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Twisted Fairy Tales: "Alice in tumblr-Land"

Penguin Books

As we recently learned from the author of "The Grimm Conclusion" (on Halloween), today's audiences like a little modern spicing-up with their traditional fairy tales. 

Witness the cascade of TV shows putting modern spins on old stories ("Sleepy Hollow," "Once Upon a Time").  Tim Manley began mining this vein a while back with his blog "Fairy Tales for Twenty-Somethings," and he continues his efforts in the book Alice in tumblr-Land

Imagine princes and princesses sending text messages, or the iPhone voice Siri arriving instead of a fairy godmother.   

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.