6/10/2023 0 Comments Jaran by kate elliottPrivileging criteria is a subtle and pervasive bias. I am saying that when they do not think about it, they privilege criteria which cause them to select and promote male writers rather than female writers.” “Again, I’m not trying to suggest that the men involved are deliberately excluding women writers. That’s why I am so happy to have the opportunity to give away the books in this fantastic series today-and I’m absolutely thrilled that Kate Elliott is also joining us today, especially since I can’t think of a better way to end this series of posts than her examination of review coverage for women in SFF and concluding thoughts! I love them wholeheartedly and can hardly wait for the conclusion, Cold Steel, to be released in June. Cold Magic and Cold Fire (Spiritwalker 1 and 2) feature a fascinating world brimming with history and culture, an endearing heroine with an engaging narrative voice, adventure, well-drawn character relationships, excellent dialogue, an entertaining story, and even laugh-out-loud moments. The first two books in the latter, her most recent series, are the only ones I’ve read so far, but they have made me a die-hard fan. Today’s guest is fantasy and science fiction author Kate Elliott! She has written several books, including those in the Crown of Stars, Jaran, Crossroads, and Spiritwalker series.
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966įantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual The Singer in the Mist & Others (With: Stephen Jones) The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient The Black Stranger and Other American Tales Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard, a Critical Anthology Pigeons From Hell and Other Weird and Fantastic Adventures The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan Sprague de Camp)Ĭonan the Mercenary (By:Andrew J. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)Ĭonan: The Road of Kings (By:Karl Edward Wagner)Ĭonan: The Sword of Skelos (By:Andrew J. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)Ĭonan and the Sorcerer (By:Andrew J. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)Ĭonan the Swordsman (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)Ĭonan of Aquilonia (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)Ĭonan the Buccaneer (By:L. Sprague de Camp)Ĭonan of the Isles (By:L. Now an apprentice reporter for the Klaxon, Lil manages to talk her way into a job shadowing intrepid journalist Marsha Quake, who is writing a feature on Ghostcatcher Inc. But Peligan City has had enough of ghosts and has hired ghost catchers - and Nedly finds himself being hunted. Print Ghostcatcher (Potkin and Stubbs #3)Ī third spookily and dastardly brilliant adventure featuring detective duo Lil and Nedly After successfully ridding Peligan of Gallows' murderous spook, Mr Grip, Lil and Nedly turn their attentions to another suspected haunting. 6/9/2023 0 Comments Wolfsbane by andrea cremerDuring her childhood, she used to keep daydreaming a lot and used to roam around the lake shores and the forests of Northern Wisconsin. Drawing inspirations from the works of these famous personalities, she has been able to write a few novel series’ of her own, and she has done incredibly well in her attempt. Andrea says that during her learning days, she was very much impressed by the works of the famous authors of her time such as Margaret Atwood, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Llyod Alexander, Homer, Piers Anthony, JK Rowling, Cassandra Clare, Susan Cooper, Dante, Richard Adams, Melissa Marr, Chaucer, David Eddings, and Neil Gaiman. As an established author, she has written a number of highly interesting and extremely popular novels in her career based on the young adult, history, science fiction and fantasy genres. Since her childhood, Andrea has been very much fond of reading and writing fantasy novels. Andrea Cremer is a bestselling and popular author from the United States of America, who is particularly famous for writing down the highly successful Nightshade series. 6/9/2023 0 Comments The three body problem novelWang agrees to join the group and investigate and soon must confront events that seem to defy the laws of physics. Of more immediate concern is a series of inexplicable deaths, all prominent scientists, including the suicide of Yang Dong, the physicist daughter of Ye Wenjie the scientists were involved with the shadowy group Frontiers of Science. Eventually, Ye comes to work at Red Coast as a lowly technician, but what really goes on there? Weapons research, certainly, but is it also listening for signals from space-maybe even signaling in return? Another thread picks up the story 40 years later, when nanomaterials researcher Wang Miao and thuggish but perceptive policeman Shi Qiang, summoned by a top-secret international (!) military commission, learn of a war so secret and mysterious that the military officers will give no details. forced labor) camp not far from an imposing, top secret military installation called Red Coast Base. She ends up in a remote re-education (i.e. In 1967, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, young physicist Ye Wenjie helplessly watches as fanatical Red Guards beat her father to death. Strange and fascinating alien-contact yarn, the first of a trilogy from China’s most celebrated science-fiction author. 6/9/2023 0 Comments They call me guero read aloudThe poems are a mix of free verse and rhyming poems. Inside, there is a story of Güero, a twelve year old Mexican-American boy who finds his people, “los Bobbys”, a tough as nails girlfriend, Joanna Padilla, and his place in the world as a pale-skinned, Mexican-American border kid all told through beautiful verse. There is also a glossary at the back of the book with a list of the spanish words used in the book and their definitions, making it accessible and an opportunity to learn more about the language and culture. The book includes a table of contents, making it easy to locate specific poems and preview the titles of the poems in the book. It captures this richness and youthful spirit of this novel in verse. It is the perfect cover for this culturally rich, coming of age story. On the cover of They Call Me Güero: a Border Kid's Poems is an orange and blue illustration of Güero running through the desert with his Feathered Coyote mask. They have bullies, first crushes, school assignments, Along with “Los Bobbys”, Güero has his close Mexican-American family to help him cope with the challenges of being a border kid. Güero and his friends, “Los Bobbys”, are seventh graders finding their place as “derds”, diverse nerds. Mexican-American, red-headed, freckled, kind, and poetic “Güero” is a twelve year old living near the border. They Call Me Güero: a Border Kid's Poems. In his best known book, Why Nations Fail (2012), coauthored with Robinson, Acemoglu argues that political and economic institutions are the prime factor in economic success and that "development differences across countries are exclusively due to differences in political and economic institutions, and reject other theories that attribute some of the differences to culture, weather, geography or lack of knowledge about the best policies and practices." The book was written for the general audience. It was widely discussed by political analysts and commentators. Warren Bass wrote of it in the Washington Post: "bracing, garrulous, wildly ambitious and ultimately hopeful. Under its pristine wax shell, alas, the cheese was riddled with worms. It was completely understandable, and it wasĪnd Tess brought out the last cheese. Tess didn’t know what was considered good quigutl parenting, but if Kikiu had been so alone that she was dreaming, Pathka couldn’t have been doing his job. Pathka hadn’t wanted Kikiu, or loved her, or been nest to her. Kikiu, conceived in violence, whose birth almost killed Pathka, would have been eaten if Tess hadn’t put a stop to it. “Mother” had hit her like a slap, and she finally saw what had been there all along: Pathka, her best friend in the world, had been a wholly inadequate parent. Tess stared at the spot where Kikiu had been. “ Exactly as my mother made me.” With a serpentine tail ripple, Kikiu twisted around and leaped from the gates, out of the hospice, and away. “You belong with us, searching for the Most Alone.” “I am the most alone,” hissed Kikiu. “And never will be.” “If you’re dreaming of the serpent, then you’re called,” said Tess, pleading now. You can still be nest to each other.” “We have never been nest,” said Kikiu. Pathka couldn’t have meant to be cruel, wouldn’t have been if he had known. “ Then Pathka had that dream-that call-and bragged about it, as if it were a miracle and not proof that ko, too, was irretrievably alone.” “But then that’s something you’ve got in common,” said Tess. Up until this point, I had only read one volume of the Raksura short stories as well as The Edge of Worlds which is formally the fourth book of the sequence but can also be read as a jumping-off point for a new era of the series. Publisher: Night Shade Books (March 1, 2011)įinally making good on my promise to go back and read The Books for the Raksura from the beginning, I decided to pick up The Cloud Roads with the SF/F Read-Along group. Series: Book 1 of The Books of the Raksura Of course, you can also review backlist books any day you want, as often you want, but be sure to watch for her post at the end of the month to link up! Every last Friday of the month, she’ll be posting a review of a backlist book and is inviting anyone interested to do the same. Backlist Burndown is a new meme started by Lisa of Tenacious Reader. As a result, one of my goals this year is to take more time to catch up with my backlist, especially in my personal reading pile. Backlist Burndown: The Cloud Roads by Martha WellsĪs book bloggers, sometimes we get so caught up reading review titles and new releases that we end up missing out on a lot previously published books. Maggie is the second narrator and the girl Caleb injured. He also remarks that Maggie, the girl he hit, is his next door neighbor. His father is passive and weak, his mother is throwing herself into a “perfect family” role by throwing a party with her society friends, and his sister has gone Goth. When he returns, his family is stiff and he observes that they are more messed up than he is. His narration here shows little remorse for his action and a desire to put it in the past and move on with his life. Caleb was placed there as punishment for driving drunk, hitting a girl with his car, and then fleeing the scene of the accident. Told in alternating first person narration, Leaving Paradise opens with Caleb as he is waiting to see if he will be allowed early release from juvenile detention.
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