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Andrea K. Höst
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And All the Stars
— published 2012 — 4 editions |
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Stray (Touchstone, #1)
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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Lab Rat One (Touchstone, #2)
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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Gratuitous Epilogue (Touchstone, #Extra)
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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Caszandra (Touchstone, #3)
— published 2011 — 3 editions |
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Hunting
— published 2013 — 3 editions |
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The Silence of Medair (Medair, #1)
— published 2010 — 3 editions |
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Champion of the Rose
— published 2010 — 4 editions |
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The Touchstone Trilogy
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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Voice of the Lost (Medair #2)
— published 2011 — 3 editions |
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is reading The Pyramids of London: Irish mythology is like, miserymiserymiserymanlinessmiseryyoualldiebutinmanlywaysohwellsuckstobefemale
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An impeccably-researched alt-history set late in Queen Elizabeth I's reign. In this world there are two main points of difference. Elizabeth married and bore two sons, and there is a race of people called "skraylings" who come from Vinland (Newfoundla...more |
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is reading The Pyramids of London: Spent _days_ rewriting the blurb. Blurbs are hard. Also gave this a series name, (The Trifold Age), since it looks like it'll be three books at least (plot-wise they'll be standalones, but the character development needs the space of multiple volumes).
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| One of Christie's more successful spy stories. Published not long after World War II, shades of Hitler's ideas hang over the story, and the plot again involves a young woman becoming entangled in espionage. Victoria Jones is a not very good typist, b...more | |
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Vastly more spy story than mystery, "Destination Unknown" revolves around the disappearance of scientists during the early Cold War era. Have they defected? Will the young wife of one of the scientists lead the government to him? As is typical for man...more |
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“I blame Doctor Who. Mr Spock. The Scooby Gang: both the ones in the Mystery Machine and the ones with the stakes. I've spent my life with stories of people who don't walk away, who go back for their friends, who make that last stand. I've been brainwashed by Samwise Gamgee.”
― Andrea K. Höst, Stray
― Andrea K. Höst, Stray
“A metric fuckton of dumb so epically mind-destroyingly beyond a bad idea that there's not a chance they would go there.”
― Andrea K. Höst, Lab Rat One
― Andrea K. Höst, Lab Rat One
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Vicki's 2011 Books | 13 | 50 | Dec 10, 2011 06:01am | |
| Building a SciFi/...: Favorite Fantasy Written by a Woman | 116 | 692 | Oct 10, 2012 04:19pm | |
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“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”
― Angela Carter
― Angela Carter
“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.”
― Rex Stout, The Silent Speaker
― Rex Stout, The Silent Speaker
“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign
“Horses are of a breed unique to Fantasyland. They are capable of galloping full-tilt all day without a rest. Sometimes they do not require food or water. They never cast shoes, go lame or put their hooves down holes, except when the Management deems it necessary, as when the forces of the Dark Lord are only half an hour behind. They never otherwise stumble. Nor do they ever make life difficult for Tourists by biting or kicking their riders or one another. They never resist being mounted or blow out so that their girths slip, or do any of the other things that make horses so chancy in this world. For instance, they never shy and seldom whinny or demand sugar at inopportune moments. But for some reason you cannot hold a conversation while riding them. If you want to say anything to another Tourist (or vice versa), both of you will have to rein to a stop and stand staring out over a valley while you talk. Apart from this inexplicable quirk, horses can be used just like bicycles, and usually are. Much research into how these exemplary animals come to exist has resulted in the following: no mare ever comes into season on the Tour and no stallion ever shows an interest in a mare; and few horses are described as geldings. It therefore seems probable that they breed by pollination. This theory seems to account for everything, since it is clear that the creatures do behave more like vegetables than mammals. Nomads appears to have a monopoly on horse-breeding. They alone possess the secret of how to pollinate them.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
― Diana Wynne Jones, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
“You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle
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Louise wrote: "can't wait for the novel to come out down under, And All the Stars sounds exciting."It's as out as it will be in Australia. Not available in stores except by special order. (Can take around six weeks for it to show up on catalogue listings though.)
Wendy Darling wrote: "This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.I'm not sure any amount of harassment could overcome my current Star Wars: The Old Republic addiction. But I am making progress. It'll be a next year release I think.
Andrea wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Wendy!As for the survivalist story...well, it mutated somewhat, but...

You and Flannery totally derailed me from thebook I was theoretically putting out in March, and I've been working on this ever since. Though have only managed to move the poor girl an inch or two."
This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.
And thank you for accepting! I'm glad to be in touch more regularly. :)




















































I'm glad you liked it Taylor. :)