Kingdom of Summer by Gillian Bradshaw
In Kingdom of Summer, Gillian Bradshaw’s second novel in her DOWN THE LONG WIND trilogy, Gwalchmai (the Welsh version of Sir Gawain) is traveling Britain in search of Elidan, a noblewoman he fell in love with off screen. He wronged her eight years previously and hasn’t seen her since. (We didn’t see any of this happen in the previous novel, Hawk of May, but he tells us the story near the beginning of Kingdom of Summer.)
During his travels,
July 3rd, 2014. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Gillian Bradshaw | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
I just finished listening to the audio version of Sailing to Byzantium. It was read convincingly by Tom Parker, who transported me in time along with Charles, the lead character. Charles is from New York City, and he is a twentieth-century man, a curiosity in the world of the story. His 1984 is long gone, yet he doesn’t quite understand how he’s been transported in time to the 50th century. The people of this time, the “citizens,” will tell him very little actually.
July 3rd, 2014. Brad Hawley´s rating: 5 | Robert Silverberg | Audio, Nebula Award | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
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