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What is the distinction between magic and technology?

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet

September 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 4 Comments

BINGO – CITYSCAPE Sancia a thief and a damn good one. She gets hired in the city-state of Tevanne to do the jobs that no one else will be able to get done because Sancia isn’t just any average thief. Sancia is able to put her skin onto any other thing and know it. If she’s touching a wall, she knows where all the footholds are; if she’s touching the floor, she knows what and who are currently on the floor; if she’s touching water, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Robert Jackson Bennet, Series, technology, thief, trilogy

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:57 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, Robert Jackson Bennet, Series, technology, thief, trilogy ·
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Great first introduction to a new (to me) author

May 4, 2017 by Lindzgrl 1 Comment

Sometimes you finish a novel and get pissed off; sometimes you are sad to see it end; sometimes you feel cheated and sometimes you immediately miss the characters and wish to continue their story. Sarah Water’s Fingersmith—the first book by her I’ve read, although not the first she published—falls into the latter category.   Set in Victorian-era London, the novel tells the story of Sue Trinder, an orphan who is being raised by a woman named Mrs. Sucksby, who happens to run a “baby farm” […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, heist, lesbian, Sarah Waters, thief, Victorian

Lindzgrl's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, heist, lesbian, Sarah Waters, thief, Victorian ·
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I always feel like a chump for having zero magical powers when clearly the world is full of magicians and superpowered beings!

June 28, 2016 by borisanne 5 Comments

The Everything Box is superfun! I added it to my library queue after some happy Cannonball Read reviews, and am so glad I did. I read almost this entire book in one sitting. I would best describe this as Neil Gaiman Lite, which is NOT a criticism. There is a richness missing that would make it a full Gaiman experience, but sometimes you don’t need the bone marrow spread on top of the rib-eye on top of cheesy polenta. Sometimes you just want a salad […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #Gaiman, angels, apocalypse, cults, dark magic, demons, government, los angeles, magic, mind clouding, Neil Gaiman, thief, vampires, werewolves

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #Gaiman, angels, apocalypse, cults, dark magic, demons, government, los angeles, magic, mind clouding, Neil Gaiman, thief, vampires, werewolves ·
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A promising, yet somewhat flawed beginning

February 3, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

Alix “Owl” Hiboux is an archaeology grad student who was screwed over by her professors and turned to a life of art theft to support herself. After a job gone wrong, she ended up on some French vampires’ hit list and has been hiding out in a Winnebago in the desert, playing online roleplaying games in her downtime. She’s sworn off any kind of supernatural job ever again, but can’t really refuse when a helicopter comes to pick her up to take her to Mr. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, archeology, CBR7, dragons, Kristi Charish, Malin, Owl and the Japanese Circus, paranormal fantasy, thief, vampires

Malin's CBR7 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: adventure, archeology, CBR7, dragons, Kristi Charish, Malin, Owl and the Japanese Circus, paranormal fantasy, thief, vampires ·
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