fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com - 1/1/2009
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2008 FAVORITES: These days I don’t get anything like enough reading time—somehow it keeps transmuting into writing time. As a result I’m ashamed to say that I’m several years behind everyone else on my reading. I managed a grand total of one 2008 book this year, which was Greg Egan’s “ ...
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... detail, emotion and action. Where many Western authors try and fail to capture the nuances of Chinese culture and mythology, this melodious tale quietly succeeds. And this, for THE ADAMANTINE PALACE by Stephen Deas, coming from Gollancz in the UK in March, and later from Berkley Ace in the US : http://www.dwscifi.com/reviews/2909-the-adamantine-palace Finally, a piece that Jaine Fenn wrote for Fantasy Book Critic about 2008 and 2009: http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2008/12/fantasy-book-critics-2008-review2009_28.html ...
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