Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: favorite authors
What I’m Reading: Embassytown
Posted on April 13, 2024 by brunern
I mentioned in my review of The Left Hand of Darkness a few years ago that it took an anthropological approach to science fiction. Indeed, the main character in that book was an anthropologist who comes to another planet with humans that have been… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Embassytown”
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What I’m Reading: The Scar
The Scar, by China Mieville, is a sequel of sorts to the dark steampunk fantasy Perdido Street Station, which I have reviewed previously. It’s set in Bas-Lag, the same world as PSS, and we learn at one point that one of the main characters… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Scar”
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What I’m Reading: Perdido Street Station
Posted on December 24, 2017 by brunern
Perdido Street Station is a book by China Mieville sent to me last Christmas by my brother, who’s getting his Master’s in English literature and recommended this highly. (I have previously, and quite positively, covered a comic series China Mieville wrote, here.) It’s a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Perdido Street Station”
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What I’m Reading: The Courts of Chaos
Posted on August 5, 2015 by brunern
The Courts of Chaos is the fifth book in Roger Zelazny’s Amber series of fantasy novels (see here, here and here for write-ups on previous novels in the series). I’ve previously described these as grown-up fantasy without the usual cliches, and that continues to hold true for this volume.
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What I’m Reading: The Hand of Oberon
Posted on June 21, 2015 by brunern
I recently finished The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny, the fourth in the series of Amber novels (see here and here for write-ups on previous novels in the series). Last month I also read the third book in the series, Sign of the Unicorn,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Hand of Oberon”
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What I’m Reading: Nine Princes in Amber
Posted on December 18, 2014 by brunern
Like the Dune series, the Amber series by Roger Zelazny is one I enjoyed greatly when I was younger and have decided to revisit. The first rather slim volume, Nine Princes in Amber, came out in 1970. I first read it in probably the… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Nine Princes in Amber”
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What I’m Reading: God Emperor of Dune
Posted on August 13, 2014 by brunern
Over the past couple years, I’ve been re-reading what at one time were my favorite books ever, Frank Herbert’s Dune series. In a previous post, I decided that my estimation of the series had fallen a few notches since high school, due largely to the… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: God Emperor of Dune”
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What I’m Reading: I Served the King of England
Posted on June 6, 2014 by brunern
Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer who wrote during the Communist period. His works were considered anti-revolutionary, I suppose. In any case, I Served the King of England, which Hrabal finished in 1971, circulated in underground editions in the 1970s and was not formally… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: I Served the King of England”
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