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Sto caricando le informazioni... Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Loredi Paula Guran (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I had high expectations of this book after the first and third short stories. And now halfway through the book (12 stories), reading & skimming, I have given up for the time being. Some of them are actually horror stories having little to do with the library. Some just aren't appealing ( ) 3 1/2 stars overall The stories run from a low of 2 stars to high 4 1/2 In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages 4 stars The Books by Kage Baker 3 1/2 stars Death and the Librarian by Esther M. Friesner 3 1/2 stars In Libres by Elizabeth Bear 3 stars The King of the Big Night Hours by Richard Bowes 3 stars Those Who Watch by Ruthanna Emrys 2 stars Special Collections by Norman Partridge 2 stars Exchange by Ray Bradbury 4 1/2 stars Paper Cuts Scissors by Holly Black 4 stars Summer Reading by Ken Liu 4 stars Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link 2 stars The Inheritance of Barnabas Wilcox by Sarah Monette 3 stars The Midbury Lake Incident by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 3 stars With Tales in Their Teeth, from the Mountain They Came by A.C. Wise 3 stars What Books Survive by Tansy Rayner Roberts 3 stars The Librarian’s Dilemma by E. Saxey 4 stars The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar 3 stars In the Stacks by Scott Lynch 4 stars A Woman’s Best Friend by Robert Reed 4 stars If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu 3 stars The Sigma Structure Symphony by Gregory Benford 4 stars The Fort Moxie Branch by Jack McDevitt 4 stars The Last Librarian: Or a Short Account of the End of the World by Edoardo Albert 4 stars (2.5 out of 5) I ended up not really caring for this anthology. It's not bad, per say. But it's not really that good either. A few of the stories are nice, particularly the first one, "In the House of Seven Librarians", but the rest failed to leave any kind of real impression on me. The quality of the shorts varied greatly, some being much better than others. But overall, the anthology itself was a bit of a trek to get through. It wasn't as enjoyable as I'd hoped it would be. Perhaps some will enjoy it, perhaps the writing styles of many of the shorts just weren't my cup of tea. But I didn't much care for it. It's not bad, it's just forgettable. (I received a digital ARC of this book from Edelweiss in return for a fair review.) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Portals to all the knowledge in the world, libraries are also created universes of multitude of imaginations. Librarians guide us to enlightenment as well as serving as the captains, mages, and gatekeepers who open the doors to delight, speculation, wonder, and terror. This captivating compilation of science fiction and fantasy short fiction showcases stories of librarians -- mysterious curators, heroic bibliognosts, arcane archivists, catalogers of very special collections and libraries: repositories of arcane wisdom, storehouses of signals from other galaxies, bastions of culture, the last outposts of civilization in a post-apocalyptic world.... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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