Update 11/8/10: Locus Online has posted the full review to their site.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
James Enge: Making a Virtue of Weirdness
The latest issue of Locus magazine has a long and enthusiastic review of James Enge's The Wolf Age by author and reviewer Tim Pratt. He calls The Wolf Age "inventive and delightful," and says, "Enge's plot is admirably twisty, and he  keeps things moving with impressive set pieces, werewolf battles,  bizarre magical airships, miraculous feats, and liberal doses of skewed  humor. One of his great virtues as a writer is weirdness  -- he's not afraid to do the unexpected, and his imagination is  formidable. But there's an underlying emotional power here, too. The  author excels at depicting the bonds of friendship, the pain of  betrayal, and the tragedy of well-laid plans going awry, and that  emotional payload is what makes this novel into more than just an  entertaining adventure story about a guy with a magical sword who fights  monsters. Enge is one of the most engaging of the new sword and sorcery  authors, and I hope we get to follow Morlock's exploits for a long time  to come."
 by author and reviewer Tim Pratt. He calls The Wolf Age "inventive and delightful," and says, "Enge's plot is admirably twisty, and he  keeps things moving with impressive set pieces, werewolf battles,  bizarre magical airships, miraculous feats, and liberal doses of skewed  humor. One of his great virtues as a writer is weirdness  -- he's not afraid to do the unexpected, and his imagination is  formidable. But there's an underlying emotional power here, too. The  author excels at depicting the bonds of friendship, the pain of  betrayal, and the tragedy of well-laid plans going awry, and that  emotional payload is what makes this novel into more than just an  entertaining adventure story about a guy with a magical sword who fights  monsters. Enge is one of the most engaging of the new sword and sorcery  authors, and I hope we get to follow Morlock's exploits for a long time  to come."
Update 11/8/10: Locus Online has posted the full review to their site.
Update 11/8/10: Locus Online has posted the full review to their site.
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2 comments:
I'm definetely getting this soon, just have to finish 'This Crooked Way' first.
Read fast! ;)
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