tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post3453246393996223798..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Book Review | Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth BearAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-76146773952389216052012-06-20T14:32:57.672+01:002012-06-20T14:32:57.672+01:00The Edda of Burdens trilogy it is, I think. And I&...The Edda of Burdens trilogy it is, I think. And I'll get my order in for this forthcoming collection as well.<br /><br />Thanks again for the advice, everyone. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-47293298785446216662012-06-16T19:48:54.201+01:002012-06-16T19:48:54.201+01:00Bear writes in a really wide range of sub-genres w...Bear writes in a really wide range of sub-genres with science fiction and fantasy. I like it all, but tastes may vary.<br /><br />1. Short stories. Like Michael above, I love her these. However, Chains That You Refuse is out of print. She has another collection, Shoggoths in Bloom, coming in November.<br /><br />2. Bone and Jewel Creatures. This is a novella set in the same world as Range of Ghosts. It's one of my favorites of hers.<br /><br />3. The Edda of Burdens series. The first book is All The Windwracked Stars. Bear calls it peri-apocalyptic, norse noir steampunk. This is also one of my favorites, and if you like Range of Ghosts, this is probably where I would send you first.<br /><br />The Jenny Casey books are cyberpunkish. The New Amsterdam stories and novellas are steampunk vampire books. The Promethean Age books are urban fantasy of a sort. They involve the clash between the Fae and our world. The Jacob's Ladder books take place on a generation ship thousands of years after it left earth. A Companion to Wolves, co-written with Sarah Monette, is a feminist response to animal companion books, especially Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, and especially the way McCaffrey handles sex. Carnival is a science fictional dystopia. Undertow is a science fiction book with a caper plot.<br /><br />I do recommend them all. Happy reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-40280468118696147232012-06-16T14:28:24.000+01:002012-06-16T14:28:24.000+01:00Well, it's a bit like going to a really fine i...Well, it's a bit like going to a really fine ice cream parlor. It's all quality, but you're never going to like the rocky road because you can't abide those little marshmallows, no matter if it was made with the finest marshmallows of the Ecuadorean marshmallow tree.<br /><br />Bear does it for me best on the short story level, so my personal favorite is "The Chains That You Refuse" from night shade.Michael McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708067144914238641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-2305314563828423682012-06-16T13:30:15.137+01:002012-06-16T13:30:15.137+01:00So say I was seriously considering buying up Eliza...So say I was seriously considering buying up Elizabeth Bear's entire back catalogue, and then - at the last second - cooler heads prevailed. What of Bear's is an absolute must? Is Range of Ghosts her best, or does she get still better?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-70432860445015744222012-06-16T11:42:35.361+01:002012-06-16T11:42:35.361+01:00I first had the pleasure of reading Elizabeth Bear...I first had the pleasure of reading Elizabeth Bear back on the Del Rey Digital online writing workshop, more than ten years ago now. She is incapable of writing a bad story, I'm fully convinced.Michael McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708067144914238641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-26193457154213668182012-06-15T18:25:28.302+01:002012-06-15T18:25:28.302+01:00Thanks.
This is my favorite book I've read to...Thanks.<br /><br />This is my favorite book I've read to date this year.Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-62538754011649866652012-06-15T16:25:42.103+01:002012-06-15T16:25:42.103+01:00I really like your description of this as a "...I really like your description of this as a "first act". That's a wonderful phrase for that specific type of trilogy (or series) opening that just <i>isn't</i> standalone. I very well might borrow it for my own reviews...Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.com