– Mange har i sin ungdom en periode der de sluker science fiction og fantasy-litteratur i store kvanta. Noen år senere fortoner mye av denne lesningen seg som heller middelmodig, samtidig som visse forfattere, serier og karakterer fortsatt bevarer sin sjarm. Robin Hobb regnes av mange som en av de absolutt beste fantasy-forfatterne idag, og dette første bindet i hennes nye trilogi var derfor etterlengtet hos hennes etterhvert store leserskare.
Men dessverre skuffer Hobb oss med "Shaman's Crossing". For mens hennes tidligere trilogier er preget av stor karakterdybde, temmelig unike hendelsesforløp (noe som gjorde henne så unik innenfor denne sjangeren) og en helt spesiell stemning og skrivestil, så virker "Shaman's Crossing" mer som repetitiv serie-litteratur på linje med så mye annen fantasy og science fiction. Språket er svært amerikanisert og slang-aktig, noe som gjør boken lite troverdig. For en gammel entusiast som har fulgt Robin Hobb gjennom mange år, ble dessverre dette en stor skuffelse.
Shaman’s Crossing
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‘Every new Robin Hobb novel is a cause for celebration’
George R.R. Martin'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers…what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.'
THE TIMES‘Hobb is a remarkable storyteller’
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The first book in The Soldier Son Trilogy, from the author of the bestselling Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies.
Nevare Burvelle anticipates a golden future.
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Nevare Burvelle anticipates a golden future. He will follow his father into the army, to the frontier and thence to an advantageous marriage.
Over twenty years the army has pushed the frontiers of Gernia as far as the Barrier Mountains, home to the enigmatic Speck people, who retain the last vestiges of magic in a progressive world. Exotic and misunderstood, they are believed to spread a sexual plague which has ravaged the frontier, decimating entire regiments.
Such beliefs will affect Nevare's military training at the Academy, where he will experience injustice and foul play. But his world view will also be challenged by his unconventional cousin Epiny. And on Dark Evening, when the carnival comes to Old Thares, it will bring with it the first Specks Nevare has ever seen...
Detaljer
- Forlag
- HarperVoyager
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780008286491
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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‘Every new Robin Hobb novel is a cause for celebration’
George R.R. Martin'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers…what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.'
THE TIMES‘Hobb is a remarkable storyteller’
»
GUARDIAN