Earthquake Weather (Tor Fantasy)

by Tim Powers
Earthquake Weather (Tor Fantasy)  
published 1998 by Tor Fantasy
binding Mass Market Paperback
isbn 0812555198   (isbn13: 9780812555196)
pages 640
literary awards 1998 Locus Awards Winner (Fantasy)
description The Fisher King of the American West, Scott Crane, has been killed, and 14-year-old Koot Hoomie Parganas's perpetually bleeding wound makes him the mo...more
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02-28-07



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Pamela
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08/19/08

Read in July, 2008
The first section of the book felt somewhat disorienting and fractured, which may have been a purposeful reflection of Janis/Cody/et al Plumtree's multiple personalities. As Plumtree and her new-met friend Cochran meet up with the companions (all familiar from the first two books of the Fault Lines series), the book begins to gain cohesion. In part, this is because the enlarged cast has a single primary goal which provides a focus to both the novel and the characters, even as each of the charact...more
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Tanya
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06/26/08

While Tim Powers continues to spin incredibly well-researched stories that deftly combine mythologies and modern culture, I felt like this book had a little too many angles thrown in. The Fisher King mythos, Dyonisus and occultism, Latin American Brujeria, ghosts and possessions, and multiple-personality disorders all lumped together? Leads to a confusing plot that makes it hard to believe that the characters going through the narrative would really be able to handle it all as well as they did.
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Betsey
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04/15/08

bookshelves: fantasy
This was the third in the trilogy about tarot & ghosts. Book 1 was Last Call, about tarot. Book 2 was Expiration Date, about ghosts. This book was a combo of ghosts & tarot. Is was merely likeable. It wasn't tight the way the the 1st was, or as interesting as the 2nd. I'm glad I read it, but it was a little like a rambling hike through the woods where you see lots of nice things, and have a great time, but there is no main feature to know how to remember your hike.
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Gentlyferal
Gentlyferal marked it as to-read
08/16/08

bookshelves: to-read
A sequel to both Last Call [the one about poker, Tarot, and enslaved ghosts] and Expiration Date, involving the characters of both: two fugitives from a psychiatric hospital, the magical nature of multiple personality disorder, and the secret history of wine production in California. (Wikipedia)
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Guy
Guy marked it as to-read
04/15/08

bookshelves: own, to-read
Waiting till I have Expiration Date before I read it, which for a while was Out of Stock.
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Shaynuh
recommends it for: San Franciscans
The Winchester House should be a character in more novels.
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Michael
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02/11/08

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avg rating (all editions): 3.79 (158 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 3.78 (141 ratings)
number of reviews: 6






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