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The Floating Islands
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Lord of the Changing Winds (Griffin Mage, #1)
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2010
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The Keeper of the Mist
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2016
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Land of the Burning Sands (Griffin Mage, #2)
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2010
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House of Shadows
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2012
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The City in the Lake
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2008
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Black Dog (Black Dog, #1)
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2014
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Law of the Broken Earth (Griffin Mage, #3)
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2010
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Winter of Ice and Iron
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2017
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The Mountain of Kept Memory
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2016
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"I have never encountered a book by this author that was not excellent. Every one of them is engaging and well done. I very seldom follow an author wherever they lead, but this is an exception. Try any of her stories, they are excellent. One of the th"
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"4.5 stars, because I liked it slightly less than Tuyo, and that's just because Ryo isn't in it, which isn't Nikoles's fault, but there you go. If you liked Tuyo, you'll want to read this anyway, and you will definitely enjoy it. (It does have Aras in"
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What do you think of lines of poetry for book titles?
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Thanks for your feedback! I've decided to go with poetry, so I hope readers find that appealing.
The Phoenix in the Fog is ... actually ... not bad! I ...more " |
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"Reread for an upcoming episode of A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast. Holy moly, just as good - if not better than the first time I read it. My favorite book of 2020.
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Thanks for asking -- I'm glad you're interested in a sequel. But, sorry, I probably will not actually write a full sequel to MOUNTAIN.
There is a novella set in that world and featuring the Kieba in my collection Beyond the Dreams We Know. If you pick See Full Answer |
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Rachel Neumeier
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The Hollow Places
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Best Horror
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I loved THE THOUSAND NAMES! This is probably my second-favorite fantasy for the year. The writing is excellent, the characterization is even better, the plotting is edge-of-the-seat exciting, this book has it all. More than once, I literally felt my h ...more |
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There are times when I really do not know how to write a review about a particular book. This is one of those times. From All False Doctrine is just really hard to describe. So I’ll start by saying: Ten out of ten. Alice Degan absolutely knocked it o ...more |
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First angry, then afraid, then dead. Is that the right order?
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You won't be disappointed! Network Effect is a great novel.
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“Some men are not capable of learning anything that does not agree with their own opinions.”
― The Floating Islands
― The Floating Islands
“When we endure loss, the past reaches out to grip us from behind, but it's not wrong to turn your face forward.”
― The Floating Islands
― The Floating Islands
“The grief doesn't go away, ... "But you...get used to it, you know? It's like carrying a heavy stone, one that's really too heavy for you: you learn to settle the weight properly, and then you get used to it, and then sometimes you can forget you're carrying it.”
― The Floating Islands
― The Floating Islands
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3rd Quarter 2019 - Fantasy #3
Winter of Ice and Iron by Rachel Neumeier, 561p
The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta, 352p
Slayer by Kiersten White, 404p
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks, 629p
The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy, 312p
The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis, 352p
Vengeance by Ian Irvine, 544p
Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox, 365p
Medusa's Web by Tim Powers, 368p
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams, 544p
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
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