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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Marty Noble
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. As I'm writing this, Jack Vance's under-appreciated Lyonesse trilogy has been off the shelves for years. My library doesn't even have a copy — it had to be interlibrary loaned for me. Why is that? Publishers have been printing a seemingly endless stream of vampire and werewolf novels these days — same plot, same characters, blah blah blah. If not that, it's grit. We all want grit. Or maybe it's that more women are reading fantasy these days and publishers think we want to read about bad-ass heroines who kill vampires. But, the publishers and authors are just giving us what we demand, I suppose. We all got sick of the sweeping medieval-style multi-volume epics that take forever to write, publish, and read. So now we get vampires and sassy chicks with tattoos and bare midriffs. When we've become glutted with those (it can't be long now), what's next? I've got a suggestion: Publishers, why don't you reprint some of the best classic fantasy? Let's start with Jack Vance's Lyonesse. Here we have a beautiful and complex story full of fascinating characters (even those we only see for a couple of pages are engaging), unpredictable and shocking plot twists, and rambling and entertainingly disjointed adventure. No clichés. No vampires. As a psychologist, I especially appreciated the many insights into human cognition and perceptual processing that I found in Suldrun's Garden. But what's best is Jack Vance's unique style. He's quirky, funny, and droll. He uses language not just to tell us an interesting story, but he actually entertains us with the way he uses language to tell the story. Similar to Ursula Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke, or Catherynne Valente, but in a different, completely unique style. I love authors who respect the English language and compose their prose with care and precision. Many of Jack Vance's sentences are purposely funny in their construction and I find myself laughing and delighted not at what was said, but at how it was said. Here's his description of Shimrod's excursion to another world: He apprehended a landscape of vast extent dotted with isolated mountains of gray-yellow custard, each terminating in a ludicrous semi-human face. All faces turned toward himself, displaying outrage and censure. Some showed cataclysmic scowls and grimaces, others produced thunderous belches of disdain. The most intemperate extruded a pair of liver-colored tongues, dripping magma which tinkled in falling, like small bells; one or two spat jets of hissing green sound, which Shimrod avoided, so that they struck other mountains, to cause new disturbance. And here is part of King Casmir's lecture to his daughter Suldrun when she announced that she's not ready to get married: That is sentiment properly to be expected in a maiden chaste and innocent. I am not displeased. Still, such qualms must bend before affairs of state ... Your conduct toward Duke Carfilhiot must be amiable and gracious, yet neither fulsome not exaggerated. Do not press your company upon him; a man like Carfilhiot is stimulated by reserve and reluctance. Still, be neither coy not cold ... Modesty is all very well in moderation, even appealing. Still, when exercised to excess it becomes tiresome. If you can find a used copy of Suldrun's Garden, the first of the Lyonesse trilogy, snatch it up. There are some available on Amazon and there's a kindle version, too. (Beware the Fantasy Masterworks version, which is known to have printing errors). Jack Vance is original; You won't get his books confused with anyone else's. This is beautiful work for those who love excellent fantasy literature! Read this review in context at Fantasy Literature.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngô Ngọc An
Just as good as the first with all of our fav characters returning. This book the relationships move further and another mystery is solved. I couldn't help but fall in love with the characters more and took Diasy's frustrations close to heart.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Quốc Kiên(Sưu Tầm, Tuyển Chọn)
A really fun book. I'm not sure what made me pick it up, but I'm glad I did. I need to check out some of the other Professor Challenger adventures, but I believe this is the most popular. If you need a quick read, I highly recommend this book. Or I suppose you could smoke some opium with Doyle's most famous character, Sherlock Holmes. Whatever flicks your switch.
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A mes yeux Marie Laberge est une deesse de l'ecriture. Superbe livre, tres engageant du debut a la fin!
He has such a great way of writing. I love his work.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hải Yến
Awesome read!!! I think it's actually catergorized in the young adult section but is great for any age. This was a "Town Reads" book where whoever wants to read it, can get one of the million copies from the library and then meet for a few different discussions. VEry fun!
It was enjoyable- a quick read that I found interesting. It falls in that modern nonfiction genre that popular columnists tend to stick to.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Thanh Tùng
“The dwelling houses were set about haphazard on the tough prairie sod; some of them looked as if they had been moved in overnight, and others as if they were straying off by themselves, headed straight for the open plain. None of them had any appearance of permanence, and the howling wind blew under them as well as over them.” The first novel in her Nebraska trilogy, O Pioneers! is an honest and charmingly descriptive look at those early settlers, their challenges and their successes. In the opening pages of the novel, Alexandra Bergson is a young woman with a dying father, three younger brothers and a mother who wants nothing more than to recreate life in the old country. Understanding that Alexandra is the brains in the family, John Bergson lays a heavy burden on his daughter – the running of the family farm. Over the years, she skillfully manages the property, accumulating more land and eventually wealth. There are some who have deemed this a feminist novel, but perhaps it is more a testimony to the level of participation that women were required to play when homesteading. Their contributions were sometimes equal to or more than the men in their families, and their sacrifices just as great. In this novel, Alexandra foregoes the possibility of marriage and children for the sake of her brothers. She has few close relationships, and eventually even those are taken away from her. Throughout the novel, the heroine struggles to pinpoint meaning in life and eventually she comes to the conclusion that it isn’t merely about one’s own family: “We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it for a little while.” It appears that Alexandra Bergson takes comfort in the legacy of her actions, not necessarily for her own family, but for persons unknown in the future. This was a beautiful novel, not just for the history, but also for the ability to make one think about honor, self-respect and our own legacy.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Dương Minh Quý
When I read this novel several years ago it was awesome. The development of characters was as fascinating as the space opera romp. This time I was not impressed. What changed? A new edition. In the interest of increasing the ever shrinking bricks and mortar shelfspace and (I presume) to keep the attention of an ADD population who think Mark Twain wrote in "old English", Publisher are gutting past works and passing the readers digest version as an improvement. What was a great novel by a respected author is now a much diminished work that I'd have passed on if I'd known. Plotting suffered, characterization was flattened and in certain cases characters were simply eliminated along with entire chapters of plot development that was necessary to a smooth and coherent conclusion. I'd still recommend reading it, just find a 1st edition mass market. You'll be a lot happier.
almost gave this one 5 stars... may need to go back and give it 5 stars... it was so beautifully written. so disturbing. maybe shouldve given five stars...
Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.