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Stella Atrium

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Stella Atrium is author of SufferStone (launch 1/12) and HeartStone (launch 6/12), two fantasy books of the Dolvia series about women living under the veil.

Seven Beyond was published in 2003 and is soon to be re-issued in eBook format.

Review Stella Atrium's blog about female characters in novels, movies and TV at http://www.speakingincommunity.blogsp...


Consider for our example The Lord of the Rings in movie form. The Fellowship of the Ring got all the acclaim, and The Return of the King got all the awards. But The Two Towers (with the walking trees and the assault on Isengard), um… not so much.LOTR

I’m aware of this odd pattern with the middle story carrying much the weight, but none of the praise. So for HeartStone: Book II of the Dolvia Saga, I...

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Average rating: 3.92 · 12 ratings · 9 reviews · 3 distinct works
Sufferstone: Book I of the ...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011
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SufferStone (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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Description: On Dolvia the women of the savannah serve under the burka, but Kyle Le was denied that covering by tribal leaders. Only her gift of second sight and the mortgage on her father’s land protects her and her three sisters. Kyle Le meets Brian Miller, a Softcheeks who teaches her about offworld politics and accumulating wealth while she teaches him the words of power from Mekucoo. Working alongside the warrior Cyrus, they labor against the mining enterprise that robs the savannah of it mineral wealth and leaves the tribes with only the scarred and suffering land.
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"Atrium’s saga continues with another entertaining and powerful read, reminiscent of Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood." --Kirkus Reviews

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"Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth."Mark Twain
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“The dichotomy is delicious. Inside the fantasy genre, I try to present women who need to solve real problems like having no voice in community, or no right to work; no access to capital to start a business. No reinforcement for talent.”
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“Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth.”
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“The dichotomy is delicious. Inside the fantasy genre, I try to present women who need to solve real problems like having no voice in community, or no right to work; no access to capital to start a business. No reinforcement for talent.”
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“Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth.”
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“I would rather live my life as if there is a god and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.”
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“After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.”
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Stella Atrium Kevin G G wrote: "Stella, you are the best looking 98 year old writer I have ever come across! I am so glad I can do nothing but spend my time daydreaming, reading and writing. I hope you're agelessness rubs off!
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Thanks for the chuckle... You're good with numbers.


message 1: by Kevin G G (last edited Feb 08, 2012 06:23am)

Kevin G G Simon Stella, you are the best looking 98 year old writer I have ever come across! I am so glad I can do nothing but spend my time daydreaming, reading and writing. I hope you're agelessness rubs off!
Just kidding- nice to meet you!


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