Cover of War for the Oaks
Epic FantasyFae & Fairy Fiction

War for the Oaks

by

  • 1987 first published
  • 332 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (7 ratings)
  • 11 editions
Borrow on Open LibraryFind in a library

Published in 1987, War for the Oaks is an epic fantasy and fae fiction novel by Emma Bull. The story is set in Minneapolis, Minn.. It deals with fairies, women singers, women rock musicians and city and town life.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 32 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions.

At about 332 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About War for the Oaks

Amazon.com Review Emma Bull's debut novel, War for the Oaks, placed her in the top tier of urban fantasists and established a new subgenre. Unlike most of the rock & rollin' fantasies that have ripped off Ms. Bull's concept, War for the Oaks is well worth reading. Intelligent and skillfully written, with sharply drawn, sympathetic characters, War for the Oaks is about love and loyalty, life and death, and creativity and sacrifice. Eddi McCandry has just left her boyfriend and their band when she finds herself running through the Minneapolis night, pursued by a sinister man and a huge, terrifying dog. The two creatures are one and the same: a phouka, a faerie being who has chosen Eddi to be a mortal pawn in the age-old war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Eddi isn't interested--but she doesn't have a choice. Now she struggles to build a new life and new band when she might not even survive till the first rehearsal. War for the Oaks won the Locus Magazine award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Society Award. Other books by Emma Bull include the novels Falcon, Bone Dance (second honors, Philip K. Dick Award), Finder (a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award), and (with Stephen Brust) Freedom and Necessity; the collection Double Feature (with Will Shetterly); and the picture book The Princess and the Lord of Night. --Cynthia Ward
Description from Open Library

Awards & lists

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Women singers in fiction
  • City and town life in fiction
  • Fairies in fiction
  • Fairies
  • Women singers
  • Women rock musicians in fiction
  • Women rock musicians
  • City and town life
  • Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Fantasy
  • Musicians
  • Epic fantasy
  • Science fiction

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote War for the Oaks?

War for the Oaks was written by Emma Bull and first published in 1987.

What genre is War for the Oaks?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy and Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is War for the Oaks?

The median edition has 332 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to War for the Oaks?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Wise Man’s Fear, The Silmarillion and Wicked.

More by Emma Bull

All books →

Books like War for the Oaks