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Entertaining and Smart
Her world is engaging and unexpected ... consider it the Harry Potter series told from the perspective of the magic teachers. This makes this novel a great read for adults and also a fresh perspective on the whole wizardry thing. Highly recommended!"I was delighted to come across this wry, inventive fantasy... Anyone who's spent time at a university will recognize the place...
I'd recommend this to anyone who appreciates academic life, spells, counter-spells, supernatural battles, and the charms of discourse.
... a much more interesting take on demonology than the more traditional realm-of-hell version...definitely recommended
A tenure-track position is a wonderful thing -- even when it comes with demons.
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Demons don't take time off for spring break...
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11,000 word novella
Mix the Demonology Department's resident curmudgeon, a dragon, and a banshee in the world's messiest, most dangerous research museum...
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8,000 word novella
William Harrison Gracile, enchanter and development officer extraordinaire, has never met a woman he couldn't handle - until he finds himself between a maker of dreams and the academy's only professional lecher. Previously reprinted in Year's Best Fantasy 3.
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7,000 word novella
None of Anders Regans' colleagues in Demonology would have voted him most likely to become a god, but what did they know? A mild-mannered botanist finds himself embroiled in plant pornography, dryad rights, and the theology of conference door-prizes. Illustrated by Georgie Schnobrich.
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Plot noodling – teaching magic
Well, nobody was intrigued by my previous post about the Zoomancy faculty’s brilliant idea of having brownies grade papers for them. But I will persist, as grading and teaching issues are on my mind at the end of the semester. … Continue reading
That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
I came home from church and sat down to catch up on twitter. And what did I see but something from @jafurtado – a link to this Globe and Mail article about how Harlequin romance was revolutionizing the epublishing market. … Continue reading
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
This book struck me as old-fashioned, and I mean that an an unambiguous compliment. I might have picked it off my father’s bookshelf forty years ago, when I was living at home and enjoyed books set in imperial China. My … Continue reading
Illustration
Arthur Rackham is one of my all-time favorite illustrators, so I was excited to see Stacy Ericson’s iphone images manipulated to look like Rackham paintings. They made me wonder about illustration. Illustration in adult fantasy has been sparse and (to … Continue reading
I told you so, I think
Didn’t I say publishers would be unnecessary as gatekeepers and quality control when adequate indexing was created so readers could find stories with the content they wanted (à la fanfic.net)? Well, here comes a new service, Bookish, backed by three … Continue reading
The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
There’s a place under the world, or perhaps beside it, where you’ll find the old gods. Perhaps you’ll step through a reflected door, or find yourself tumbling into it by accident, or follow a woman who’s been turned into a … Continue reading
Summer Reading
I may be jumping the gun here, but I think I’ll survive the spring semester! In which case, I will need something to read in the summer, and I’ve finished all the issues of Skip•Beat!, so I need suggestions. Of … Continue reading
Conversations and The Lyre of Orpheus
The book club I belong to, the Burrahobbits, met last week to discuss The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies, a book I’d been suggesting for quite a while. I was nervous. Davies was one of my favorite writers in … Continue reading