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The Winds of Marble Arch: Personal Correspondence and Travel Guides

May 14, 2014 by kimberleybear Leave a Comment

Quick Synopsis: The second and third parts of the short story collection, dealing with letters and travel. Quick Review: Another four stories, two in each section. Newsletter was the standout of Personal Correspondence, a funny take on the traditional holiday newsletter. Nonstop to Portales was my favorite of Travel Guides. Read the full review here.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: collection, novellas, short stories

kimberleybear's CBR6 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: collection, novellas, short stories ·
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The Winds of Marble Arch: Weather Reports

May 14, 2014 by kimberleybear Leave a Comment

Quick Synopsis: The first set of stories in Connie Willis’s massive collection of novellas and short stories, all dealing with weather or natural phenomena Quick Review: Four short stories, ranging from the fallout of the Blitz to the explosion of the sun. Daisy in the Sun was probably the standout for me of these. Read the full review here

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: collection, novellas, short stories

kimberleybear's CBR6 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: collection, novellas, short stories ·
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The Emperor’s New Groove

April 10, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

So I bought a new bookmark right before I started this, but I never even used it once. Just read this sucker straight through. What is this guy’s brain. Honestly, I’m trying to think of a reason NOT to give this five stars, and I can’t? Help. It really and truly does not compute in my head how Brandon Sanderson is able to keep inventing these really awesome, really well thought out magic systems, and on top of all that, still give us great characters, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: brandon sanderson, fantasy, narfna, novellas, sel, the emperor's soul

narfna's CBR6 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: brandon sanderson, fantasy, narfna, novellas, sel, the emperor's soul ·
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The Return of the Dunk, The Revenge of the Egg

January 25, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

NOTE: As with the first two in the series, I read The Mystery Knight as part of an anthology. In this case, it was Warriors, edited by George R.R. Martin himself along with some dude named Gardner Dozois, who I’ve never heard of before. Unlike with the other two anthologies, Warriors for the most part consists of original fiction by authors that is not tied in to their previous works. This means little fear of spoilers, so I’m going to read it and do a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: anthologies, fantasy, george r.r. martin, narfna, novellas, the mystery knight, the tales of dunk and egg, warriors

narfna's CBR6 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: anthologies, fantasy, george r.r. martin, narfna, novellas, the mystery knight, the tales of dunk and egg, warriors ·
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Dunk and Egg Strike Back

January 18, 2014 by narfna 1 Comment

NOTE: The Sworn Sword was originally published as a novella in the Legends II anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. As before in my review of The Hedge Knight, I did not read many of the novellas due to spoilers, so this review will only cover The Sword Sword, which is the second Dunk and Egg novella. (Actually, the only other one that I read was Gaiman’s American Gods novella, which was pretty good, by the way.) The Sworn Sword opens a year and a half […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: a song of ice and fire, fantasy, george r.r. martin, legends ii, narfna, novellas, prequel, the sworn sword, the tales of dunk and egg

narfna's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: a song of ice and fire, fantasy, george r.r. martin, legends ii, narfna, novellas, prequel, the sworn sword, the tales of dunk and egg ·
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