false <![CDATA[The Stress of Her Regard]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181975958m/417656.jpg 417656 9 Set early in the 19th century, Powers's ( On Stranger Tides ) seventh novel is a horror story that wonderfully evokes the period. On the stormy night before his wedding, Dr. Michael Crawford, in an ill-advised moment while drinking and carousing with two of his friends, slips his intended's ring on the finger of a statue of a woman in the inn's courtyard. The next morning the statue has disappeared. Disturbed, Crawford purchases a new ring and goes to his wedding. The night's celebrations are followed by a morning infinitely more horrifying than the previous one--Crawford awakens to find his bride murdered. Doubting his own sanity, he flees England, becoming aware that he is pursued by a lamia --a malignant female spirit. He seeks help from his friends, the poets Byron and Shelley, who, it turns out, have experience with such a monster. Strewn with literary personages and allusions, the book is entertaining on several levels, but most particularly as a chilling horror-adventure. 937457 1989 The Stress of Her Regard total:332|5:116|4:114|3:81|2:18|1:3| 332 1318 491 40 2 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 10:25:10 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 19:19:51 -0800 2007
I liked what this book did with the creatures, combining all different strands of folklore and of science. But I didn't like the bo...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990 Fri Sep 12 19:56:17 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 19:56:17 -0700 2008 The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides, I know I'll be preaching to the converted when I say that Powers is one of the most exciting authors writing fantasy today. He is one of the p...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jun 15 23:30:02 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 23:37:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:51:25 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 13:27:07 -0800 2009
Tim Powers further cemented his mastery of historical fantasy with this crackerjack 1989 tale. It's hard to believe "The Stress of Her Regard" was out of print for 14 years until tiny Tachyon reprinted it in 2008.

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This book concerns the Romantic poets (Keats, Shelley, Byron) and their struggles again...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Sun Aug 16 16:05:38 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 16:22:34 -0700 2009 4 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 18:19:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 18:23:43 -0700 2009
This is my favorite of his. Basically, the hero spends the entire book fleeing his accidentally betrothed vampire bride across all of E...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 13:53:50 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 14:20:23 -0700 2008 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (such as myself) sit up and take note: Tachyon Publications has reissued The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. Originally published in 1994, this is a dark, decadent, Romantic fantasy. That’s Romantic with a capital R, as Byron, Keats, and Shelley are...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 06 06:04:57 -0800 2009 Mon May 18 19:48:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 19 17:52:19 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 07 05:17:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 12:09:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 12:10:37 -0800 2009
What more could you want?

Another Powers tale, rooted in historical fact, blended seamlessly with fiction and fantasy; this is a very strong tale, though I did struggle with it at times. Powers challenges read...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue May 26 00:37:35 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 00:39:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 05:24:38 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 05:12:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 23 20:57:03 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 13:04:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Thu May 28 21:54:02 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 21:57:12 -0700 2009 2 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 21:57:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 21:57:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 14:57:03 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:57:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 16 12:34:38 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 12:38:40 -0700 2009 It starts off a little slow, but after that it becomes addicting.]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 12:31:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:31:12 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu Apr 30 11:12:38 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 11:13:00 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=417656