Jo Graham
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Jo Graham has practiced in Pagan and Hermetic traditions for more than thirty years, including leading an eclectic circle for nearly a decade. She has studied the classical world extensively and today mainly works in traditions based on the Hellenistic Cult of Isis. Jo lives with her family in näytä lisää North Carolina. She is the author of twenty-five books. näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
The book of Wharton County, Texas / 1 kappale
Wind Raker (The Order of the Air, #4) 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1968
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- North Carolina, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Clarksburg, Maryland, USA
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - Koulutus
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA ∙ Military History)
- Ammatit
- writer
author
novelist
political operative
advocate, event planner, and fundraiser - Agentti
- Robin Rue (Writers House)
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Tilastot
- Teokset
- 33
- Jäseniä
- 2,044
- Suosituimmuussija
- #12,579
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.9
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 170
- ISBN:t
- 71
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 5
Flash forward 30 or so years, and one day I was wondering what Scott has been up to, in part when thinking about a constellation of female writers from the 1990s who are either out of circulation, or are no longer with us, and discovered "The Order of the Air." My thought being this should be right up my alley.
Unfortunately, the execution did not match my hopes. The high concept is cool. The prose is better than workmanlike. The characters are at least acceptable. The big problem is that this story has all the narrative snap of a wet noodle. I plowed through it but the overall execution doesn't make me want to rush right out and hunt down the rest of the series. To put it another way, all the components were there for a thriller, or a story of gothic atmosphere, but Mmes Scott & Graham just didn't seem to have that sort of novel in them, and that's unfortunate. Silvia Moreno-Garcia would have had a field day with this material.
My final thought is that narrative drive might always have been a problem with Scott's novels, even in her prime writing for Tor, and that's why I don't remember those novels better.… (lisätietoja)