Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
The struggle to rebuild Sanctuary continues in the eleventh entry in this shared-world fantasy series. The storms of war have passed Sanctuary by, and ordinary folk are confident the worst is behind them. Citizens work to restore their lives as the reconstruction brings new life to the city in more ways than one. However, it's not sunny skies for everyone. Some residents are opting to settle old debts by the sword, and others are still vanishing off the streets. Meanwhile, Shupansea, ruler of the Beysib, is troubled by bloody nightmares, wondering what they could mean . . . Dive into the action-packed shared world of sword and sorcery, featuring stories by some of fantasy's best authors, including Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin, C. J. Cherryh, Jon DeCles, Chris Morris, C. S. Williams, Robin W. Bailey, and Diana L. Paxson. "It's a collection to be raced through, to see what will happen. And it's a collection to drag one's feet through, lest the end come too soon." --Fantasy-Faction… (lisätietoja)
The eleventh Thieves’ World anthology, published in 1988, is the fifth I have read consecutively and although the stories might feel underwhelming compared to the “fireworks” of earlier volumes, I am enjoying these slighter tales, as we know the end is nigh for these anthologies of loosely connected stories based in Sanctuary. Lynn Abbey’s introduction is a story featuring Hakeim and Shupansea, the Beysa, illustrating their changed circumstances since their beginning in the storyline. Robert Lynn Asprin’s story surprisingly reintroduces Hanse, also known as Shadowspawn, a character of Andrew Offutt who we saw being taken by slavers at the end of the previous anthology. At that time I mused whether we would see Hanse again before the end of the series, but I needn’t have worried. We also learn that Jubal wishes to meet with Kadakithis, the nominal Prince-Governor of Sanctuary, which potentially indicates storylines being drawn together. C J Cherryh gives us a story with Straton and Critias as objects of another’s vengeance, and Moria, Stilcho and Ischade being drawn into the story, with Ischade showing more compassion than expected. This is a happy story for Sanctuary. Jon DeCles, a new author for Thieves’s World, provides an amusing interlude introducing theatrical protagonists into Sanctuary, who unrealistically (I know it’s fictional) haunt The Vulgar Unicorn to study the patrons’ characters, without harm befalling them. The actors are building a theatre and performing a play for Prince Kadakithis. Chris Morris (husband of Janet) tells a story concerning a couple of new characters, one in the Mageguild and the other in Aphrodisia House on the Street of Red Lanterns, which also involves earlier characters Randal, the Stepsons’ only mage, and the Shepherd, an Ilsigi character (god?). One cannot but feel that this is a filler, linking up to existing storylines (and that it is now politically incorrect in its portrayal of prostitution). C S Williams, another one-off author in the Thieves’ World anthologies, tells a good story of Chollandur and his glue shop in the Maze, but there are small roles for Markmor (degrading his powers), Ahdio and Strick. It’s a rather simple but pleasant humorous tale. Robin Wayne Bailey treats us to a gruesome story set in the Promise of Heaven, which has sentimental characters for Sanctuary, including Dayrne, one of Chenaya’s gladiators, with cameo roles for Chenaya, Kadakithis, Shupansea and Molin Torchholder. Finally, Diana L Paxson gives us a further story of Lalo the Limner. ( )
The struggle to rebuild Sanctuary continues in the eleventh entry in this shared-world fantasy series. The storms of war have passed Sanctuary by, and ordinary folk are confident the worst is behind them. Citizens work to restore their lives as the reconstruction brings new life to the city in more ways than one. However, it's not sunny skies for everyone. Some residents are opting to settle old debts by the sword, and others are still vanishing off the streets. Meanwhile, Shupansea, ruler of the Beysib, is troubled by bloody nightmares, wondering what they could mean . . . Dive into the action-packed shared world of sword and sorcery, featuring stories by some of fantasy's best authors, including Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin, C. J. Cherryh, Jon DeCles, Chris Morris, C. S. Williams, Robin W. Bailey, and Diana L. Paxson. "It's a collection to be raced through, to see what will happen. And it's a collection to drag one's feet through, lest the end come too soon." --Fantasy-Faction
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Lynn Abbey’s introduction is a story featuring Hakeim and Shupansea, the Beysa, illustrating their changed circumstances since their beginning in the storyline.
Robert Lynn Asprin’s story surprisingly reintroduces Hanse, also known as Shadowspawn, a character of Andrew Offutt who we saw being taken by slavers at the end of the previous anthology. At that time I mused whether we would see Hanse again before the end of the series, but I needn’t have worried. We also learn that Jubal wishes to meet with Kadakithis, the nominal Prince-Governor of Sanctuary, which potentially indicates storylines being drawn together.
C J Cherryh gives us a story with Straton and Critias as objects of another’s vengeance, and Moria, Stilcho and Ischade being drawn into the story, with Ischade showing more compassion than expected. This is a happy story for Sanctuary.
Jon DeCles, a new author for Thieves’s World, provides an amusing interlude introducing theatrical protagonists into Sanctuary, who unrealistically (I know it’s fictional) haunt The Vulgar Unicorn to study the patrons’ characters, without harm befalling them. The actors are building a theatre and performing a play for Prince Kadakithis.
Chris Morris (husband of Janet) tells a story concerning a couple of new characters, one in the Mageguild and the other in Aphrodisia House on the Street of Red Lanterns, which also involves earlier characters Randal, the Stepsons’ only mage, and the Shepherd, an Ilsigi character (god?). One cannot but feel that this is a filler, linking up to existing storylines (and that it is now politically incorrect in its portrayal of prostitution).
C S Williams, another one-off author in the Thieves’ World anthologies, tells a good story of Chollandur and his glue shop in the Maze, but there are small roles for Markmor (degrading his powers), Ahdio and Strick. It’s a rather simple but pleasant humorous tale.
Robin Wayne Bailey treats us to a gruesome story set in the Promise of Heaven, which has sentimental characters for Sanctuary, including Dayrne, one of Chenaya’s gladiators, with cameo roles for Chenaya, Kadakithis, Shupansea and Molin Torchholder.
Finally, Diana L Paxson gives us a further story of Lalo the Limner. (