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Secret Prey (Prey Series)
ASIN: 0425189864
Release Date: 2003-04-29 |
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Lucas Davenport's boss is about to lose her job as chief of police, his fiancée is distracted with wedding plans, and his house-remodeling project is at a standstill. So when the FBI and DEA draft the Minneapolis cop to head off hit woman Clara Rinker's bloody murder spree, he's glad to oblige. The lady killer and the killer lady have tangled before in Sandford's Prey series, and their personal history seasons this fast-paced story of mayhem, murder, and revenge. After Rinker barely survives an assassination attempt that destroys her unborn baby and kills her lover, the son of a Mexican drug lord, she sets out to destroy the mobsters who ordered the hit, a journey that brings her into Davenport's sights again and also puts him back in action alongside a woman agent with whom he was once involved. But it's the grudging respect and even affection Sandford hints at between Rinker and Lucas that takes this crisp, confident thriller beyond the limitations of the genre and makes the characters flesh-and-blood human beings. A standout in a terrific series! --Jane Adams
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In this thirteenth Prey novel, Lucas Davenport joins forces with a hit woman who comes perilously close to doing him in.
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Very Exciting - Couldn't Put it Down!.......2007-10-02
This book was very exciting. Very real humor and realistic. I love the characters. Difinitely suggest this one!
pretty good... but not very suspenseful.......2007-06-02
I have read just about all of the 'prey' books and have enjoyed most of them. This is another that was entertaining. However, I feel that this series has long since hit a wall and that one book is pretty much like the last. 'Mortal Prey' takes a step in a new direction by setting up a likable villain in the guise of a female hit-person. This is a character who appeared in 'Certain Prey', Clara Rinker. Rinker has killed a lot of people in her time and Sandford sets her up not as a terrible person, but as someone I personally wouldn't mind having as a best friend or next door neighbor. In fact its hard not to root for her as Davenport tracks her down.
A few things that kind of made me not get overly ecstatic about this book; One is that I really was never at the edge of my seat here. This is supposed to be a suspenseful novel but it wasn't. It just sort of goes along and Davenport comes across clues with little effort. Two is that as I said before, Rinker is just way too likable, nice, and the girl-next-door type. Three, Sanford's formula is getting old. and Four,what the heck was Davenport doing in St Louis or all across North America solving this crime? It makes no sense to have a local cop traipse across the globe hunting down international crime figures and taking on the mob.
Unless you have reached this book in the series and want to continue onwards, I would suggest that you shy away from this. 'No Country for Old Men' by Cormac McCarthy or 'Mystic River' by Dennis Lehane are far superior.
COULD NOT PUT DOWN.......2007-03-20
I recently finished Mortal Prey and it was a great read from first page to last. Clara Rinker is a great character. Would make an exciting movie; how would Cathy Bates be as Clara??
escaping the law.......2007-02-15
John Sandfords books are hard to put down. 'Mortal prey' is no exception. Clara Rinker has returned and she is still lethal ! It is up to Lucas Davenport to find her before she finds him.
John Sandfords descriptions of how Clara Rinker is able to stay one step ahead of the entire police force are breathtaking. His eye for details and surprising plots are hard to match. This is the story of someone who wants to change her destructive life (Clara Rinker), but because of horibble events, is forced to do what she has done all her life: killing. Sandford is able to let you sympathize for the villain, which is not that easy to do.
A great story about revenge and setting matters straight. Must-read !
The new master of the crime novel.......2006-03-30
Lucas Davenport is all grown up, with a big house and a wife. However, he's no less lethal on the street. Read one Prey novel, you'll want to read them all. Sandford does it flawlessly.
-- Mark LaFlamme, author of "The Pink Room."
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Mortal Prey
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Elfhunter is the first of the tales of Alterra, the World that Is. It concerns the quest of an unlikely pair of heroines, Gaelen and Nelwyn, who are Wood-elves of the Dominglas Forest. They are hunter-scouts in the realm of King Ri-Aruin, and they have sworn to protect their woodland home, but they are drawn into a quest to defend all the Elves of Alterra as they seek to destroy the 'Elfhunter', a monstrous entity sworn to exterminate the Elves until none remain. Along the way, Gaelen and Nelwyn are joined by other interesting characters as they make their way through the realms of Alterra in pursuit of the Elfhunter, whose true name is 'Gorgon'. What headstrong Gaelen and her gentle cousin do not know is that Gorgon is in league with the Dark Power, and that the forces of Evil have forged an entanglement between Gorgon and Gaelen herself. Now she and all she loves are in jeopardy, and only an inspired plan put forth by Orogond, a mortal man, can save her.
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Gripping Story with a Fantastic Villain .......2006-11-07
Elfhunter is the first fantasy fiction book I have ever completed, and I enjoyed it all the way through. I believe that what separated this book from others is that while many of the characters are of non-human races (elves, dwarves, etc.), they still act in quite human ways and are believably flawed (while retaining unique traits of their races). They all go through changes throughout the tale, believable reactions to the hardships they are facing and the things they learn.
And while the people in the book are very human, the horses in the book are very equine. I love the window into the mind of horses that C.S. Marks has given us in this book. While Eros's cunning may beyond the ability of (most?) horses, his motivations, reactions, and movements (like those of his companion Realta) are pure horse.
Gorgon is a fantastic villain. Not only is he a formidable and terrible foe, but he is also just as complicated as the protagonists, and the story of his past is just as intricate and formative as the others', or perhaps moreso.
There are a few magical objects in the world of Alterra, but they were made by and are used by very human characters, making them anything but simple and all-powerful. Magic is not used in this book as a simple solution to a complicated situation, to my relief.
The excellent characters in this book are brought together into a gripping story line which kept me up late at night reading and left me dreaming about the characters when I slept. When I finished the book, I was relieved to know that Fire-heart, the next book in the series, was already available for me to continue the tale.
Go, Eros! Go!.......2006-09-21
Though you start Elfhunter believing you can easily compare characters with those from Tolkien's LotR series, you are quickly set to rights by the quirks and personalities of the individual characters. Even more fascinating than the main protagonists are the peripheral characters; especially the horses, Eros and Realta, whose spirited and intelligent natures charm humans, elves and other horses equally, and the dwarf loremaster, Fima, whose merry attitude and deep stores of knowledge add a captivating facet to the story. Of particular note is the antagonist, Gorgon. Initially terrifying, dark and shadowed, he grows into a creature to be pitied and put out of his misery. I look forward to seeing how much more he grows in the next book.
This book is a fascinating and compelling read; however, the author's near constant use of foreshadowing can be a bit tiring. The writing style is a bit stilted and formal at first but loosens as the book advances, so I look forward to the next books in hopes that the looser style continues there. Overall, this is an excellent addition to any fantasy reader's library and I look forward to the continuation of the series.
If you like fantasy....Elfhunter is for you!!!.......2006-09-03
Once I started reading Elfhunter, I could not put it down! The characters are FANTASTIC! The storyline is GREAT! The book is PHENOMINAL!!! You will not be disappointed!
As you read Elfhunter, you will feel as though you have become a part of the group of friends. You will travel through beautiful forests, treachorous mountains, and wonderous dwarf-built caves, and tunnels.
The domains of the elves and dwarves are described beautifully throughout the book.....you will feel like you are right there.
C.S.Marks has started a fantastic journey for us to follow.
Keep them coming!!!!
If you like Tolkien, you will love Elfhunter.......2006-07-30
Elfhunter is a rollicking,romantic fantasy. There is a lot of action & twists and turns. I was carried away to a magical land full of great characters & people you would love to have as friends. The story centers on two elves, Gaelen & Nelwyn and a horrible Villian- Gorgon. Go on a wonderful adventure full of elves, dwarves,brave men, & read ths book!
Depth and Originality.......2006-07-29
As a long time fantasy reader I have come to expect certain things when starting a new author or series: elves, dwarves, men, villain, a little magic and more than a few stereotypes. But this book BLEW ME AWAY. The characters are captivating and complex (even the horses have personalities!), the story line is exciting and fresh and I found myself wishing that it wouldn't end. It is also quite a relief to read a novel in which the main characters are women... quite a novelty when it comes to fantasy. Don't expect a clear resolution at the end of this book: it clearly is setting up more books to come. However I would not hesitate from highly recommending this book to anyone who has every considered reading fantasy (or anything, for that matter). Well done!
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What readers are saying: 'The author has saved the best for last. I could not put it down!' 'A thrilling and thought-provoking book.definitely the best of the three.' 'One of the best books I have ever read.' 'The story is like a fine-cut diamond; the deeper you look into it, the more mesmerized you become.' 'All books have a last page, but we know the story goes on. Hopefully, this one will.' Gaelen of the Greatwood has taken a desperate chance in placing Gorgon's ring on her own finger. Now there begins a tale of deceit and promise, of courage, betrayal, dark plans and poisonous alliances. Gaelen and Nelwyn have ventured farther from their homeland than any two Wood-elves in reckoning, but their journey now takes them deeper into desolation, forcing a confrontation that may well end in the downfall of the World that Is. At the heart of it all is the Stone of Léir, and the mighty but forlorn spirit trapped within.
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Read Elfhunter, you'll be hooked.......2007-10-03
A month ago I read Elfhunter, went to a book signing a week ago, met the author, bought Fire-Heart, just finished it. Today I ordered Ravenshade, can't wait for it to arrive.
If you haven't read her work yet, here is what you will find: C.S. Marks is a better writter than Tolkien, easier to read and does not have the long, drawn out parts as he can be found in his writings. You'll find that you will pick up the book to see what happens next, when you should be doing other things! This series would also appeal to any Jean Auel fans, as Marks inspires the same reader attachments to the characters in her this series as Auel does in her Earth's Children Series.
Danman's Review of Ravenshade.......2007-10-03
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3PGTO3UY1JGQ0 This is my live review of Ravenshade: A Tale of Alterra, The World That Is.
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ASIN: 0312157010 |
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The 10th volume of this excellent annual anthology series not only collects 39 stories and 4 poems in these overlapping genres, but reports on the year's best in books, movies, and other media. The horror and dark fantasy tales are by Jay Russell (family ghost), Angela Carter (fairy tale ghost), Edward Bryant (aliens), Robert Silverberg (dark goddess), Yxta Maya Murray (Southwestern folklore ghost), Thomas Ligotti (secret society), Graham Masterton (macabre recipe book), Douglas Clegg (anguished love), Stephen Dedman (child lamia who knew Lewis Carroll), Terry Lamsley (monster "pet"), Isobelle Carmody (phoenix), Delia Sherman (witches and wolves), Lisa Russ Spaar (Rapunzel), Neil Gaiman (queen bee), Philip Graham (oppressive angel), Terry Dowling (monomania), Dennis Etchison (L.A. paranoia), Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg (ravaging bears), A. R. Morlan (rock 'n' roll sleaze), Michael Marshall Smith (entrapping relationship), and Ron Hansen (magic realism). All the dark tales are high quality, and a few are among the best in the series so far.
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This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Bryant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen, and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions-all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.
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Some were good, some were bad.......2003-09-17
I would give "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection" 3 stars because when I read this book some of the stories really got my attention but some stories were too dull and never seemed to get anywhere and I would go onto the story without finishing the one I was reading. Some personal favorites of mine were Tanith Lee's "The Reason for not Going to the Ball", "The Last Rainbow" by Parke Godwin and Stephen Dedman's "Never Seen by Waking Eyes" although I enjoyed many more. But I was dissapointed upon reading the story by Neil Gaiman because I usually find his stories creative and chilling. I always love Thomas Canty's artwork on all the books he illustrates and on this collection the artwork is one of my favorite he's made because it is both grotesque and beautiful. And I just want to say to the other folks that wrote in other reviews for this book who were writing how horrible it is that they should just take another look and see how much work goes into those antholigies with the writers and editors and artists and publishers and they should think about what they are saying and hope they will be more appreciative for other books like this in the future. Bravo, Terri Windling! Bravo Ellen Datlow, Bravo Thomas Canty! I look forward to more of your collaboration antholigies in the future.
Pretentious and Overblown.......2002-12-04
Ohhhhh.....Where to begin? I'll start with co-editor Terri Windling. Her opening essay on the year in Fantasy was almost enough to make me hurl down the book in irritation. If she said "Magic Realism" one more time....I lost track at 37. Unbearable. Just unbearable. I have a pretty steadfast rule that, no matter how bad a book may be, I read EVERY SINGLE WORD. Every word. No matter what. I had to skim through Windling's essay, because it was either skim or put my fist through the wall. "Magic Realism. Magic Realism. Magic Realism." Ugh.
Ellen Datlow's essay is slightly more interesting, and the sections on Media and Comic Books were very well done. Now, on to the stories themselves.
I've read a few of the previous Year's Best volumes, and it always bothered me how the book slants towards Fantasy over Horror (Terri Winling is the Fantasy Editor, Ellen Datlow the Horror Editor), but this edition is WAY over the top. Out of 35 stories, Windling's name is on over twenty. Her tastes run towards oblique, overwritten, pretentious tripe, and strange poetry. One of her selections, Gerald Vizenor's Oshkiwiinag: Heartlines on the Trickster Express put me beyond the newfound sacrilige of skimming. I actually had to skip the remainder of the story after five endless, pointless pages. I have never read such strange shizznit in my whole life. I literally had NO idea what he was writing about. Ugh. Another Windling pick (Among The Handlers, by Michael Bishop) is endlessly long, written in an awful hillbilly dialect, and is neither Fantasy or Horror, but IS god-awful. I'll avoid Vizenor and Bishop like the plague, thanks to these stories. We also get other Windling-picked classics like Birthdream, (A poem about childbirth, not Horror or Fantasy, but also awful. If I wanted bad poems, I'd get a poetry book.) Caribe Magico, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (A travelogue. For God's sake, a travelogue! Not Horror, not Fantasy...but as Windling says...MAGIC REALISM! Code for "Pretentious story that makes no sense."), and Beckoning Nightframe by Terry Dowling, about a woman who is scared of her neighbor's open window. FOR 16 PAGES! UGH. Her only decent choice is Little Beauty's Wedding, by Chang Hwang. It's an unforgettable story.
Ellen Datlow fares better in her choices. The Secret Shih Tan (By Graham Masterson), Never Seen By Waking Eyes (By Stephen Dedman), and the grotesque Three Bears pastiche "Ursus Triad, Later" (By Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg) are all incredible, and I'm glad to have discovered writers I wasn't familiar with, but the overall feeling I had when reading the book was one of irritation with the all-encompassing pretentiousness of the package. I'd say the stinky outweighed the good by 90%. I'm VERY sorry that I've already purchased the next four volumes....But at least I've learned to skim & skip!
Interesting, But Not Very Horrorific.......2001-06-15
Interesting collection of writers, some famous and some unknowns, but all in all not a real page turner. Some stories I couldn't even finish I got so bored. Some were so good I got goose pimples. Go figure.
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction)
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-08-01
A story average of 3.5 is not that amazing for something like this, but no doubt that overall it is a good collection. Dozois's Yearly Summation of 30-40 pages is worth bonus points, though, as as rating the whole book goes.
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Griffin's Egg - Michael Swanwick
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Even the Queen - Connie Willis
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Round-Eyed Barbarians - L. Sprague de Camp
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Dust - Greg Egan
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Two Guys from the Future - Terry Bisson
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Mountain to Mohammed - Nancy Kress
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Coming of Vertumnus - Ian Watson
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple - Robert Silverberg
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Hammer of God - Arthur C. Clarke
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Grownups - Ian R. MacLeod
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Graves - Joe Haldeman
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Glowing Cloud - Steven Utley
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Gravity's Angel - Tom Maddox
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Protection - Maureen F. McHugh
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee - Neal Barrett Jr.
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Birth Day - Robert Reed
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Naming Names - Pat Cadigan
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa - Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Territory - Bradley Denton
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Best and the Rest of James Joyce - Ian McDonald
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Naming the Flowers - Kate Wilhelm
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Snodgrass - Ian R. MacLeod
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : By the Mirror of My Youth - Kathe Koja
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Outnumbering the Dead - Frederik Pohl
Terran nuclear nightmare, moon mental mimetic mayhem amidst crisis predicted canoodling.
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The bleeding right to live how you like, mate.
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Woman goes for the big guns.
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A man is running an experiment in the ability to change times and geography for a simulated personality to see if it will cohere. At least that is what he thinks.
5 out of 5
Art nicker from next era is pleased with removal of knickers, so is ex-wearer of same.
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Emergency medicine restrictions.
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Vegie porn art magic investigation.
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Alien execution archaeology.
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Big space rock boom us without imparting a beating boof.
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Avuncular man baby.
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Creepy crawly chopped corpse dreams.
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Time travel chase needs fast result to avoid lava laving.
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Collision experiment singularity.
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Concentration camp changes.
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Captive creatures.
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Mysterious AI occasionally generous.
4 out of 5
Powers need care.
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Cross-cultural showbiz.
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Dream motivation, as Twain meet in war.
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Muso author dreaming.
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Fast growing kidnap.
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Lennon's just a bloke.
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Try the newer model.
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Famous actor guy unluckily gotta die through space will fly.
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Excellent overview of the field.......2003-01-27
I read this collection over the space of four years, picking it up off and on. It was from no fault of the collection's, just my weird reading habits. In retrospect, it was probably Utley's story that had me stymied for so long. As normal, I disagree with Dozois' choices about 25%, 50% I could take or leave, and think the remaining 25% golden. This anthology series is one, however, that I would hate to do without, even given those odds.
* Greg Egan, "Dust" -- The thing I like about Egan is that he writes science fiction similar to the kind I try to write--philosophical yet grounded in reality. It's not hard SF, yet it's not so wacko or adventure-based that it loses its message. This story is a nice mixture of the introspection of AI and cloning, the nature of self and reality.
* Terry Bisson, "Two Guys from the Future" -- Bisson's always good for these light, but excellently done, clever stories. In this one he plays fast and loose with time travel and art.
* Nancy Kress, "The Mountain to Mohammed" -- Kress continues her raid on the politics and issues of our time, this one taking a long view on the escalation of malpractice insurance and existing medical conditions. Her future is bleak, but there's a neat and clever ray of hope.
* Ian Watson, "The Coming of Vertummus" -- Wow! What a ride. Watson here pulls out all the stops, doing a tiny version of what Robert Anton Wilson has made his life work: the very question of is history true, can it be trusted. But he goes beyond that and also delves into the question of trusting the mind after drugs. The ending is the only weak spot, petering out a bit to show the character's state, but all in all, great fun.
* Robert Silverberg, "A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple" -- I don't care for the majority of Silverberg stories--they seem to go on forever with very little interesting things happening. This one is like a deep dive into the mind of a priest, the concept had promise, but the execution was boring.
* Arthur C. Clarke, "The Hammer of God" -- I don't read that much hard SF--I never read much of it in the past either--but Clarke has always had a way of bringing me into a good nuts and bolt story, and it's nice to see that he hasn't lost his touch. Basically a study of a possible asteroid collision with the Earth, but also some nice jabs at politics and religion.
* Ian R. McLeod, "Grownups" -- Kind of unsettling, in the "Bloodchild" soft of way, but not as ultimately affecting because it had no tie to our experience--some kind of connection to our sexual lives, not necessarily an explanation, but inferences beyond the obvious.
* Joe Haldeman, "Graves" -- Seems like I've read this one before, possibly in Datlow's Annual? In any case, not bad, but nothing to give an award to either. Decent use of personal knowledge and experience with a supernatural slant.
* Steven Utley, "The Glowing Cloud" -- This was way long for the subject, which seemed to me to be old hat anyway--that is, the ethics of changing the past. Didn't care for it at all.
* Tom Maddox, "Gravity's Angel" -- Dated now that the collider was killed in Congress, but you don't have to let that affect what is basically a study in the attitudes of scientists rather than the usual focus in science fiction on the science itself. A little long for the subject, but well done.
* Maureen F. McHugh, "Protection" -- I really liked this story--great setup, great characters, great idea. But it lacked one thing: a great ending. Still, this could be the basis for a great novel, which is likely the point here.
* Neal Barrett, Jr., "The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee" -- Interesting structure--it's told as a script to a play--but the subject is a little worn (future world in which everything's just gone downhill). As a deviant block off of Tennessee Williams, it's amusing, but I wouldn't care for another go.
* Robert Reed, "Birth Day" -- Simple little "AIs take over the world" story, but done with wit and feeling. Reed has a good touch, almost similar to James Morrow on a good day. Enjoyed this one.
* Pat Cadigan, "Naming Names" -- A gem from Cadigan, and I'd say that even if I wasn't biased. This one runs from the old premise that everyone has a secret name that gives you power over them, and turns some interesting corners.
* Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger, "The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa" -- Short, simple, culturally on-line and hip. Didn't care for it much but I don't do hip so well anymore.
* Bradley Denton, "The Territory" -- Tried to like this, an alternate history of the civil war with Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) as the main character, but I don't care for the time period, and Denton didn't provide enough oomph this time to carry me. Dozed off several times when reading this.
* Ian McDonald, "The Best and the Rest of James Joyce" -- Several alternate histories featuring the old dubliner himself. Interesting, but I'm sure that I missed a lot of the cleverness by not being a Joyce-a-phile.
* Kate Wilhelm, "Naming the Flowers" -- A strong story from Wilhelm about a strange child and a man with a desire to be more than just a success. I've never read Wilhelm's novels, but I rarely dislike her short stories, and this one is one of the best. Poignant and rewarding.
* Ian R. MacLeod, "Snodgrass" -- This time an alternate history story in which Stu Sutcliffe replaces John Lennon in the Beatles. 1992 was a year for alternate history stories, I guess. I liked this one a lot; MacLeod, I think, took a chance on his portrayal of the down-and-out Lennon, and I sense it was a good one.
* Kathe Koja, "By the Mirror of My Youth" -- A twisty story by Koja. I would have liked it, I think, except that she spent way too much time being stylistic rather than just getting on with the story.
* Frederick Pohl, "Outnumbering the Dead" -- Great story from the grandmaster. In this tale of a mortal among immortals, Pohl doesn't necessarily make a point, but carefully shows us the humanity of one brave individual.
Fantastic Survey of the Field!.......2001-07-21
Dozois is, and has long been, one of the best editors and anthologizers in all of SF. The anthology ranges over the many different sub-genres of Science Fiction, and I therefore cannot say I enjoyed all of his stories; nevertheless, all were well-written, and some of the stories were among the best I've ever read. I strongly recommend this and any other of Dozois' "Year's Best..." series.
Book Description
Whether it was a whirlwind romance or you've known each other for years, you are entering a new stage of life. Now that you're married, it's time to think about the new life and traditions you'd like to create. Often our fondest family memories are centered around the dinner table, with the fulfilling meals and companionship it offers.
To create this cookbook, Gayle Pirie and John Clark have drawn from their experience as restaurant chefs and on their shared history as a married couple. They have cooked in some of San Francisco's best restaurants for nearly twenty years, so they know how to make food taste delicious. But they also know what it's like to come home from a long day of work and want to create a comfortable haven for their family. In these pages, Gayle and John have brought together dozens of their own favorite dishes that can create hundreds of family meals.
Knowing that most of their readers won't have learned the art of cooking at their grandmother's knee, they've also included the basics. The Bride & Groom Cookbook explains all you need to know about setting up a kitchen and pantry with essential equipment and ingredients, combining dishes to create a meal, and even cooking methods. If you're already comfortable in the kitchen, you'll find plenty of valuable advice on pairing wine and food, serving a cheese course, and gracious entertaining.
The two of you could take only one cookbook with you as you embark together into this new and rewarding stage of life, the Bride & Groom Cookbook would truly be the one.
Customer Reviews:
Great Gift for Many Wedding Occassions.......2007-04-10
I ordered two copies of this book for different wedding occassions. The first was as a wedding gift. It was loved when received. The second occassion was for a his and her shower. As the bride and groom cookbook published by Williams-Sonoma, the recipes are all fantastic and are great for various occassions from casual dinner to a romantic evening, to meals to celebrate special occassions. As well as all types of meals, the recipes are also of varied cooking levels for beginner to expert, which allows new couples to begin cooking and develop their cooking skills as their relationships grow. HUGE RECOMMENDATION for any wedding occassion!
BEST of the Bride & Groom Cookbooks.......2006-12-30
I have gone through the Betty Crocker Bride & Groom Cookbook, the Better Homes and Garden Bride & Groom Cookbook and many more trying to find one that would have great pointers for cooking for two as well as great dishes. This cookbook has it all. The recipes are great classic dishes and the recipes range from breakfast foods to desserts. I highly recommend this cookbook.
A great wedding gift ! .......2006-08-30
the happy couple about to be married enjoy good food. the groom to be is the chef; the bride has a demanding career and has no time to cook, but wants to learn some basics just the same. This book is great for people like them...really begins at the beginning and has some very good recipes. I copied a few of them to keep for myself.
Great as a Present or Starter Cookbook.......2006-07-18
First off, this book looks great. I have a collection of hand-me-down 'classics' (Beard, Joy, all that jazz) but none of them are very presentable. After getting married recently, we decided to get a new book and this one really stood out. I personally think the title (cooking together) is a little misleading, because there's not much really that would differentiate it from any other starter cookbook in that regard. It is more family oriented in meal choices, and gives some great pointers to get you moving around the kitchen. There is also excellent advice on meals, pairings etc. Overall its a very good resource, especially for a younger couple. And of course, thanks to the slipcover, it makes a great wedding or anniversary present!
Over a hundred classic dishes for meals from breakfast to dinner .......2006-05-23
If you're seeking a shower or wedding gift for a couple who likes to cook or eat, BRIDE & GROOM COOKBOOK: RECIPES FOR COOKING TOGETHER is the item of choice for such a couple. The authors use their own experience as restaurant chefs and as a married couple to show how working families can use dozens of favorite dishes to create hundreds of family meals. Even though the authors are cooks, they don't presume any prior knowledge: the basics accompany over a hundred classic dishes for meals from breakfast to dinner and plenty of supportive tips from preparation and cooking times to a complexity scale between 1-4.
Diane C. Donovan, Editor
California Bookwatch
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