1 | Pamela Dean is an American SF and fantasy writer, best known for ''Literature/TheSecretCountry'' series. She has also written short stories set in the Literature/{{Liavek}} SharedUniverse. She also began a Liavek novel, but seems to have put it aside for the moment in order to complete the fifth Secret Country book, ''Abiding Reflection''. |
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3 | !!Works |
4 | !!!The Secret Country books |
5 | * The Secret Country Trilogy, about a group of five cousins who find themselves in a world they thought they had invented for their games. |
6 | ** ''The Secret Country'' |
7 | ** ''The Hidden Land'' |
8 | ** ''The Whim of the Dragon'' |
9 | * ''The Dubious Hills'' is set in the same world, but takes place in a different area and involves different characters. |
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11 | !!!Stand-alone |
12 | * ''Tam Lin'', which retells the Literature/TamLin story in a modern college setting |
13 | * ''Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary'', which involves three sisters and their neighbor, who wants to build a TimeMachine in their house. |
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16 | !!Works by Pamela Dean with their own pages include: |
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18 | * ''Literature/TheSecretCountry'' 'verse |
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20 | !!Other works by Pamela Dean contain examples of: |
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22 | * CrosscastRole: In the school production of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' in ''Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary'', both Malvolio and Antonio are cast as girls. |
23 | * TheFairFolk: In ''Tam Lin''. They are described as absolutely alien: "like linear A. They look as if they ought to mean something, but you can't tell what it is." |
24 | * MyGrandsonMyself: In ''Tam Lin'', there are a couple of references that indicate that Professor Medeous, aka the Queen of Faerie, has done this at least once. |
25 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Nick and Robin]] in ''Tam Lin''. |
26 | * ShowWithinTheShow: |
27 | ** In ''Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary'', Gentian and her friends try out for the SchoolPlay, ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''. |
28 | ** In ''Tam Lin'', some college students perform ''The Revenger's Tragedy,'' a real but obscure Jacobean play, as a commentary on their department head's conduct. |
29 | * ThisIsMySide: In ''Tam Lin'', one of the older students tells Janet that last year she and her roommate had to set up a clothesline with sheets in the middle of the room, and the roommate would go out through the window because the door wasn't on her side. |
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