Original Review, 1980-11-14)Circa 1935(4?) this fantasy involves a circus which visits a hick town in Arizona. The circus is run by a weird little Chinaman and is comprised primarily of mythical beings (Unicorns, Chimeras, Mermaids, etc.). It just has to be a metaphor for SOMETHING -- I wish I could...
I'm giving this book 5 stars, and yet I'm also giving up on this book a third of the way through. I loved the writing, and the characters and the culture, but the story is all about the messes people make for themselves, and it just...makes me flinch so hard I can't keep up with it. It is not graphi...
This book is nearly 800 pages. I told myself I'd give it till at least 200 pages, so I could say I gave it a fair shake. However, I'm at page 158, and I've found myself reading passages out loud for their amusement value.For example:"Cassandra felt herself flush from the heat of their fires and her ...
Starfinder is John Marco's first foray into fantasy for the Young Adult audience. The world is a mesh between technology and mythical creatures--where airships fly and centaurs don't. With a dividing "line" between them called the Reach.Moth is an orphan who lives in Calio, the highest city in the w...
Starfinder was a great story and I can not wait to find out when the next novel will be coming out. The novel may be marketed towards the young adult crowd, but, you really never get that feeling. We’re given a great story, told in a setting that is not only shiny and new, but definitely fuels one...
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