![]() ![]() ![]() This setup allows for a huge variety of godly situations. Gods are conscious and have distinct personalities, but they’re always a bit unusual, as a god’s personality is evershifting based on the communal mood of their faithful. ![]() In a move reminiscent of Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods, the gods of this setting are created by the combined faith of their worshippers. That’s partly down to good plotting, but it also helps that the gods are built in from the ground up. Three Parts Dead portrays a world where gods walk among us performing miracles for all to see, and it’s one of the few stories where that premise doesn’t go horribly wrong. My last worldbuilding critique wasn’t exactly glowing, so it’s a nice change returning to the towering spires and thundering trains of Alt Coulumb, a city protected by none other than its patron fire god, Kos Everburning. But how is the worldbuilding? Does Gladstone create a fully realized world full of living characters and fascinating mystery, or is the setting little more than window dressing for the plot? Spoiler alert: it’s the first one, and I’m happy to tell you why. A while back, I wrote an article about how good its big plot twist is. Three Parts Dead is a fantasy novel by Max Gladstone. ![]()
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He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. ![]() Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. ![]() ![]() The Fellowship of the Ring opens with Bilbo about to throw a great birthday party to celebrate his milestone in reaching the significant age of 111. He is unaware of the Ring’s true nature and the danger its possession put him in. Bilbo’s magic ring gifts its wearer invisibility, and Bilbo largely uses it to aid his friends during adventure and to escape prying relatives once he returns home to The Shire. ![]() Along the way, Bilbo happens upon a golden ring that a miserable creature called Gollum has been in possession of for numerous decades. The narrator also relates the key events of The Hobbit (the prequel to The Lord of the Rings) in the prologue, where a hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins is thrust into adventure as he joins a party of dwarves who journey to re-take the Lonely Mountain from the ancient dragon Smaug. 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We begin this week with a story that is perfect for both the season of hearts and our beloved weekly meme, Nonfiction Monday. ![]() It is with pleasure that we bring you stories and verses that tickle the heart. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC).Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress. ![]() ![]() ![]() Neal is a distant hero whose escapades seem artificially linked. Don Winslow is the author of the Edgar-nominated A Cool Breeze on the Underground, The Trail to Buddha's Mirror, Way Down on the High Lonely, While Drowning in the Desert, and The Death and. But this first novel loses much of its punch because Winslow overloads beginning chapters with his hero's personal history rather than pacing the plot with relevant details. Winslow guides us on a tour of punk 1976 London and introduces some colorful characters. ![]() Neal finds Allie but is forced to use his cunning to bring her home at the same time he suspects someone from the agency is trying to kill him. Allie is somewhere in England and must be returned to the States before the Democratic Convention nine weeks away. Neal is directed by Friends of the Family, a discreet, private investigation agency for which he works, to find Allie Chase, the teenage, drug-addicted daughter of a U.S. ![]() This ambitious but technically unsophisticated first entry in a series features street-wise New Yorker Neal Carey, a 23-year-old graduate student of 18th-century literature. ![]() |