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Jane Gaskell (1) (1941–)

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Tekijän teokset

The Serpent (1963) 296 kappaletta
Atlan (1965) 199 kappaletta
The City (1966) 188 kappaletta
The Dragon (1975) 150 kappaletta
Some Summer Lands (1977) 142 kappaletta
Strange Evil (1957) 71 kappaletta
King's Daughter (1969) 51 kappaletta
A Sweet, Sweet Summer (1969) 11 kappaletta
The Shiny Narrow Grin (1964) 6 kappaletta
All Neat In Black Stockings (1968) 6 kappaletta
Summer Coming (1972) 3 kappaletta
Attic Summer (1969) 1 kappale
Sun bubble. (1990) 1 kappale

Associated Works

65 Great Tales of Horror (1981) — Avustaja — 59 kappaletta
Splinters (1968) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta

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Book 4 0r 5 of the Atlan trilogy, following some 11 years after the previous volume "The City"
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SteveMcSteve | 4 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 4, 2024 |
Loved it! A strange and fantastic adventure story.
 
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LadyBeachy | 4 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 17, 2021 |
I had no idea what to expect from this, and even a third of the way in I hadn't quite pegged it, primarily because it doesn't fit into our neat little genre boxes.

I thought it was quite Diana Wynne Jonesian to begin: a feisty heroine, saddle by elders with an impossible task, prone to grumbling, and a wonderful, light, contemporary way with dialogue (it's amazing to me to read various writings from the past, whether 50 years ago or hundreds, and see how leaden and unreadable some prose is, and how alive and contemporary other prose managed to be).

This quickly changed, as very unpleasant events occurred which DWJ would scarcely have hinted at in middle-grade fiction. My best box for this book would be it's a Fantasy version (and barely fantasy, more like alternate history--there aren't wizards casting spells and such) of the Sexy Historical Lady subgenre (e.g. Angelique, or Forever Amber). I don't know if that's an actual subgenre, but it may as well be.

Gaskell has imagined a world which presumably never existed--a South America not remotely like the one we have together, with extant dinosaurs and other strange beasts, a nearby Atlantis just offshore, and has given us a travelogue from the perspective of her heroine, who starts young and innocent, but grows up quickly due to trials and tribulations.

(If you're ever stuck for an idea for a fantasy novel, really, just grab some other genre and think of a fantasy equivalent: Harry Potter is the fantasy boarding school book, Thraxas is the fantasy detective story, etc. ) So this is fantasy sexy historical lady, and it's terrific.

Note: as some have pointed out, this book--the original book, published oh so long ago in 63, I think--was later split into two copies. If you have this one, you needn't get the second bit, the Dragon--I misunderstood and ordered it through Abe, and it was the second half of this one.

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
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ashleytylerjohn | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 13, 2020 |
girl born to seduce half serpent lord
 
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ritaer | 7 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 29, 2020 |

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