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Title: The Dragon Quintet by Marvin Kaye, Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Moon, Michael Swanwick, Orson Scott Card, Tanith Lee ISBN: 0-7653-1035-X Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: A good short story is hard to find
Comment: Perhaps because I am older and have read many stories from the Golden Age of SF, or perhaps only because times have changed, I find it more and more difficult to find a good genre short fiction. I frequently pick up anthologies and magazines, but more often find disappointment than satisfaction. I had high hopes for The Dragon Quintet. After all, every author in here is well known and writes "good stuff."
"In the Dragon's House" by Orson Scott Card was slow. Some aspects of the story were intriguing, but it was difficult to finish. "Judgment" by Elizabeth Moon has some fine moments, but there are rules that must be followed, but no one knows the rules except the ones who made them. The characters aren't very likable. Tanith Lee's "Love in the Time of Dragons" is dark and again has no sympathetic characters. Unfortunately, she sometimes has too much brutality against women than I like.
At last, we come to "Joust" by Mercedes Lackey, the best of the lot. This is a story that would stand out in any collection. The characters are sympathetic and the cause and effect are logical and satisfying. Although the end may be a bit too "nice" for some tastes, there is no illogic to it. I liked this one.
The final story, "King Dragon" by Michael Swanwick, is such a mishmash of ideas, names, things and creatures, that I became frustrated with it and barely finished. I know writers and editors are looking for things that are new and different; however, nothing beats a good, well-told story that, at least part of the time, makes sense.
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Title: The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1) by Gene Wolfe ISBN: 0765309890 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 03 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: This Rough Magic (Ay Adult - Lackey) by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer ISBN: 0743471490 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Legends II : New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy by ROBERT SILVERBERG ISBN: 0345456440 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Alta by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0756402166 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Secret Life by Jeff Vandermeer, Jeffrey Ford ISBN: 1930846274 Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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