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Jack Vance has been one of my favorite writers ever since I first read his short story "Nopalgarth." I immediate read my way through everything of his I could find, and when I finally encountered The Dying Earth, my mind was blown. The merger of science and magic and the idea of an Earth so old nobo...
Though skeptical of this book at first, I wound up having a great time with it. Illusion is one of those books that recreates real historical events (the French Revolution, in this case) in an alternate world with a bit of magic, and this is a great example of why I love such novels: when done right...
Though skeptical of this book at first, I wound up having a great time with it. Illusion is one of those books that recreates real historical events (the French Revolution, in this case) in an alternate world with a bit of magic, and this is a great example of why I love such novels: when done right...
Nachdem ich dieses Buch zu Ende hatte, bin ich wirklich ziemlich traurig gewesen. Den auch wenn Varis sogesehen der "Böse" ist, so hat man Mitgefühl mit ihm und versteht ihn sogar ein wenig. Es gibt wirklich wenige schöne Fantasy die einen so mitnimmt, dass man noch tagelang danach, nachdem man das ...
Well, this is an odd one. Mostly it's a rather good, light, very readable steampunk romp with a likeable heroine with conveniently 21st century sensibilities. The main flaw in this respect is that while theres a certain lip service paid to the Evils of Colonialism, with lots of suffering downtrodden...
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