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Jenny Blackford

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born

Australia

gender

female

website

http://www.jennyblackford.com

genre

Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

member since

December 2009

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I am a writer and reviewer with interests ranging from science fiction and fantasy, through technology and ecology, to the religion and literature of the ancient world. I was born in Sydney, went to High School and University in Newcastle, and lived for 30 years in inner Melbourne with writer and philosopher Russell Blackford. In late 2009, we moved back home to Newcastle.

Since I gave up my day job in 2001, my science fiction, fantasy and ghost stories for people of various ages have appeared in some great places, including Jack Dann's Australian showcase anthology Dreaming Again, Random House's 30 Australian Ghost Stories for Children, and Paul Collins' blockbuster YA anthology Trust Me! (Ford Street Publishing). All of the stories are li...more

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Books by Jenny Blackford

Average rating: 3.97 · 60 ratings · 16 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Priestess and the Slave 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Contrary Modes: Proceedings Of The World Science Fiction Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1985 by Jenny Blackford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Russell Blackford (Editor), Norman Talbot (Editor) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985	My rating:
	Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction by Jack Dann (Goodreads Author) (editor), Garth Nix (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Richard Harland (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Worlds Next Door by Tehani Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dirk Flinthart, Aidan Doyle (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Chained to the Alien: The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review (Second Series) by Damien Broderick, John Baxter, Martin Bridgstock 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Asfr: Australian SF Review (Second Series) by Damien Broderick (Editor), Gregory Benford (Contributor), Janeen Webb (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Jenny Blackford gave to: Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes by Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
This should be a three and a half, almost a four, just for the Barbara Hambly story featuring Peter Pan.
Mar 22, 2012 10:44pm · see review
Jenny Blackford gave to: House of Holes by Nicholson Baker read in March, 2012	My rating:
Extremely funny, extremely dirty, quite touching (yes, that's a pun) - a weird take on porn from a wonderful prose stylist with delightful insights into what it means to be human.
Mar 20, 2012 01:44pm · see review
Jenny Blackford gave to: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke	My rating:
Rich and strange. Not at all what I'd expected. Wonderful.
Mar 11, 2012 06:53pm · see review
Jenny Blackford gave to: A Wrinkle in Time (Time, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle	My rating:
Mar 11, 2012 06:52pm
Jenny Blackford gave to: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien	My rating:
A wonderful book, but don't expect plot. Its nothing like a conventional novel. Background myths about the world of Lord of the Rings.
Mar 11, 2012 06:52pm · see review
Jenny Blackford gave to: The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Jenny Blackford gave to: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Jenny Blackford gave to: The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) by Philip Pullman	My rating:
Good, but should have been far shorter and punchier - as the first in the series was.
Mar 11, 2012 06:49pm · see review
Jenny Blackford gave to: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman	My rating:
Mar 11, 2012 06:47pm
Jenny Blackford gave to: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien	My rating:
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