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Archive for March 2010

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

In Book Reviews, Fantasy on 7 March 2010 tagged book, debut, fantasy, Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin, novel, review, series with no comments

My to-be-read list is usually stacked at least 20 books high and planned a few weeks ahead so it takes a monumental shift to change it. N. K. Jemesin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms managed just such a change. Due to the incessant online buzz and the overwhelmingly positive reviews of this fantasy debut [...]

Farlander

In Book Reviews, Fantasy on 7 March 2010 tagged book, Col Buchanan, debut, fantasy, Farlander, novel, review, series, Tor with no comments

For fifty years The Heart Of The World has been at war. The Holy Empire of Mann has swept across the world conquering nation after nation with their leader, Holy Matriarch Sasheen, maintaining power and control through priestly ‘Diplomats’ who bend the conquered peoples to the will of Mann with ruthless efficiency. The [...]

Paper Cities: An Anthology Of Urban Fantasy

In Book Reviews, Fantasy on 3 March 2010 tagged anthology, book, city, Ekaterina Sedia, Paper Cities, review with no comments

Cities have always enthralled me in a way that the countryside cannot. They move fast and they don’t stop moving, filled with the sights and sounds of commerce and industry, secretaries and shopkeepers, suits and overalls. But while the surface is all gloss and polish, there’s always the other side, that seedy underbelly [...]