Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners by Ellen Kushner Set in a fictional Georgian-era-type society, Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners is a “fantasy of manners” or “mannerpunk” novel. In contrast to epic fantasy, where the characters are fighting with swords and the fate of the universe is often at stake, mannerpunk novels are usually set in a hierarchical […]
Read MoreKat Hooper, Marion Deeds, Kelly Lasiter and Tim Scheidler | Ellen Kushner | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner “Whatever the duke means to do with her, it can’t be anything decent.” The Privilege of the Sword is Ellen Kushner’s sequel to her novel Swordspoint which was about the doings of the high and low societies in her fictional town of Riverside. The main characters of […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Marion Deeds´s rating: 3 | Ellen Kushner | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
The Fall of the Kings by Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman Ellen Kushner published Swordspoint in 1987. It gathered a swarm of fans who loved the prose, the magicless world with its glittering veneer and cloak-and-dagger intrigue, and the love story at its center. Readers clamored to know more of steadfast, enigmatic swordsman Richard St.Vier […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds´s rating: 2 | Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
Tremontaine Season One by Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Malinda Lo, Joel Derfner, Patty Bryant, Racheline Maltese & Paul Witcover Serial Box is another way to consume entertainment, pairing the pleasure of episodic television with the joy of a well-written book. Serial Box provides original works of written fiction in the form of a “season,” […]
Read MoreMarion Deeds´s rating: 2.5 | Ellen Kushner, Malinda Lo | SFF Reviews | | 6 comments |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about. “One Last, Great Adventure” by Ellen Kushner and Ysabeau S. Wilce (2013, free at Clarkesworld in Nov. 2015 issue, $6.99 for paperback magazine issue) “One […]
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The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood’s Survivors by Terri Windling I love adult fairy tales, but it seems that all too often, writers pump up the sex and violence to render the tales “adult,” rather than more deeply exploring the human emotional dramas in the stories. Maybe that’s why I love the anthology […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter´s rating: 5 | Ellen Kushner, Emma Bull, Terri Windling | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
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