Triad, and other books that inspired Stevie [Archive]

Moz

03-25-2009, 08:21 PM

I've never read Triad, but I think I'm going to buy a copy. It sounds really interesting; just the sort of thing I like! Anyway, are there any other books that we know of that have inspired Stevie?

GODDESS6

03-25-2009, 09:18 PM

i loved triad~

louielouie2000

03-25-2009, 09:32 PM

I like Triad... it's a little odd, not what I was expecting. All those horrible colors that woman talks about painting her house... blech! :laugh: It's a good little read though... I need to dig it back out! I still need to track down the Mabinogian, and learn more about the real Rhiannon and other Welsh goddesses Stevie is so enamored with.

JazmenFlowers

03-25-2009, 09:49 PM

Triad is one of those books I couldn't put down. I read it ~back to front~ (as Stevie would say). it was a very light read.

I have Ceremony of the Innocent that I've been trying to get around to reading for a few years but never seem to.

Phoenix

03-26-2009, 12:30 AM

I like Triad... it's a little odd, not what I was expecting. All those horrible colors that woman talks about painting her house... blech! :laugh: It's a good little read though... I need to dig it back out! I still need to track down the Mabinogian, and learn more about the real Rhiannon and other Welsh goddesses Stevie is so enamored with.

Ya, also those Rhiannon books by Evangelene Walton (sp?).

nightbird28

03-26-2009, 05:50 AM

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter is what Running through the Garden is based on.

DameLindsey

03-26-2009, 07:17 AM

I own Triad and Ceremony of the Innocent. Can't get around to Ceremony but I consider Triad to be one of my favorite books now. It was a great quick read.

Liza

03-26-2009, 07:25 AM

Sometime ago I heard that Stevie was reading the Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch - not sure if it inspired her but its a good read.:thumbsup:

I tried to read the Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton and did read some of it but found it hard going.:shrug:

Gypsycat999

03-26-2009, 10:02 AM

Isn't Triad out of print? Where did y`all get it? I would love to read it. Even if it's not good... but it sounds interesting.

Phoenix

03-26-2009, 10:09 AM

Isn't Triad out of print? Where did y`all get it? I would love to read it. Even if it's not good... but it sounds interesting.

It shows up on e-bay from time to time.

GODDESS6

03-26-2009, 10:18 AM

i got mine from amazon, i was lucky to find a 1st edition hardback w/ the dustcover intact for 9.00~

louielouie2000

03-26-2009, 11:06 AM

Isn't Triad out of print? Where did y`all get it? I would love to read it. Even if it's not good... but it sounds interesting.

I found my copy of Triad and Mick's Autobio at my neighborhood used book store. I'm amazed at the rare stuff I find in there. Growing up, my local library actually had a copy of Triad too, but that was 15 years ago probably.

Moz

03-26-2009, 12:19 PM

Isn't Triad out of print? Where did y`all get it? I would love to read it. Even if it's not good... but it sounds interesting.

There's a whole bunch on Amazon for real cheap, like a dollar.

gold_dust

03-26-2009, 09:06 PM

I bought Triad from eBay for 99p. It's such a great book - I read it in a day.

I really liked the Mabinogian. I had already a copy of the Song of Rhiannon book, but wanted the full set, and am so glad I did get it. I loved all of it.

bellagypsy79

03-26-2009, 09:54 PM

i never realized that Rhiannon was such a wicked little girl. "Wouldn't you love to love her?" HELL NO! SHE'S A BRAT! LOL!:laugh:

bellagypsy79

03-26-2009, 10:04 PM

Isn't Triad out of print? Where did y`all get it? I would love to read it. Even if it's not good... but it sounds interesting.

I went on amazon.com and bought it for like, 69 cents. It was a hard cover copy with the dust jacket too. It's in pretty good shape for as old as it is. It even has that old book smell to it. I love that smell.:]

Dark Angel

03-27-2009, 11:49 PM

Besides 'Triad', there a lot of Oscar Wilde stories/poems, some Poe, and I ran across a book about six months ago titled "Bellefleur" by Joyce Carol oates, which apparently inspired the title of the demo/outtake of the same name, and the first few lines of "Golden Braid"...("Though deep-set and somewhat shadowed..."). A very strange book...
In regards to "Ceremony of the Innocent", I've been wondering for some time now if that's where she got the name "Christian' for the demo of the same name. The main characters have a son by that name. :shrug:

I've never read Triad, but I think I'm going to buy a copy. It sounds really interesting; just the sort of thing I like! Anyway, are there any other books that we know of that have inspired Stevie?

Gypsycat999

03-29-2009, 06:16 AM

Thanks for the info! I'll check it out :D

fleetwoodtrick

04-11-2009, 11:52 PM

I just got Triad in the mail yesterday. OMG ITS WEIRD. Yet strangely addicting. I've been reading it during all of my possible spare time. My mom was like "WTF are you reading?" (Well, she used different word choice :lol:" and I was like "...hmmmm.... I'm really not sure."

Now I'm sad. THIS is what I was named after? I picture Stevie's Rhiannon as beautiful and flighty and mysterious... not as a bitch from the freezer! :eek:

I love the doggy Lance though. :) Not sure why. He just rocks.

Tango

04-12-2009, 07:22 AM

I just got Triad in the mail yesterday. OMG ITS WEIRD. Yet strangely addicting. I've been reading it during all of my possible spare time. My mom was like "WTF are you reading?" (Well, she used different word choice :lol:" and I was like "...hmmmm.... I'm really not sure."

Now I'm sad. THIS is what I was named after? I picture Stevie's Rhiannon as beautiful and flighty and mysterious... not as a bitch from the freezer! :eek:

I love the doggy Lance though. :) Not sure why. He just rocks.

It doesn't sound as if your mother named you after the book as you mention she was not even familiar with it. The song Rhiannon, on the other hand, is beautiful, flighty and mysterious. Stevie just got the name from the book.

gold_dust

04-12-2009, 08:16 AM

I just got Triad in the mail yesterday. OMG ITS WEIRD. Yet strangely addicting. I've been reading it during all of my possible spare time. My mom was like "WTF are you reading?" (Well, she used different word choice :lol:" and I was like "...hmmmm.... I'm really not sure."

Now I'm sad. THIS is what I was named after? I picture Stevie's Rhiannon as beautiful and flighty and mysterious... not as a bitch from the freezer! :eek:

I love the doggy Lance though. :) Not sure why. He just rocks.

Get yourself the Mabinogion.

When I first read Triad, I was the same. I read it in a day, and just though, 'WTF - this is who Stevie named her song after?', but the reason why the characters are called Branwen and Rhiannon plays on the whole Welsh mythology thing. Little tidbits are used throughout the story about the mythology. I think, to be honest, she took Rhiannon from Triad, and then realised the Rhiannon from the Mabinogion is so much more better, and tried to downplay her role in Triad. When I read the Evangeline Walton version of the Mabinogion, I totally saw the Rhiannon Stevie sings about, but the truth is, without Triad, they'd be no Rhiannon at all. She shouldn't downplay the book's role in her life.