This took me quite a while to get through – it’s an homage to Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, and the writing is very true to the unique tone and world that he created. Which I very much enjoy, but can’t take in large doses. (I don’t tend to like authors with a more florid […]
Songs of the Dying Earth – edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Read More »
Having forgotten to read the blurb on this book before I stowed the dust cover (we have this in hard cover, and I hate reading books with a loose dust cover), I was mighty confused when Peter suddenly had left the police force and was getting hired on as security at a tech company in
False Value – Ben Aaronovitch Read More »
This novella is set in the world of the Rivers of London series, but takes place in Germany, without any of the regular characters making an appearance, except as a passing reference. Tobias Winter is Germany’s version of Peter Grant, and we get to follow a case of his. We get to meet some different
The October Man – Ben Aaronovitch Read More »
Another great Penric and Desdemona story. Pen and Des are summoned to the healer’s house over a most unusual illness. What they find is even more unusual than the healer had suspected. A man who was fished out of the harbor is actually dead, but appears to be alive because he’s being inhabited by another
Knot of Shadows – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
This is a fun anthology of darker turning fairy tale interpretations. The darkness is pretty variable – in some cases, it’s just using themes that are considered dark. And like most anthologies, some of the stories are definitely better than others. There were two different interpretations of the Morrigan that I enjoyed, and “Magic After
I know I’ve mentioned before that I get a really stubborn streak about not reading books that get crazy popular, and this book definitely fits that definition. As time went on, I started to see more “this really isn’t what the hype makes it out to be” reviews, and one of my friends (whose taste
Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir Read More »
In the world of this series, humans live in what we would call North America at the sufferance of the terre indigenene – the Others who lived here before humans ever found the land. Their treaties give them full control of the lands they have shared with humans, and humans occasionally need to be reminded
Vision in Silver – Anne Bishop Read More »
This is a lovely fairy tale, told in a very specific narrative style that might take a little getting used to if you’re not used to it, but gives the story a lot of richness. Paama has returned home because her marriage has failed. The local gods take this as an opportunity – they take
Redemption in Indigo – Karen Lord Read More »
This story is set in Elizabethan England, among the stationers and artists in London – the people that are able to see the fairy court when it comes to London to fight a battle that’s been long in the making. We have Alice, a widowed stationer – the only woman belonging to the guild. Her
Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon – Lisa Goldstein Read More »
In this second book of this series, the focus shifts a bit from Princess Alyrra, to her attendant, Rae. Rae ended up in the capital city to see her cousin through her pregnancy, but her cousin and cousin’s husband quickly realize that Rae would make an excellent attendant to the new Princess. The princess ends
The Theft of Sunlight – Intisar Khanani Read More »
