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Katharine Kerr
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Some thoughts inspired by a recent conversation with a friend, concerning technological change in fantasy secondary worlds.
Really, that title should be, "is a given piece of technology inevitable?" Humans are tool users and fiddlers-around-with. All primates, I gather, have figured out how to pick up a rock to smash open a fruit or a stick to knock high-growing fruit down to their level. I've... read more »
Really, that title should be, "is a given piece of technology inevitable?" Humans are tool users and fiddlers-around-with. All primates, I gather, have figured out how to pick up a rock to smash open a fruit or a stick to knock high-growing fruit down to their level. I've... read more »
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Daggerspell (Deverry, #1)
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Darkspell (Deverry, #2)
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The Bristling Wood (Deverry, #3)
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1989
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A Time of Exile (Deverry Westlands, Book 1)
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The Dragon Revenant (Deverry, Book 4)
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1990
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Days of Air and Darkness (Deverry: The Westlands, #4)
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1994
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A Time of Omens (Deverry: The Westlands, #2)
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1992
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The Red Wyvern (Deverry Dragon Mage, Book 1)
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1997
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Days of Blood and Fire (Deverry: The Westlands, #3)
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1993
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The Black Raven (Deverry: The Dragon Mage, #2)
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1999
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Deverry: The Westlands
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by Katharine Kerr (Goodreads Author)
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by Katharine Kerr (Goodreads Author)
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Deverry: The Dragon Mage
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by Katharine Kerr (Goodreads Author)
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Deverry: The Silver Wyrm
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License to Ensorcell (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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This is the opening of the first book in my new Urban Fantasy (with SF elements)series.
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John Dee’s Five Books of Mystery: Original Sourcebook of Enochian Magic
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| The editor, J. Peterson, has produced a clear, readable transcription of a portion of the surviving "angel conversations" of John Dee, the Elizabethan natural philosopher. These "books" cover the period from 1581 to early 1583 and include his early f...more | |
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A very polished, fast-moving debut novel from a new author to watch! Amber's on the run from an abusive step-father. She has a big secret to hide as well -- she's a werewolf who can change forms at will. She's found a job and an apartment in Los Ange...more |
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"Annette wrote: " Oh no, you planned to stop at #5! :( I so love Ari!!!!!!! And Nola is very interesting."
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The translator's introduction and endnotes are excellent, particularly in showing the relationships between this saga, Beowulf, and other works drawn from the same material.
Hrolf's Saga has all you'd expect: bears, berserkers, trolls, elves, Odin,... " Read more of this review » |
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| I've heard these Icelandic sagas described as the historical fiction of their time, the 12-1400s AD. The "fantasy fiction" might be a more accurate description, because they're filled with magic, omens, portents, and the actions of the Norse gods amo...more | |
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| I found this book well-written, well-researched, and extremely interesting. Harkness is an academic who's done a great deal of original research in difficult sources and materials. Deciphering Dee's handwriting alone should have earned her a medal. O...more | |
“By the hairy ass of lord hell." Many characters in the Deverry Cycle Novels”
― Katharine Kerr, The Red Wyvern
― Katharine Kerr, The Red Wyvern
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