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Title: Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ISBN: 0-312-85844-2 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: December, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Pity There Aren't More Like This...
Comment: One of the more irritating tendencies of fantasy literature is the constant depiction of extremes of class. In many novels, every major character is either a member of at least the lower ranks of nobility or else some kind of petty criminal. _Point of Hopes_ is refreshing in that most of its characters are somewhere in the middle; ordinary people with honest trades trying to get by. The main characters are a temporarily out of work mercenary (he's worked his way up from the ranks to a minor officer's position, but it's difficult to find an employer who's willing to hire a commoner for a commissioned rank) and a constable (the local title is Pointsman), and the most of their associates are tavern keepers, shop owners, and the odd underpaid scholar. Add to this an environment based roughly on sixteenth century France (with a few changes such as a pagan state religion, women's equality with men, and unquestioned toleration of homosexuality), a renegade alchemist plotting against the reigning monarch, and a mysterious series of kidnappings, and one has a novel worth reading and re-reading. I hope Scott and Barnett are planning a sequel, and in any event I look forward to their next work.
Rating: 4
Summary: A worthy addition to any fantasy library.
Comment: Let me begin with a bold statement: I will be on the
lookout for the next book by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett.
They certainly know how to spin an enjoyable tale. Point of
Hopes brings the reader into a fantastical mystery, set in
pseudo-Renaissance time. All the characters are thoroughly
intriguing, some downright enthralling (though some of the
names are a bit of a mouthful). The reader is drawn into
their espacades and actually cares what happens to those
involved. I have only two regrets for the book: first the
pacing was marvelous up until the very end; I became worried
when I realized I was 80% done the book and there was still
too much of the unknown left in the mystery. What follows
happens in such a quick pace that I think the reader will
feel out of sorts by the suddeness of things revealed (and
dealt with). My second gripe was that there were romantic
leaning developing between the two main characters throughout
the book but these never, ever, came to fruition. So I was
left feeling a bit jaded. I can only hope that a sequel is
written that can solve this last problem. Still, this novel
shows excellent craftsmanship and should be included in any
die-hard fantasy-lover's bookshelf.
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Title: Point of Dreams by Lisa A. Barnett, Melissa Scott ISBN: 0312875894 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Armor of Light by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ISBN: 0671697838 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Dancers of Arun (Chronicles of Tornor, No 2) by Elizabeth A. Lynn ISBN: 0441006876 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Thorn Boy & Other Dreams of Dark Desire by Storm Constantine ISBN: 0966784847 Publisher: Stark House Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley, Doug Beekman ISBN: 1892065169 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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