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Living Dead
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Adams, John Joseph
Larry Ketchersid
, September 27, 2008
What could be more enjoyable than a Zombie story anthology? How about enjoying one during and after Hurricane Ike, with no power and candlelight?? How about one that includes three of my all-time fav authors (Dan Simmons, George R. R. Martin and Stephen King)? How about one nearly 500 pages long? How about one edited by John Joseph Adams, who also brought us the anthologies Seeds of Change and Wastelands. Many of these stories have been previously published, but almost all were new to me. My favorites from this LARGE collection were Ghost Dance by Sherman Alexie, The Third Dead Body by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Malthusian’s Zombie by Jeffrey Ford, Home Delivery by Stephen King, Deadman’s Road by Joe R. Lansdale, The Song the Zombie Sang by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
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Blade Itself First Law 01
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Joe Abercrombie
Larry Ketchersid
, April 07, 2008
The Blade Itself is very well written with excellent characters and an interesting world, with politics, self-absorbed civilizations, barbarians and magicians. But it is a setup book with a lot of world and character building and background, some exciting and tense plotlines, but with little resolution. Setup books are okay if you intend to read the whole series; they are basically a portion (in this case 1/3) of a much larger book. Kinda reminds me of Tolkeinâs The Fellowship of the Ring, which is another setup book (and 1/3 of a much larger book). Both have to build their world, reveal their characters, and set the conflict.
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