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Thief of Camorr
Thief of Camorr rated it 12 years ago
So incredibly, incredibly sad. Liu enforcers your connection to the characters so easily, making it very difficult (impossible?) to not feel so much.
Thief of Camorr
Thief of Camorr rated it 12 years ago
Too hard to get into, too easy to forget.
Saturdays in Books
Saturdays in Books rated it 12 years ago
This isn't so much a review as a series of experiences associated with this book. The kinds of things I would have left in the Updates if I weren't so limited on character count.-----November 28th, 2012Amazon cancelled my order for this book so I was kind of surprised to open a box this morning and ...
Thief of Camorr
Thief of Camorr rated it 12 years ago
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team. To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the A...
Thief of Camorr
Thief of Camorr rated it 12 years ago
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team. To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the A...
SandyQ
SandyQ rated it 13 years ago
Like any anthology, some stories I really liked, others not so much - hence the 3 stars as a middle ground. However, I do think that many of the stories that I didn't much like were a question of the type of fiction I like, not that they were poorly written. Just not my type of story. Overall, I'...
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books!
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books! rated it 13 years ago
Anthology. This was a better than average anthology, although I didn't read all of the short stories. My feminist proclivities have made an appearance in this anthology. I only read the works by the female authors. What is extremely interesting in this anthology are the mini-biographies about ea...
Jeff Names the Planets
Jeff Names the Planets rated it 13 years ago
Some weak choices dampen the latter half. Cherie Priest... yes, she did write a zombie that included zombies. Doesn't really qualify her to wrote for this anthology, does it?
dearmfield
dearmfield rated it 13 years ago
Tidal Forces: play your cards a bizarre tale of two lesbian lovers. Dreams coming true, shadows lurking. Caitlin Kiernan will Peel your eyes over to look for the galaxy in them. Old Habits by Nalo Hopkinson six million ways to die choose one. A mall worker struts throughout the mall without bumping ...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 13 years ago
As someone fairly familiar with science-fiction and its preoccupation with the human and more-than-human, I found this collection rather dull. Some of the ideas presented in these stories must have been shockers at the time they were published, but I found them pretty predictable. If, however, you a...
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