Good morning ladies and gentlemen, once again I return with a collection of book reviews. Work is still occupying half my days and the rest I am trying to dedicate to writing. Best of luck to everyone taking part in NaNoWriMo 2014, have a good November.
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Tag Archives: fantasy
Paraphrasing Pratchett
It’s either in Small Gods or in one the the Witches books in the Discworld series that Terry Pratchett says something I particularly agree with.Continue reading “Paraphrasing Pratchett”
August reviews: part 1
I know I posted a few reviews a couple of days ago but that was to celebrate the Hugo Awards. I do wish I’d been able to go to Loncon but such is life. Right, enough with the wishing, on with the reviews.
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Hugo Awards
Earlier in the year I posted about Worldcon and the Hugo Awards. I’ve been reading the books nominated for the award for novels. Ahead of the start of Worldcon in London this weekend I though I’d post my reviews of books up for awards.
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Why Characters Play Their Parts: Human Identity in Storytelling
What motivates characters to act and how those motivations make them more realistic.
via Why Characters Play Their Parts: Human Identity in Storytelling.
Excellent piece of writing, exploring fantasy and human nature.
I’ve found this marvelous website
That emails science fiction and fantasy stories daily. My last post shared an example of the fiction they publish. I’m quite looking forward to my daily email.
Review: ‘A God-Blasted Land: The Bastard Cadre # 1’ by Lee Carlon
Clockwork Samurai
Originally published 2011, this edition published October 2013
The first of three e-books published so far (the forth is in progress) about a group of young people bound from birth by magic to a gods Chosen representative. Set on a ravaged planet where cities have fallen into ruin, technology and magic co-exist, and the decimated population is ruled by a small group of Chosen and policed by the Bondsmen.
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Fantasy is a dirty word?
I write a fair bit of fantasy, and have read an awful lot as well. I never understood why people think that ‘genre’ fiction is lower quality than ‘literary’ fiction. Small mindedness and ignorance maybe?
Review: ‘The Woken Gods’ by Gwenda Bond
Not yet published – Publication date 3rd September 2013
Angry Robot Ltd
Recently I joined www.netgalley.com, as I mentioned in a previous post, and this is one of the first books I have had the pleasure of reading and reviewing. It, like most of the books on Net Galley, is an ARC, or advance reader copy. Therefore I shall restrict this review to the plot and characters, and not discuss any perceived faults in the text, just as the author has asked. I’m nice like that.
‘The Woken Gods’ is set in Washington D.C. in the near future where all the gods have been woken from an eons long sleep. The Society of the Sun, which effectively rules the world now, as they were the ones who subdued the gods, keeps everything under control, with the help of magical relics.
Review: ‘Broken Homes’ by Ben Aaronovitch
2013
Gollancz
Book 4 of the ‘Peter Grant Series’
Peter, Lesley and their boss Thomas Nightingale (and Toby the dog) are back, continuing their search for the Faceless Man, while still dealing with all the weird stuff the rest of the Met would rather not admit existed. After several murders and the Spring Court, they track the Faceless Man and his organisation to a housing estate at Elephant and Castle.
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Everything Is Better With Dragons 