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I've been a big fan of Martha Wells for years - I think she's one of the most underrated writers in the fantasy genre. I was thrilled to see a new novel from her after a years-long wait, and I'm even more thrilled that the Cloud Roads lived up to all my high expectations. It's got everything I most love in fantasy: an imaginative world full of fascinatingly alien cultures, combined with excellent characterization, exciting adventure, and even a dash of romance. I'm a sucker for loner misfit prot
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Great book! Not an elf, dwarf, orc or quasi-feudal faux-medieval grotty village to be seen; instead, we have the titular Raksura (sometimes-winged shapeshifters), the nasty Fell (ditto, but evil) and a whole mess of other "groundling" races sharing a world that feels like nothing so much as a Roger Dean-era Yes album cover, complete with lush forests and floating islands, and littered with never-explained ruins. At the start of the book, Moon, a Raksura orphan (who doesn't actually know who or w
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Brilliant fantasy: great worldbuilding and characterisation, and a story to immerse yourself in.
Nov 20, 2012
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