deal: all she really wanted was proof that she had a soul and that it was worth something.]]
* DiseaseBleach: Felix Phoenix of ''Piratica'' used to have dark hair, until years in a workhouse as a child turned his hair white.
* FisherKing: In ''Death's Master'', Narasen's kingdom is cursed to be as barren as she was. After her death, she returns and reinvokes the curse in jealous revenge, contaminating the land with the poison that killed her.
* GenderBender: Pretty much the whole plot of ''Death's Master'', the second novel in the Flat Earth fantasy series.
* {{Grimmification}}: Some of her fairy tale retellings.
* HumansAreBastards: To ''Vivia''
* TheHunter: Steel in "Eva Fairdeath"
* HornyDevils: "The Demoness" [[spoiler: Sex with the title character leaves men completely insane. Made all the more tragic by the fact that she doesn't really understand what she is most of the time.]]
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: In the ''Piratica'' books, this is practically a signature move for Art and her pirate crew. [[spoiler:Almost all of them are actually actors, and have only been trained in stage combat.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: ''The Silver Metal Lover'' and its sequel, ''Metallic Love'', in which, you guessed it, girl falls in love with robot.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: ''The Secret Books of Paradys'' are set in an alternate Paris, while ''The Secret Books of Venus'' are set in an alternate Venice. She also refers to the "Remusan Empire" in ''Cyrion''.
* OrificeInvasion: Featured in a story about a demon that takes possession of humans via their orifices.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Vivia''
* PerspectiveFlip: ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer''
* PirateGirl: The Piratica series.
* PowerPerversionPotential: A vampire demonstrates in ''Vivia''.
* QuestForIdentity: ''The Birthgrave'', ''Prince on a White Horse''
* ShowWithinAShow: The entirety of [[spoiler: Electric Forest]], which isn't revealed until [[TheEndingChangesEverything the final chapter]] that completely turns the preceding events upside-down and purple, creating a last minute MindScrew while simultaneously acting as a MindScrewdriver.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: "Strindberg's Ghost Sonata"
* TakenForGranite: The witch in ''Prince on a White Horse'' has an annoying habit of paralysing people at random, fortunately temporarily.
* TalkingAnimal: In ''Prince on a White Horse'', the Prince has reason to suspect that the horse can talk, but the horse denies it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: ''Sabella''
* TwiceToldTale: Many, including all the stories in ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer''.
* VaginaDentata: "The Weasel Bride"
* WickedStepmother:
** Subverted in "Red As Blood".
** Subverted majorly in "The Reason For Not Going To The Ball" [[spoiler: Turning her stepdaughter into a scullery maid was to shield her from the notice of her molester father. The story/letter is to offer her stepdaughter a safe home and a way to escape the prince, a man who'd make the Marquis de Sade proud -- the reason for trying to prevent her from going to the ball in the first place.]]
----
Her first novel, ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'' (1971), is a comic fantasy that takes the mickey out a wide range of {{fairy tale}} and {{mythology}} tropes while telling the story of how Prince Jasleth was forced to go on a quest after his family was cursed by a sorceress who wasn't invited to his birthday party. Other notable works for younger readers include ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'' (1991-1997) and the ''Piratica'' series (2004-?).
Lee's first novel for adults was ''The Birthgrave'' (1975), which was nominated for a NebulaAward. Other notable works for adults include ''The Silver Metal Lover'' (1981); the ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' duet (1976-1977); and the ''Flat Earth'' cycle (1978-1986).
Tanith Lee also wrote two episodes of the 1970s science fiction TV series ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
!!Works by Tanith Lee with their own trope page include:
* ''Literature/BitingTheSun'' Duet (''Don't Bite the Sun'' and ''Drinking Sapphire Wine'')
* ''Literature/TheClaidiJournals'' (''Wolf Tower'', ''Wolf Star'', ''Wolf Queen'', and ''Wolf Wing'')
* ''Literature/TheDragonHoard''
* ''Literature/TheUnicornTrilogy'' (''Black Unicorn'', ''Gold Unicorn'', and ''Red Unicorn'')
* ''Literature/WhiteAsSnow''
----
!!Tanith Lee's other work provides examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Tanith Lee.
* AbusiveParents: Jane's mother in ''The Silver Metal Lover''.
* BerserkButton: In ''Vivia'', Vaddix was in peace negotiations with a defeated enemy when one of the disarming soldiers [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally discharged his crossbow]], killing Vaddix's horse. He crucified the lot of them right there and then.
* ChariotRace: ''Vazkor, Son of Vazkor'', aka ''Shadowfire'', has a chariot race that's an obvious homage to ''Film/BenHur''.
* CityOfCanals: ''The Books of Venus''.
* ClothingDamage / DefeatByModesty: Vivia [[spoiler: hides inside the flames after an attempt to burn her at the stake only succeeded in reducing her clothes to ash]].
* CountryMatters: In case the brutal murders were not enough to tell the readers that Vivia's father is a nasty man, he also swears a lot and calls his underlings rude words.
* CryForTheDevil: "The Demoness"
* DeadAllAlong: Parl Dro in ''To Kill the Dead''.
* DealWithTheDevil: Beautifully deconstructed in the short story "Sold". A woman with serious medical and financial problems calls on the devil, asking if he would ''really'' give her health, wealth, beauty, and long life in exchange for her soul. [[spoiler:When he replies in the affirmative, she calls off the deal: all she really wanted was proof that she had a soul and that it was worth something.]]
* DiseaseBleach: Felix Phoenix of ''Piratica'' used to have dark hair, until years in a workhouse as a child turned his hair white.
* FisherKing: In ''Death's Master'', Narasen's kingdom is cursed to be as barren as she was. After her death, she returns and reinvokes the curse in jealous revenge, contaminating the land with the poison that killed her.
* GenderBender: Pretty much the whole plot of ''Death's Master'', the second novel in the Flat Earth fantasy series.
* {{Grimmification}}: Some of her fairy tale retellings.
* HumansAreBastards: To ''Vivia''
* TheHunter: Steel in "Eva Fairdeath"
* HornyDevils: "The Demoness" [[spoiler: Sex with the title character leaves men completely insane. Made all the more tragic by the fact that she doesn't really understand what she is most of the time.]]
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: In the ''Piratica'' books, this is practically a signature move for Art and her pirate crew. [[spoiler:Almost all of them are actually actors, and have only been trained in stage combat.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: ''The Silver Metal Lover'' and its sequel, ''Metallic Love'', in which, you guessed it, girl falls in love with robot.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: ''The Secret Books of Paradys'' are set in an alternate Paris, while ''The Secret Books of Venus'' are set in an alternate Venice. She also refers to the "Remusan Empire" in ''Cyrion''.
* OrificeInvasion: Featured in a story about a demon that takes possession of humans via their orifices.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Vivia''
* PerspectiveFlip: ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer''
* PirateGirl: The Piratica series.
* PowerPerversionPotential: A vampire demonstrates in ''Vivia''.
* QuestForIdentity: ''The Birthgrave'', ''Prince on a White Horse''
* ShowWithinAShow: The entirety of [[spoiler: Electric Forest]], which isn't revealed until [[TheEndingChangesEverything the final chapter]] that completely turns the preceding events upside-down and purple, creating a last minute MindScrew while simultaneously acting as a MindScrewdriver.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: "Strindberg's Ghost Sonata"
* TakenForGranite: The witch in ''Prince on a White Horse'' has an annoying habit of paralysing people at random, fortunately temporarily.
* TalkingAnimal: In ''Prince on a White Horse'', the Prince has reason to suspect that the horse can talk, but the horse denies it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: ''Sabella''
* TwiceToldTale: Many, including all the stories in ''Red As Blood: Tales from the Sisters Grimmer''.
* VaginaDentata: "The Weasel Bride"
* WickedStepmother:
** Subverted in "Red As Blood".
** Subverted majorly in "The Reason For Not Going To The Ball" [[spoiler: Turning her stepdaughter into a scullery maid was to shield her from the notice of her molester father. The story/letter is to offer her stepdaughter a safe home and a way to escape the prince, a man who'd make the Marquis de Sade proud -- the reason for trying to prevent her from going to the ball in the first place.]]
----
