YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, this is AWESOME: The Edge of Worlds is reviewed in N.K. Jemisin's New York Times book review column.
The venerated pulp spirit in science fiction and fantasy has dwindled since the golden age of the 1920s to ’50s. Yet an atavistic craving for adventure remains, and it is this need that Wells’s books in general and the Raksura books in particular satisfy. The stories are straightforward adventure, but what makes Wells’s “new pulp” feel fresh is its refusal to take the easier storytelling routes of its forebears. Rather than thinly veil an existing human society as alien others, for example, Wells — a master world builder — creates a multicultural world of humanized monsters.
So obviously, I've never been reviewed in the NYT before, and I'm so excited I'm freaking out. I'm trying to get the Raksura Patreon story posted today, and that might be the only thing I get done.
The venerated pulp spirit in science fiction and fantasy has dwindled since the golden age of the 1920s to ’50s. Yet an atavistic craving for adventure remains, and it is this need that Wells’s books in general and the Raksura books in particular satisfy. The stories are straightforward adventure, but what makes Wells’s “new pulp” feel fresh is its refusal to take the easier storytelling routes of its forebears. Rather than thinly veil an existing human society as alien others, for example, Wells — a master world builder — creates a multicultural world of humanized monsters.
So obviously, I've never been reviewed in the NYT before, and I'm so excited I'm freaking out. I'm trying to get the Raksura Patreon story posted today, and that might be the only thing I get done.
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Not only the New York Times but the lead book review! Your book was covered first in her column! The downside to writing series books is that readers may think they must read ALL of the previous books first but Edge of Worlds will be a good entry point for NEW readers & I'm excited the reviewer definitely pointed this out!
Trevor wrote: "Who wouldn't be thrilled beyond measure? And it is well past time, too, for the Times to review you. This deserves a toast, at the very least.Well written, well deserved, Martha Wells."
Thank you so much!
Margaret wrote: "Not only the New York Times but the lead book review! Your book was covered first in her column! The downside to writing series books is that readers may think they must read ALL of the previous bo..."Yes, I was pretty happy about that, too. Thank you, Margaret!
Well written, well deserved, Martha Wells.