graspingforthewind.com - 26 days ago
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# Genre: Historical Fantasy, Epic/High Fantasy
# Paperback
# Publisher: Pyr
# Publication Date: October 27, 2009
# ISBN-10: 159102787X
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027874
In the Cassandra Kresnov trilogy, Joel Shepherd created a strong heroine with a powerful personality. The pseudo-historical ...
graspingforthewind.com - 20 days ago
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Joel Shepherd writes at length about creating the
land of Lenayin in his newest novel Sasha (
my review ). It is interesting to see how he wanted to play with the tropes of medieval fantasy, especially the political system and its effect on culture. …unlike so many peoples in so many ...
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Joel Shepherd on the Political System in Sasha
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Sasha: Are We Seeing a Common Theme Here?
Pyr-o-mania —
... "...quite engrossing... this heroic fantasy should please fans of, say, George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels." Booklist "Shepherd has created a court fantasy similar to George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire....a good epic fantasy that focuses more on the epic than the fantasy. Sashais excellent reading for fans of character driven stories. I recommend it." Grasping for the Wind "Sasha was excellent, especially given that this is Joel Shepherd’s first fantasy novel. It offers a huge ...
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... The Goeren-yai worship swordplay and honour and begin to see Sasha as the great spirit--the Synnich--who will unite them. But Sasha is still searching for what she believes and must choose her side carefully. When the Udalyn people--the symbol of Goeren-yai pride and courage--are attacked, Sasha will face her moment of testing. How will she act? Is she ready to lead? Can she be the saviour they need her to be?" [Source] You find a lot of promising reviews about this book [1][2][3][4][5]. That is not unusual. But it is conspicuously how ...
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Sasha: Are We Seeing a Common Theme Here?
pyrsf.blogspot.com 14 days ago — "...quite engrossing... this heroic fantasy should please fans of, say, George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels." Booklist "Shepherd has created a court fantasy similar to George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire ....a good epic ...
GRRM fan? Try Joel Shepherd!
fantasyliterature.com 15 days ago — Sasha by Joel Shepherd
… I thought Sasha was excellent, especially given that this is Joel Shepherd ’s first fantasy novel. It offers a huge fantasy world, a fascinating heroine, heart-pounding descriptions of both ...
Book Review: Dark Haven by Gail Z. Martin
darkfantasy.org 8/9/2009 — The signifiers are everywhere: more nuanced and positive attitudes toward peasants, a central core of allies prominently united across national, gender, or species line against individuals of ill-will (many of whom seem to take a particular pleasure in mistreating women), and strong and equal ...
Book Review: Buyout by Alexander C. Irvine
darkfantasy.org 9/8/2009 — To say Martin wrestles with the morality of his labor is an overstatement; he and morality play pattycake, at best, and Martin becomes the face of the buyout program. The benefits are financial, immediate and tangible; the costs include his rapidly dissolving marriage, his privacy, the respect ...
No ice, no fire: George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows
tor.com 9/24/2009 — In the first three volumes of this series, Martin wrote chapters from different limited third-person points of view, with each character’s chapters forming a complete story but all the chapters interlinked and commenting on each other. The chapters ...
Empty Criticism
ruthlessculture.com 6/24/2009 — This week has seen some quite bitter disagreement over the role of the critic in writing about genre. As pieced together by Abigail Nussbaum and Niall Harrison, the debate started when a new group blog launched claiming not only the name ‘ethics’ ...
Paranormal fantasy that isn't: George R. R. Martin’s Fevre Dream
tor.com 8/31/2009 — Though Anne Rice is perhaps the best known writer of vampires, around about the same time that Interview with the Vampire was published another notable author had written a piece of vampire fiction. It didn’t get as much press at the time, but his ...
No true knights: George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings
tor.com 9/12/2009 — A Clash of Kings is the second in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Sensible people would read them in order if they normally read chapters of a book in order.
What I want to say about this volume without spoilers is that again ...
What If... These Three Books Published On The Same Day?
suvudu.com 10/6/2009 — Beginning in the late 1970's, Marvel Comics began producing a comic book "what if" scenarios centered around their superheroes.
I loved them. Each issue would twist what was known to be true about the Marvel universe and create an alternate ...
Shepherd of the Planets
manybooks.net 2/13/2009 — Author: Alan Mattox
Language: English Published: 1959 Renner had a purpose in life. And the Purpose in Life had Renner.
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