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Argonia #3-4 omnibus
Songs from the Seashell Archives, Volume 2
mass market paperback book
390 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1988
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Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
126 books216 followersElizabeth Ann Scarborough was born March 23, 1947, and lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Elizabeth won a Nebula Award in 1989 for her novel The Healer's War, and has written more than a dozen other novels. She has collaborated with Anne McCaffrey, best-known for creating the Dragonriders of Pern, to produce the Petaybee Series and the Acorna Series.
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May 18, 2020
I have the copy that includes volume 1 and 2.
I love the story, though the writing leaves a lot to be desired. It is very clunky and there are so. many. spelling mistakes! So many that I often wondered if they were intentional or not (in fantasy writing, you can never be quite sure!). Examples include "agreed" instead of "agreed" and "Petchingbird" instead of "Perchingbird".
By "clunky" I mean that often times, entirely different things would be happening from one paragraph to the other, with no explanation of how it happened! It actually happened a lot less than in Volume 1 but still at least one or two times for sure, though I can't remember the exact places. One for sure happened near the end of the story, during the climax (to avoid spoilers!).
There was also some inconsistency between volume 1 and 2, in regards to one of the group's speech, which irked me and seemed unnecessary. In Volume 1, they speak rather eloquently, whereas in Volume 2, their speech was reduced to "What you doing here?" And "I am fool for you!" Um. What? I'm not sure what the change was supposed to be for. Perhaps because they played a lesser role than in Volume 1? I don't know but it definitely bothered me.
I love the story, though the writing leaves a lot to be desired. It is very clunky and there are so. many. spelling mistakes! So many that I often wondered if they were intentional or not (in fantasy writing, you can never be quite sure!). Examples include "agreed" instead of "agreed" and "Petchingbird" instead of "Perchingbird".
By "clunky" I mean that often times, entirely different things would be happening from one paragraph to the other, with no explanation of how it happened! It actually happened a lot less than in Volume 1 but still at least one or two times for sure, though I can't remember the exact places. One for sure happened near the end of the story, during the climax (to avoid spoilers!).
There was also some inconsistency between volume 1 and 2, in regards to one of the group's speech, which irked me and seemed unnecessary. In Volume 1, they speak rather eloquently, whereas in Volume 2, their speech was reduced to "What you doing here?" And "I am fool for you!" Um. What? I'm not sure what the change was supposed to be for. Perhaps because they played a lesser role than in Volume 1? I don't know but it definitely bothered me.
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June 18, 2009
It´s sooo sweet! After all books with paladins and special-ops guys I needed something a bit sweeter!
Well, I wrote that BEFORE I had read more than maybe 20 pages...
Songs from the Seashell Archives contains two books, though they are so equal, that they flow together.
The Song of Sorcery
Maggie is a friendly hearthwitch with a strong self-will who goes on a quest to help her sister who have been taken prisoner by evil gypsies. The unicorn Moonshine, the bard Colin Songsmith and the cat Ching follows along to help her.
The Unicorn Creed
Again, Maggie and Colin goes on a quest. This time to save Moonshine and his unicorn friends who ended up in the claws of an evil wizard. They meet all kinds of creatures from Bigfoot to babbling rivers who help them on the way.
The books should be easily read. The language is pretty fluid and the characters fun but Elizabeth Scarborough is a master of clauses. It is subordinate clause on subordinate clause, and small extra stories in the history that makes it quite heavy. Sometimes you do not know who said what to whom and why.
I also think that some topics she deals with all too easily (like death and love) while she spends a lot of time on other topics that not even drives the story forward.
Well, I wrote that BEFORE I had read more than maybe 20 pages...
Songs from the Seashell Archives contains two books, though they are so equal, that they flow together.
The Song of Sorcery
Maggie is a friendly hearthwitch with a strong self-will who goes on a quest to help her sister who have been taken prisoner by evil gypsies. The unicorn Moonshine, the bard Colin Songsmith and the cat Ching follows along to help her.
The Unicorn Creed
Again, Maggie and Colin goes on a quest. This time to save Moonshine and his unicorn friends who ended up in the claws of an evil wizard. They meet all kinds of creatures from Bigfoot to babbling rivers who help them on the way.
The books should be easily read. The language is pretty fluid and the characters fun but Elizabeth Scarborough is a master of clauses. It is subordinate clause on subordinate clause, and small extra stories in the history that makes it quite heavy. Sometimes you do not know who said what to whom and why.
I also think that some topics she deals with all too easily (like death and love) while she spends a lot of time on other topics that not even drives the story forward.
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