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Ellen Kushner

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Swordspoint (1987) 2,559 kappaletta
The Privilege of the Sword (2006) 1,482 kappaletta
Thomas Riiminiekka (1990) 1,439 kappaletta
The Fall of the Kings (2002) 1,022 kappaletta
Welcome to Bordertown (2011) — Toimittaja; Avustaja — 498 kappaletta
Tremontaine: Season 1 (2017) 189 kappaletta
Basilisk (1980) — Toimittaja; Johdanto — 135 kappaletta
The Horns of Elfland (1997) — Toimittaja — 122 kappaletta
Statue of Liberty Adventure (1986) 93 kappaletta
The Golden Dreydl (2007) 90 kappaletta
Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (1985) 84 kappaletta
Mystery of the Secret Room (1986) 52 kappaletta
The Enchanted Kingdom (1986) 41 kappaletta
The Man with the Knives (2010) 39 kappaletta
Knights of the Round Table (1988) 35 kappaletta
Tremontaine: Season 2 (2017) 23 kappaletta
Tremontaine: Season 4 (2018) 12 kappaletta
Tremontaine: The Complete Season 3 (2018) — Tekijä — 12 kappaletta
Ambition: Tremontaine Season 3, Episode 1 (2017) — Tekijä — 7 kappaletta
The Death Of The Duke (1998) 5 kappaletta
Red cloak (1982) 2 kappaletta
Dolce Domum 2 kappaletta
Charis {short story} 2 kappaletta
Onward: Tremontaine Season 4, Episode 12 — Tekijä — 1 kappale
Night Laughter 1 kappale
Basalisk 1 kappale
Le privilège de l'épée (2022) 1 kappale
El reino encantado (1993) 1 kappale
History 1 kappale
Lazarus 1 kappale

Associated Works

Naked City (2011) — Avustaja — 635 kappaletta
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (2007) — Avustaja — 499 kappaletta
Borderland 1 (Signet) (1986) — Avustaja — 431 kappaletta
The Essential Bordertown (1998) — Avustaja — 402 kappaletta
Bordertown: Where Magic Meets Rock & Roll (1986) — Avustaja — 389 kappaletta
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales (2009) — Avustaja — 345 kappaletta
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron (2012) — Avustaja — 311 kappaletta
Teeth: Vampire Tales (2011) — Avustaja — 300 kappaletta
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (2001) — Avustaja — 286 kappaletta
The Book of Swords (2017) — Avustaja — 263 kappaletta
Life on the Border (1991) — Avustaja — 256 kappaletta
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (1996) — Avustaja — 240 kappaletta
Through a Brazen Mirror : The Famous Flower of Servingmen (1989) — Johdanto, eräät painokset222 kappaletta
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (1997) — Avustaja — 209 kappaletta
Games Creatures Play (2014) — Avustaja — 203 kappaletta
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection (1992) — Avustaja — 202 kappaletta
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People (2010) — Avustaja — 193 kappaletta
Eclipse 3: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (2009) — Avustaja — 160 kappaletta
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection (1991) — Avustaja — 155 kappaletta
Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (1995) — Avustaja — 147 kappaletta
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five (2011) — Avustaja — 147 kappaletta
Elsewhere: Tales of Fantasy (1982) — Avustaja — 143 kappaletta
Starlight 2 (1998) — Avustaja — 137 kappaletta
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four (2010) — Avustaja — 126 kappaletta
Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn: Volume 2 (1999) — Avustaja — 122 kappaletta
Fearsome Journeys (2013) — Avustaja — 109 kappaletta
Elsewhere, Vol. II (1982) — Avustaja — 103 kappaletta
Magical Beginnings (2003) — Avustaja — 101 kappaletta
New Magics (2004) — Avustaja — 91 kappaletta
Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005) — Avustaja — 82 kappaletta
Silk and Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology (2020) — Avustaja — 73 kappaletta
A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (1996) — Tekijä — 64 kappaletta
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (2015) — Avustaja — 60 kappaletta
Girls Night Out: Twenty-nine Female Vampire Stories (1997) — Avustaja — 48 kappaletta
Heroic Visions II (1986) — Avustaja — 46 kappaletta
Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021) — Avustaja — 44 kappaletta
Season of Wonder (2012) — Avustaja — 40 kappaletta
80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin (2010) — Avustaja — 37 kappaletta
After Midnight (1986) — Avustaja — 29 kappaletta
New Myth and Magic (1993) — Avustaja — 16 kappaletta
Streets of Blood: Vampire Stories from New York City (1998) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
Clarkesworld: Issue 110 (November 2015) (2015) — Avustaja, eräät painokset11 kappaletta
Uncanny Magazine Issue 26: January/February 2019 (2019) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
A Distant Soil (1991) Issue #28 (1999) — Avustaja — 6 kappaletta
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 109 (June 2019) (2019) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta

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Light fantasy read. Entertaining, but not very good.
 
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jd7h | 88 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 18, 2024 |
Very solid book conceptually & artistically; favorite stories by de Lint and Bull.
 
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SESchend | 24 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 2, 2024 |
Entertaining story of an Austen-esque young heroine whose eccentric uncle compels to train as a duelist instead of a debutante, leading to melodrama, romance, politics and intrigue. I liked the Regency-ish setting and the dry wit of the dialog.
 
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yaj70 | 63 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 22, 2024 |
Reread, and adjusting the rating a bit. This novel reads like contemporary urban fantasy set in Kushner's Riverside setting. It does a lot to expand the world of Riverside, giving it folk customs and ancient history and a lively academic scene, and I definitely had fun rereading it. But as a narrative it didn't totally gel for me, especially the second time round.

The Fall of the Kings follows the messy romance of a young nobleman who hasn't quite figured himself out and a young scholar who is really, really bad at departmental politics. Their attempts to realize their destinies get tangled up in ancient magic. I liked Theron and Basil an awful lot, but their lack of self-awareness (and self-preservation!) is frustrating. They are both such earnest, clueless guys and as a result they become passive characters, swept along by magic and the engine of the story. I have a notion that Kushner and Sherman didn't have an ending in mind when they started writing, and the plot, while pleasingly organic, lacks the intensity of the other Riverside novels.

That said, after a muddy middle, there was a lot to enjoy in the third act. Theron's swashbuckling art dealer/pirate half-sister Jessica is a delightful character who absolutely works despite showing up late in the game. I found Theron's resolution satisfying as well, even if it's a bit out of left field.

As for Basil, this time round I realized this is a novel about dealing with the legacy of problematic intellectual pioneers, who are brilliant one moment and weighed down with scandal and junk theories the next. I think this is one of the strongest themes in the book and would have liked to see it more in the forefront.

At the end of the day, The Fall of the Kings is a book as messy and fascinating as Basil St. Cloud's scholarship. I wouldn't recommend it to those who haven't read Kushner and Sherman's other works, but it's certainly a must-read for Riverside completists.
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raschneid | 28 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Dec 19, 2023 |

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