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Powers Of Detection: Stories Of Mystery & Fantasy - Community Reviews back

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Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 7 years ago
This collection was a mixed bag. I liked about half the stories in it well enough to go out and buy more by the same authors but the other half I could have done without. It's a nice idea, and a good sampler of fantasy writers, but not a great anthology. "Cold Spell" by Donna Andrews is a comic co...
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 7 years ago
This collection was a mixed bag. I liked about half the stories in it well enough to go out and buy more by the same authors but the other half I could have done without.It's a nice idea, and a good sampler of fantasy writers, but not a great anthology."Cold Spell" by Donna Andrews is a comic confec...
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 7 years ago
This collection was a mixed bag. I liked about half the stories in it well enough to go out and buy more by the same authors but the other half I could have done without.It's a nice idea, and a good sampler of fantasy writers, but not a great anthology."Cold Spell" by Donna Andrews is a comic confec...
Olga Godim
Olga Godim rated it 8 years ago
A rather weak anthology of short stories combining murder mystery and fantasy. The best story was the first one, Cold Spell by Donna Andrews. Andrews is a competent mystery writer, so the quality of her story came as no surprise. But the mediocrity of the other stories, despite some stellar authors’...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 11 years ago
Great blend of mystery and fantasy and makes me want to search out some of the authors to read more.
kelian
kelian rated it 14 years ago
Enjoying!
Horrorvacui000
Horrorvacui000 rated it 15 years ago
1 of the stories was entertaining, but the rest were blah. Sometimes these short story books help me find a new author that I'll fall in love with, but this one wasn't the case. Donna Andrews was okay, but I've already read a lot of her stuff already. Besides that they were boring and I had to force...
Danielle's Reading Adventures
Danielle's Reading Adventures rated it 16 years ago
I found this one at the used bookstore and snapped it up. This collection is a good way to get introduced to the occult detective sub-genre of urban fantasy. It has a nice mix of stories, including a Simon R. Green Nightside story and a Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse story, which actually encou...
Intensely Focused
Intensely Focused rated it 18 years ago
It was a decent anthology about magical mysteries. I enjoyed [author:Simon R. Green]'s back story for Larry Oblivion of his Nightside series, as well as [author: Anne Bishop]'s story set in her Blood Jewels universe. The story about the magician with a cold was well done and the solution memorable.
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