Triad, and other books that inspired Stevie

[bellagypsy79]

Originally Posted by Gypsycat999

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]

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.

Originally Posted by Moz

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]

Thanks for the info! I'll check it out

[fleetwoodtrick]

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 " 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!

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

[Tango]

Originally Posted by fleetwoodtrick

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 " 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!

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]

Originally Posted by fleetwoodtrick

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 " 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!

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.