Lorina Stephens
Autore di From Mountains of Ice
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Stephens, Lorina
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Organizzazioni
- SF Canada
- Breve biografia
- Lorina Stephens has worked as editor, freelance journalist for national and regional print media, been a festival organizer, publicist, lectures on many historical topics from textiles to domestic technologies, teaches, and continues to work as a writer and artist.
Her short fiction has appeared in Polar Borealis, On Spec, Strangers Among Us, Postscripts to Darkness, Neo-Opsis, Stories of the Deluge, and Sword & Sorceress X.
Book credits include:
Tesseracts 22: Alchemy and Artifacts, co-editor with Susan MacGregor, Edge Publishing, 2019
The Rose Guardian, Five Rivers Publishing, 2019
Caliban, Five Rivers Publishing, 2018
Stonehouse Cooks, Five Rivers Publishing, 2011,
From Mountains of Ice, Five Rivers Publishing, 2009,
And the Angels Sang, Five Rivers Publishing, 2008,
Shadow Song, Five Rivers Publishing, 2008,
Recipes of a Dumb Housewife, Lulu Publishing 2007,
Credit River Valley, Boston Mills Press 1994
Touring the Giant’s Rib: A Guide to the Niagara Escarpment; Boston Mills Press 1993
You can follow her at:
lorinastephens.com
@LorinaStephens
https://www.facebook.com/LorinaStephen...
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Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.NOTE: I won a free eBook copy of this book in MOBI format from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers (June 2021).
This collection of ten tales walks the fine line between reality and fantasy. Stephens' prose is clear and keeps each story grounded within the realm of what is possible, while exploring the infinite limits of the impossible. In the forward, the author states that she sequenced the stories from "dark to light," and I enjoyed experiencing the unfolding of this tonal trajectory as I progressed through the book. However, for the life of me, I could not find the ambiguous "common thread" that Stephens claims runs through the entire collection. Was it immortality? Loss? Maybe I am due for a more critical rereading.
Here are my reactions to each individual story:
"Dreams of the Moon": Very abstract. Nephilim always kind of lose me.
"At Union": A contemporary crossing of the River Styx.
"Gravity": A lamentation on being tethered.
"Wendy": The Doctor ran an inn and took military men as lovers.
"The Intersection:" First story in the collection that made me smile. If only the ones we need could be there when we need them.
"Civil Liberties": Times (and space station living) don't change everything else very much.
"A Bear at the Fridge": Never underestimate the power of dreams.
"Fall Arrest": Alice, Prime Minister of Wonderland?
"Occupational Hazards": If art could talk.… (altro)
This collection of ten tales walks the fine line between reality and fantasy. Stephens' prose is clear and keeps each story grounded within the realm of what is possible, while exploring the infinite limits of the impossible. In the forward, the author states that she sequenced the stories from "dark to light," and I enjoyed experiencing the unfolding of this tonal trajectory as I progressed through the book. However, for the life of me, I could not find the ambiguous "common thread" that Stephens claims runs through the entire collection. Was it immortality? Loss? Maybe I am due for a more critical rereading.
Here are my reactions to each individual story:
"Dreams of the Moon": Very abstract. Nephilim always kind of lose me.
"At Union": A contemporary crossing of the River Styx.
"Gravity": A lamentation on being tethered.
"Wendy": The Doctor ran an inn and took military men as lovers.
"The Intersection:" First story in the collection that made me smile. If only the ones we need could be there when we need them.
"Civil Liberties": Times (and space station living) don't change everything else very much.
"A Bear at the Fridge": Never underestimate the power of dreams.
"Fall Arrest": Alice, Prime Minister of Wonderland?
"Occupational Hazards": If art could talk.… (altro)
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.Beautiful and strange stories. The book starts with dark, very dark stories, and it gradually gets lighter.
The stories are different, I liked that.
One piece of criticism: next time more stories please, and less preview.
The stories are different, I liked that.
One piece of criticism: next time more stories please, and less preview.
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.Review of Alchemy and Artifacts
Edited by: Lorina Stephens and Susan MacGregor
In captivating and enthralling historical fiction and anthologies of myths and legends will delight you as you scroll through time and history. Some may be more than just fiction which you may question as factual and not just a tale. These Tesseracts are a must-read for those who desire fantasy and delve into unforeseen mythical pleasures.
Edited by: Lorina Stephens and Susan MacGregor
In captivating and enthralling historical fiction and anthologies of myths and legends will delight you as you scroll through time and history. Some may be more than just fiction which you may question as factual and not just a tale. These Tesseracts are a must-read for those who desire fantasy and delve into unforeseen mythical pleasures.
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
- #199,202
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 39
- ISBN
- 13
I enjoyed the book - it is a collection of 10 stories. It was a fun, sometimes dark experience. I think some stories had a lot of buildup with less plot and hence did not read well.