Jo Walton
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Tietoja tekijästä
Jo Walton won a Locus Award 2015 for science fiction and fantasy in the non-fiction category with his title What Makes This Book So Great. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Jo Walton trying to cheer up a stone lion in Florence.
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Tekijän teokset
Three Twilight Tales 4 kappaletta
What A Piece Of Work 3 kappaletta
Unreliable Witness 3 kappaletta
Turnover {short story} 3 kappaletta
Parable Lost 3 kappaletta
On the Wall {short story} 2 kappaletta
At the Bottom of the Garden {short story} 2 kappaletta
Relentlessly Mundane {short story} 2 kappaletta
Tradition 2 kappaletta
Remember The Allosaur 2 kappaletta
Cendrillon at Sunrise 1 kappale
Jane Austen to Cassandra {short story} 1 kappale
Those Who Favor Fire 1-3 1 kappale
What Joseph Felt {short story} 1 kappale
The Need to Stay the Same {short story} 1 kappale
Three Shouts on a Hill {short story} 1 kappale
Muses and Lurkers 1 kappale
Out of It {short story} 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010) — Avustaja — 284 kappaletta
Lone Star Stories 13 — Avustaja — 4 kappaletta
TFF-X: Ten years of The Future Fire: A speculative fiction anthology (2015) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Climbing Lightly Through Forests: A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin (2021) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1964-12-01
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
Canada - Syntymäpaikka
- Aberdare, Wales, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Swansea, Wales, UK
Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Aberdare, South Wales, UK
Cardiff, Wales, UK - Koulutus
- Park School, Aberdare
Aberdare Girls' Grammar School
Howell's School, Llandaff
Oswestry School, Shropshire
Lancaster University - Ammatit
- fantasy writer
science fiction writer
poet
Jäseniä
Keskustelut
Jo Walton's Among Others, Science Fiction Fans (elokuu 2012)
Chat about... Among Others by Jo Walton, The SF&F Book Chat (kesäkuu 2012)
"Farthing" Group Discussion, Group Reads - Sci-Fi (helmikuu 2009)
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Listat
British Mystery (1)
Five star books (2)
Overdue Podcast (2)
Generation Ship (1)
Gaslamp Fantasy (1)
Parallel Novels (1)
Magic Realism (1)
io9 Book Club (1)
Books with Twins (1)
Geek Books (1)
Nebula Award (1)
Next in Series (1)
Female Author (3)
Faerie Mythology (1)
Shelf 101 (1)
Conspiracies (1)
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An extremely good book which examines the fascinating basic idea from many different viewpoints without forgetting some of the less idealistic and ethical details of the great plan. Are they supporting and encouraging slavery when they bought the children? Is it ok to bring children, even freed slaves, to the city without their consent? Is Plato’s idealistic and utopic plan really the best way to run a city? Why are the gods doing what they do? Is it reasonable to assume that gods – especially Greek gods – are good or mean well? An enjoyable thought experiment, which demanded some background checking about ancient philosophers and philosophies. The downside is that the story will continue in the next book – I believe that this story could and should have been told in one book.… (lisätietoja)