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a commenté Dragonflight par Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern (1))

Anne McCaffrey: Dragonflight (Paperback, 1991, Eclipse Books)

HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, …

It always makes me wonder when women write books that are loaded with systemic misogyny (in a "this is fine and normal" way). Does it actually seem fine and normal to them? Or was this required for a commercially successful fantasy series in *checks publication date* 1968?

a publié une critique de The Grace of Kings par Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)

Ken Liu: The Grace of Kings (2015, Gallery / Saga Press)

Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a …

The Grace of Kings

Great world and cultures, I really enjoyed them, as well as the storytelling in isolated sections.

However, it bothered me to no end that the greater plot arc was driven by inexplicable, near-psychotic personality shifts across a range of major characters.

It's also unfortunate that the outcome of a Song-of-Ice-and-Fire-style fantasy imperial conflict is spoiled by the actual name of the trilogy. 😐

a publié une critique de Among Others par Jo Walton

Jo Walton: Among Others (2011, Tor)

Seeking refuge in fantasy novel worlds throughout a youth under the shadow of a dubiously …

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This was really a miss for me. I got a very similar feeling as with Never Let Me Go, where I spent the whole book being irritated with the characters and waiting for the story to begin.

The most enjoyable part for me was reading about the characters geeking out about classic scifi and fantasy.

a publié une critique de The Expert System's Champion par Adrian Tchaikovsky (Expert System, #2)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: The Expert System's Champion (2021, Tom Doherty Associates)

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Expert System's Champion , sometimes the ones you hate are the …

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Sarah Gailey: Upright Women Wanted (EBook, 2020, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.

“That girl’s got more …

Great, gritty, postapocalyptic, western adventure

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