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Wow, I totally messed up the numbers on the last one, but I'm too lazy to fix it.
#52. In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle. 4. This is kind of just what it says on the tin - the author of The Last Unicorn writes about a unicorn appearing...in Calabria. (That is, vaguely contemporary extremely rural Italy.) That doesn't really give a clue to how sweet this simple story is, or how gorgeous the language used to tell it.
#53. Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. 4.5. Crusie and Mayer continue their mashup of romance and ex-military, both comedic, and this time add fantasy on top. It shouldn't work but it does. Beat up amusement park turns out to be holding evil demons captive, so obviously the solution here is to throw a Halloween party. Possessions and true love and ice cream for all. Except the ones who get eaten by demons.
#54. Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey. 5. Retelling of The Tempest, in gorgeous and heart-breaking prose. You know how this is going to end, and yet, you still cannot help but to hope. Almost none of the actual scenes from the play appear - this is the story told in the background, which Prospero cannot be bothered to care about. You will not root for Prospero.
#55. Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon. 5. Re-read of an old favorite. Heris Serrano's lost her command, and is stuck ferrying around a batty old, too-rich horsewoman. Awesome women being awesome, in space.
#56. Sporting Chance by Elizabeth Moon. 4.5. Another re-read. Cecilia has stumbled onto a conspiracy that could topple a galactic empire, and Heris will need to come to the rescue. Hot air balloons and clones!
#57. Winning Colors by Elizabeth Moon. 4.5. Another re-read. This one has as many delightful bits as the previous two in the trilogy, although the structure is a bit odd. The climactic space battle falls square in the middle, and the climax feels more like a very extended denouement. But there's betrayal and drunken shenanigans and a very dapper engineer.
There are more. A lot more. But ARR is bored and this is all he'll let me post at the moment.
#52. In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle. 4. This is kind of just what it says on the tin - the author of The Last Unicorn writes about a unicorn appearing...in Calabria. (That is, vaguely contemporary extremely rural Italy.) That doesn't really give a clue to how sweet this simple story is, or how gorgeous the language used to tell it.
#53. Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. 4.5. Crusie and Mayer continue their mashup of romance and ex-military, both comedic, and this time add fantasy on top. It shouldn't work but it does. Beat up amusement park turns out to be holding evil demons captive, so obviously the solution here is to throw a Halloween party. Possessions and true love and ice cream for all. Except the ones who get eaten by demons.
#54. Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey. 5. Retelling of The Tempest, in gorgeous and heart-breaking prose. You know how this is going to end, and yet, you still cannot help but to hope. Almost none of the actual scenes from the play appear - this is the story told in the background, which Prospero cannot be bothered to care about. You will not root for Prospero.
#55. Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon. 5. Re-read of an old favorite. Heris Serrano's lost her command, and is stuck ferrying around a batty old, too-rich horsewoman. Awesome women being awesome, in space.
#56. Sporting Chance by Elizabeth Moon. 4.5. Another re-read. Cecilia has stumbled onto a conspiracy that could topple a galactic empire, and Heris will need to come to the rescue. Hot air balloons and clones!
#57. Winning Colors by Elizabeth Moon. 4.5. Another re-read. This one has as many delightful bits as the previous two in the trilogy, although the structure is a bit odd. The climactic space battle falls square in the middle, and the climax feels more like a very extended denouement. But there's betrayal and drunken shenanigans and a very dapper engineer.
There are more. A lot more. But ARR is bored and this is all he'll let me post at the moment.
