Sunday, May 28, 2006
Three more...
Treason by Orson Scott Card - This is a rewrite of an earlier story; I'm pretty sure I first read it as a short story. The inhabitants of the planet Treason were sentenced to life on this iron poor planet for their parts in political intrigue. Each major family has developed separately and major conflict has been avoided while each family worked to find an exportable good to exchange for iron. Lanik Mueller's family has developed a way to farm human organs from themselves.
The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun - I've read five of Dia Calhoun's books in the last few monthes and Phoenix Dance contained some of my favorite characters but I found the theme of bipolar disease overworked. Several descriptive phrases were overused until they lost all impact (other than as irritant) and at several places the disease took over the story where it could have been more subtly engaged. That said, this is a great use for the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and as always Dia's characters are fully human and feel true.
definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris - I love Charlaine Harris' Sookie series! Sookie Sutterhouse can hear other people's thoughts; this does not make her popular in her small town. In previous books in the series Sookie has become involved with the "Super" populations in the US; these are populations of vampires, werepeople, and fairies. Sookie works as a barmaid and travels in the high and low echelons of the Supers. In Definitely Dead, Sookie finds a new lover, discovers a devastating item about Bill her first lover, and plays a part in a royal caper familiar to readers of The Three Musketeers.
The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun - I've read five of Dia Calhoun's books in the last few monthes and Phoenix Dance contained some of my favorite characters but I found the theme of bipolar disease overworked. Several descriptive phrases were overused until they lost all impact (other than as irritant) and at several places the disease took over the story where it could have been more subtly engaged. That said, this is a great use for the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and as always Dia's characters are fully human and feel true.
definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris - I love Charlaine Harris' Sookie series! Sookie Sutterhouse can hear other people's thoughts; this does not make her popular in her small town. In previous books in the series Sookie has become involved with the "Super" populations in the US; these are populations of vampires, werepeople, and fairies. Sookie works as a barmaid and travels in the high and low echelons of the Supers. In Definitely Dead, Sookie finds a new lover, discovers a devastating item about Bill her first lover, and plays a part in a royal caper familiar to readers of The Three Musketeers.
# posted by JJ @ 4:16 PM 
