Tanya Huff
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Tanya Huff was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. After graduating high school, she served in the Canadian Naval Reserve as a cook from 1975 to 1979. She received a B.A.A. in radio and television arts from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. After graduating college, she worked at Bakka, Canada's mostra altro oldest SF and fantasy book store, from 1985 to 1992. She is the author of more than 20 books including Blood Price, Blood Trail, Blood Lines, Blood Pact, and Blood Debt. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Tanya Huff
You Do What You Do 3 copie
I'll Be Home for Christmas 2 copie
The Wild Side 2 copie
A Woman's Work... [Short Story] 2 copie
This Town Ain't Big Enough 2 copie
The Quarters Novels (1-4) 2 copie
Oh, Glorious Sight [short story] 2 copie
The Things Everyone Knows 1 copia
Blood in the Water [short story] 1 copia
Books by Tanya Huff 1 copia
La saga de la sangre 1 copia
Exactly [short story] 1 copia
No Matter Where You Go 1 copia
Music Hath Charms 1 copia
We Two May Meet 1 copia
Family Matters (Short Story) 1 copia
See Me 1 copia
Songs Sung Red 1 copia
Opere correlate
Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly (2005) — Collaboratore — 992 copie
Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time (2006) — Collaboratore — 182 copie
Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It (2013) — Collaboratore — 76 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Huff, Tanya Sue
- Altri nomi
- Huff, T. S.
Hanover, Terri - Data di nascita
- 1957-09-26
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
rural Ontario, Canada - Istruzione
- Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (BAA|Radio and Television Arts|1982)
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
cook
business owner
editor - Relazioni
- Patton, Fiona (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- Canadian Naval Reserve
Bunch of Seven writing group
Bakka
Mr. Gameway's Ark - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Constellation Award, 2008 (Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television)
- Agente
- Joshua Bilmes
Utenti
Discussioni
Urban fantasy, retarded ("simple") woman in Name that Book (Gennaio 2013)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 95
- Opere correlate
- 91
- Utenti
- 29,893
- Popolarità
- #671
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 714
- ISBN
- 335
- Lingue
- 8
- Preferito da
- 117
The first story, 'Not That Kind Of War' starts before 'Valor's Choice' the first book in the series and showed me the kind of warfare that helped shape Torin into the pragmatic, quick thinking, Marine Sargeant who held her ground in 'Valor's Choice.' 'Not That Kind Of War' was a simple but vivid story, bringing to life the endless conflict the Confederation are locked into and demonstrating that there's no room for warrior heroes, at least, not ones who live through the fight. The story plunged me right back into the Valor-verse. There's a line that Torin only allows herself to use in her head but which sets the tone for a lot of this series:
"What if they held a war and nobody died... Never going to happen."
The second story, 'You Do What You Do' is a remarkable short that amplified the nature of the war. Torin isn't in it but it reminded me of one of her thoughts in 'Not That Kind Of War' when she reflected that the decades-long war that they were fighting had no single defining ideology and thinks to herself
"But perhaps a war without one single defining ideology was exactly the kind of war that needed an infinite number of defining moments."
'You Do What You Do' is all about one of those defining moments. In it, Tanya Huff again demonstrates her gift for making the combat and the technology as real as the sacrifices that Heavy Gunner Deena Harmin makes. Deena is one of 'The One In Four' humans who can handle having their bodies augmented so that they can wear a powered armour carapace that amplifies her strength and allows her to carry and fire heavy weapons. The story answers a question that civilians ask about Heavy Gunners and perhaps about marines heading to war zones: "Who Would Do That To Themselves?" Tanya Huff's answer: Those who can. Those who dare. Those who know the cost and choose to pay it if they must.
'First In' is another story of a Marine Recon team dealing with the unexpected and having to decide whether 'Go in. Look around. Come Back' needs to become 'Do something you're not equipped to do because it needs to be done'. It's strong, clever military SF and, as always in these stories, it's the casualties that help to make it real.
'To Dust We Shall Return' is my favourite story in the collection. It's a story that turns out to be quite different from a 'normal' Marine Recon mission. The ending is horrifying and credible. The choice that Torin Kerr makes at the end told me a great deal about who she is and what she was willing to sacrifice.
Tanya Huff described 'To Dust We Shall Return' as having a The Lady Or The Tiger' kind of ending, so now I have to go read Stockton's short story.
'Long Time Passing', the final story, was written for this collection and takes place after the events in 'The Privilege Of Peace'. I'm not sure how much sense this would make to someone who hadn't read the other books but it worked for me and left me hungry for more. Even though it starts with a lot of scientists getting killed, this story is set in peacetime and the dynamic is quite different. By this point in theories, Torin Kerr is different. She's a Warden now, keeping the peace for everyone, not fighting battles for the Elder races and it changes the tone of the story. The basic idea behind the story is a clever one and makes for a classic Science Fiction story. Of course, I'd have liked it to have gone on to be a full novel... Still, I can hope.… (altro)