Patricia Anthony (1947–2013)
Autore di Cold Allies
Sull'Autore
Opere di Patricia Anthony
PRICAI 2012 : Trends in artificial intelligence ; 12th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence,… (2012) 2 copie
The Deer Lake Sightings 1 copia
Double, Double Silicon Trouble 1 copia
The Timeless Institute 1 copia
Blue Woofers {short story} 1 copia
Animals Grow 1 copia
Opere correlate
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 8 [July 1992] (1992) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Urania Millemondinverno 1991 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Anthony, Patricia
- Nome legale
- Anthony, Patricia Marie
- Data di nascita
- 1947-03-29
- Data di morte
- 2013-08-02
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
writer
Utenti
Discussioni
Patricia Anthony 1947-2013 in Science Fiction Fans (Settembre 2013)
Patricia Anthony? in Science Fiction Fans (Luglio 2011)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 1,159
- Popolarità
- #22,170
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 25
- ISBN
- 42
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 2
Our Texan narrator, the surprisingly compelling and uncorny Travis Lee Stanhope, signs up to be a British sharpshooter and struggles with all sorts of demons and ghosts, both figurative and (ambiguously) supernatural. An epistolary novel composed of letters whose destination becomes increasingly unclear, the prose is sharp and evocative and Travis Lee is an unforgettable character.
The novel's rhythm is set by the company's tour of duty, with intense days in the trenches followed by days of respite in the rest area. This cyclical structure manages to capture the boredom, anxiety, and angst of front-line combat in a way I've rarely seen.
That said, the dense repetition and slow pacing made this book at times a slog. Yet I was sufficiently invested in the story that it kept my attention to the end.… (altro)