An article from the NY Times noted that the other day, Amazon stripped its customers of certain of their eBooks at the request of their publisher, which said that it no longer wanted eBooks of its holdings on the market. Yes, stripped. They took them right off their Kindles the next time they signed into [...]
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REVIEW: K.J. Parker, the Engineering Trilogy, Books I and II
Posted in reviews, tagged books, engineering trilogy, fantasy, fiction, K.J. Parker, reviews, science fiction, sf, vaatzes on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a cast of characters, see my earlier review of Engineering Trilogy Book I, Devices and Desires.
If you listen to K.J. Parker’s characters, the ruin of the world is the myth of eternal passionate love. Valens is cursed by it. Miel Ducas is cursed by it. Ziani Vaatzes is cursed by it, and [...]
REVIEW (SPOILERS): Devices and Desires, Engineer Trilogy Book I
Posted in reviews, tagged books, fantasy, reviews, sf on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I go to the bookstore, I hit more or less in order: the new releases to scour for people’s promising looking first novels, the science fiction/fantasy section, the science magazines, and the “We recommend” section. When I first saw this book, it was in the “We recommend” section.
The first sentence was laughably, unbearably bad; [...]
