Reviews!

[truepenny]

1. Strange Horizons reviews the Fantasy sampler anthology.

2. Tangent Online reviews Lone Star Stories 22.

3. Publishers Weekly reviews A Companion to Wolves.

A Companion to Wolves
Sarah Monette and
Elizabeth Bear. Tor, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1816-9

Rising fantasy stars Monette (Mélusine) and Bear (Whiskey & Water) subvert the telepathic animal companion subgenre so thoroughly that it may never be the same. The inhabitants of a cold and perilous world grounded in Norse/Germanic mythology depend upon the brutally violent wolfcarls, men who bond telepathically with huge fighting trellwolves, to protect them from monstrous trolls and wyverns from further north. When the northern threat suddenly intensifies, Isolfr, a young wolfcarl, and his wolf-sister, Viradechtis, a Queen wolf destined to rule her own pack, are thrust into key roles in their civilization's desperate fight to survive. The meticulously crafted setting and powerful, often moving rendition of characters and relationships—human and nonhuman alike—result in a brutal and beautiful novel about the meaning of honor. Never blushing as they consider the ultimate sociological, sexual and moral underpinnings of a "what-if" often treated as coy wish-fulfillment fantasy, the authors have boldly created a fascinating world that begs further exploration. (Oct.)

4. So--brace yourselves--does Harriet.

Comments

Oooo looking forward to this

[muneraven.livejournal.com]

I actually can't think of a collaboration I've been more excited about. Ever. Big fun!

Re: Oooo looking forward to this

[desperance.livejournal.com]

It is, actually, very good indeed. And, um, not actually much like Andre Norton...

Re: Oooo looking forward to this

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

Only Harriet could type that without opening up a rift in the word-sense continuumumumum thingy, I suspect.

But I do look forward to reading this, and not just to see how far from right she is about that comparison.

[heresluck]

I still haven't forgiven you two for CoW's keeping me up half the night before VividCon. Damn you for being good at your job!

::shakes fist unconvincingly in your general direction::