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Sylvia Kelso

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Townsville, North Queensland, Australia
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Sylvia Kelso lives in North Queensland, Australia. She writes fantasy and SF set in analogue or alternate Australian settings. She has published six fantasy novels, two of which, The Moving Water (2006) and Amberlight (2007) were finalists for best fantasy novel of the year in the Australian Aurealis genre fiction awards.
Her most recent work is a two-volume contemporary fantasy, the Blackston Gold series, The Solitaire Ghost, and The Time Seam.
She has also published short stories in Australian and US anthologies, including "The Cretaceous Border" in Neverlands from Susurrus Press, "The Sharp-Shooter" in New Ceres Nights from 12th Planet Press, and "An Offer You Couldn't Refuse" in Love and Rockets from DAW. She lives in a house with a lot...more


Yes, after some discussion, we're back, with slightly changed personnel, for a third Round of the Table! Topic for May is/was "Shades of Fantasy" and the posts will be up over on Deborah J. Ross's blog - in the meantime, here's my effusion for the month. Enjoy!

Originally I meant to talk about sub-genres on this, but I’ve done that before, so instead I’ll look at shades in (mostly) high fantasy,... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 22, 2013 16:15
Average rating: 3.68 · 117 ratings · 34 reviews · 18 distinct works · Similar authors
Amberlight (Riverworld, #1)
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
Broad Spectrum: The 2012 Br...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012
Riversend (Riverworld, #2)
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009
Everran's Bane
3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
The Solitaire Ghost
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011
Ursula K. Le  Guin
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008
The Time Seam
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011
The Moving Water (Book Two ...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
Source
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 3 editions
The Red Country
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Amberlight Riversend Source
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3.6097560975609757 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 41 ratings
Everran's Bane The Moving Water (Book Two ... The Red Country
Rihannar Chronicles (3 books)
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3.230769230769231 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
The Solitaire Ghost The Time Seam
Blackston Gold (2 books)
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3.4444444444444446 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings

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Unnatural Causes by P.D. James
I read 6 James books trying to get on friendly terms with this writer and her detective, Inspector/Chief Inspector/Commander Dalgliesh, and failed. A lot of that failure I set at said detective's door: if I'm going to read a detective series using a...more
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The Perfect Murder by H.R.F. Keating
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