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| As a writer, I loved this collection. It covers a wide variety of types of stories, narrative approaches, etc., each with an introduction by Zelazny, which all adds up to a wonderful glimpse into his writer's mind. | |
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| I loved this book for two reasons: it's an entire story about a character in To Die in Italbar – which I read first (now I learn Isle of the Dead came first), and it's a sci-fi story with actual religion in it, including alien gods who are integral t...more | |
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| Zelazny sure did love writing about men with superpowers. This one kept me engaged by having a mystery (what is this alien journalist really after?), and by creating a future world which, thanks to a worldwide nuclear event, more resembles the mythic...more | |
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This is one of those stories that requires a bit of patience, as the threads of separate characters draw closer throughout the book. I found the junction of those threads at the end to be completely rewarding, and was impressed with Zelazny's ability...more |
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I love the way Zelazny uses words. "In four years' time a facial avalanche had occurred, leaving its gaps and runnels across his expensive frown and dusting the face fur a shade lighter." I enjoyed each of the stories in this collection. Had I enjoyed...more |
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A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
by Charles Johnson
read in December, 2011
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| This strikes me as sort of like the Grimm's fairy tale collection, but about pirates, in that each chapter feels more like the summary of a tale than a full story. I imagine even those summaries represent a significant amount of work on the author's...more | |
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So rested he by the Tumtum tree and stood awhile in thought. This is a young adult book club that focuses on fantasy and some historical fiction. We hop...more
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