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I keep trying to read Orson Scott Card's work because Ender's Game is one of my favorite books. Sadly whatever lightning he caught in a bottle for that book has rarely shown through for me in his other work. Even the later Ender's books have never been quite right and while Seventh Son is better than some of the really odd books it's not good enough.
The basic premise of this series is America around the age of colonization but with magic. The title refers to the fact that the main character is t ...more
The basic premise of this series is America around the age of colonization but with magic. The title refers to the fact that the main character is t ...more
This wonderful book just sneaks up on you, gently grabs you by the throat and shakes you. It is an alternate history of a frontier America where folk magic is alive and well, but as might be expected, it is in dire conflict with religion and vice versa. A special child is born in this first in a series of 5 Alvin Maker books. I am putting the next 4 on my "to read" list right now.
I have always seen this author's name on lists of "bests" and "influences", and now I know why. Fluid, rather spare ...more
I have always seen this author's name on lists of "bests" and "influences", and now I know why. Fluid, rather spare ...more
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