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Victor LaValle

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Victor D. LaValle is an assistant professor in the graduate writing program at Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Tekijän teokset

The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) 1,538 kappaletta
The Changeling (2017) — Author, Narrator — 1,315 kappaletta
Big Machine: A Novel (2009) 665 kappaletta
Lone Women (2023) 656 kappaletta
The Devil in Silver (2012) 623 kappaletta
The Ecstatic (2002) 196 kappaletta
Victor LaValle's Destroyer (1) (2018) — Tekijä — 158 kappaletta
Slapboxing with Jesus (1999) 96 kappaletta
Lucretia and the Kroons (2012) 60 kappaletta
We Travel the Spaceways (2021) 54 kappaletta
Eve (2022) — Writer, co-creator — 24 kappaletta
Sabretooth: The Adversary (2022) — Tekijä — 12 kappaletta
Victor LaValle's Destroyer #2 (2017) 8 kappaletta
EVE #1 (2021) 8 kappaletta
Sabretooth (2022) #3 (of 5) (2022) 5 kappaletta
Destroyer #3 (2017) 5 kappaletta
Victor LaValle's Destroyer (2018) 5 kappaletta
Eve: Children of the Moon (2023) 4 kappaletta
Favola di New York (2019) 4 kappaletta
SABRETOOTH & THE EXILES (2024) 4 kappaletta
Victor LaValle's Destroyer #5 (2017) 4 kappaletta
Destroyer #4 (2017) 4 kappaletta
Sabretooth (2022) #5 (of 5) (2022) 3 kappaletta
Sabretooth (2022) #4 (of 5) (2022) 3 kappaletta
Sabretooth (2022) #2 (of 5) (2022) 3 kappaletta
Sabretooth (2022) #1 (of 5) (2022) 3 kappaletta
Eve #3 (2021) 2 kappaletta
Eve #4 (2021) 2 kappaletta
Eve #5 (2021) 2 kappaletta
Eve #2 (2021) 2 kappaletta
The Sundial 2 kappaletta
Monster (2004) 1 kappale

Associated Works

The Sundial (1958) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset746 kappaletta
xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths (2013) — Avustaja — 274 kappaletta
The Best American Essays 2011 (2011) — Avustaja — 225 kappaletta
Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History (2014) — Avustaja — 216 kappaletta
Lit Riffs (2004) — Avustaja — 167 kappaletta
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond (2013) — Avustaja — 146 kappaletta
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) — Avustaja — 125 kappaletta
Granta 110: Sex (2010) — Avustaja — 124 kappaletta
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (2020) — Avustaja — 109 kappaletta
The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic (2020) — Avustaja — 109 kappaletta
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020) — Avustaja — 108 kappaletta
Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve.com (2000) — Avustaja — 72 kappaletta
The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books (2011) — Avustaja — 64 kappaletta
The Darker Mask : Heroes from the Shadows [Anthology] (2008) — Avustaja — 57 kappaletta
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors (2020) — Avustaja — 56 kappaletta
Do Me: Sex Tales from Tin House (2007) — Avustaja — 39 kappaletta
Lovecraft Mythos: New & Classic Collection (2020) — Avustaja — 38 kappaletta
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (2023) — Avustaja — 35 kappaletta
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2017 Edition (2017) — Avustaja — 26 kappaletta
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume Two (2021) — Avustaja — 17 kappaletta
The Tor.com Sampler (2016) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Come Join Us by the Fire: A Nightfire Anthology (2019) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 117 • February 2020 (2020) — Tekijä — 5 kappaletta
Tor.com Publishing's 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle (2017) — Avustaja — 4 kappaletta
Chiral Mad 5 — Avustaja — 1 kappale

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Big Machine by Victor LaValle, African/African American Literature (helmikuu 2013)

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Series Info/Source: This is a stand alone book. I borrowed a copy of this on ebook from my library.

Thoughts: I enjoyed this quite a bit and especially loved how the book ended. This was a very different read but I loved the history here as well as the unique, strong female characters. Prior to reading this I had read Lavalle's "The Ballad of Black Tom" and really enjoyed that as well.

Adelaide Henry joins us standing over the dead bodies of her parents while she prepares to burn her Californian house down and journey out to Montana. Out in Montana she hopes to claim a homestead, taking advantage of the "lone woman" loop hole in the government's offer of free land to any person who can make the land productive and survive. Adelaide doesn't bring much with her, just a mysterious truck that is strangely heavy and that she is very protective of.

I loved the adventure overtones to this book and really enjoyed the mystery of what was in the truck. Adelaide and the other "lone women" are fascinating characters; they are tough and resourceful with very different pasts. However, they have a current goal that brings them together...surviving the Montana winter and the dangers it brings. Add to this a town of dubious residents and a bit of a fantasy/horror element and you have a story that I struggled to put down.

This story is about survival and striking out on one's own and finding a family for yourself when your own family has failed you. There are heavy horror elements and some of the scenes get very gory. I enjoyed every bit of this and especially liked the ending. It was fun to see an ending like this for a historical fantasy horror story.

My Summary (4/5): Overall I really enjoyed this. This is a bit of a different story about strong women, adventure on the western frontier, survival, and things that go bump in the night. I would recommend if you are looking for something in that vein or if you are just looking for a historical western fantasy that is a bit different from anything else you have read and don't mind some horror elements.

This is the second book by Lavalle I have really enjoyed. I love his unique historical re-imaginings, intriguing characters and the way he blends in dark horror/fantasy elements. I definitely plan on picking up his other books as well
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krau0098 | 28 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 7, 2024 |
Wild and suspenseful in the best ways possible! The 1915 Montana setting acts as a perfect landscape for a story about personal pasts, the strength of women, and monsters. I can’t wait to read more from LaValle.
 
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deborahee | 28 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 23, 2024 |
Reminded me superficially of Junot Diaz's ... Oscar Wao but I think I enjoyed The Ecstatic more.
 
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monicaberger | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 22, 2024 |
early work by LaValle. Nothing like Big Machine, these short stories reminded me a little of Junot Diaz's stories.
 
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monicaberger | Jan 22, 2024 |

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