Swordspoint is something I’ve thought about rereading now and then, but never did – till I found its sequel, The Privilege of the Sword, at Books & Co., happily, and ordered the third book, written with Delia Sherman: The Fall of the Kings. This first book tells the tale of Richard St. Vier, who is ...
Authors are often told to write a story, than cut the first few chapters. The advice is meant to put the reader closer to the action and shear away the backstory. Such advice would have served Kushner well. Once you've trudged through the first eighty pages, Swordspoint casts you into a story full...
The fact that this is classified as speculative fiction kind of worries me...And "Riverside" always makes me think of "UC."Perils of growing up in California, I suppose...The non-blurb makes me unhappy. If I wanted to know what other people though, I would look up reviews. Stahp. I don't care what "...
Swordspoint is an enjoyable book, if you enjoy the sorts of books where people scheme at garden parties. It’s fantasy in name only: set in an imagined world, but without magic or mythological beasts or supernatural elements of any sort. There’s a bit of dueling, but the crux of the plot depends on p...
I can’t believe I’d never read this book before! I loved the world, which seems sort of alt-Georgian, but isn’t quite specific enough to call it that. And the characters, and the plotting. Generally, it was just a love-fest all round.
I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did. The cover art is terrible, it is thin and the 'melodrama of manners' subtitle made me fear it would not require any emotional involvement on my part. As it turned out, the heroes are flawed (especially Alec with his suicidal/destructive tendencies)...
I just realized that I don't entirely know how to classify this book. Some of the reviews I've read have called Ellen Kushner the Georgette Heyer of fantasy. While I can see the Heyer comparison, this seemed more historical than fantasy. Except that the location was made up. Hrm.Amusing story filled...
I really try to make an effort to read related titles in order, but I accidentally read The Fall of The Kings, which was billed as a sequel to Swordspoint, first. It was good enough that I went out of my way to get ahold of Swordspoint - and now I've read it!However, I wouldn't really call one a "se...
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