Ellen Kushner’s Riverside series begins with the cult classic Swordspoint, followed by the Locus Award winner and Nebula Award nominee The Privilege of the Sword; The Fall of the Kings, written with Delia Sherman; and, most recently, the collaborative prequel Tremontaine. Her mythic fantasy novel Thomas the… Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner was a book recommendation from a friend whose opinion I trust, and the story was every bit as lush as I had hoped. Granted, if you're looking for something straightforward in terms of narrative, this may not be your novel. Pris: 119 kr.

Ellen kushner swordspoint

Granted, if you're looking for something straightforward in terms of narrative, this may not be your novel. Ellen Kushner’s Riverside series begins with the cult classic Swordspoint, followed by the Locus Award winner and Nebula Award nominee The Privilege of the Sword; The Fall of the Kings, written with Delia Sherman; and, most recently, the collaborative prequel Tremontaine. Award-winning author Ellen Kushner has created a world of unforgettable characters whose political ambitions, passionate love affairs, and age-old rivalries collide with deadly results. On the treacherous streets of Riverside, a man lives and dies by the sword. Even the nobles on the Hill turn to duels to settle their disputes.

~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Ellen Kushner’s revolutionary fantasy novel Swordspoint offered an important early example of a strong, successful gay hero in a committed relationship.

Ultimately, the novel is an adolescent exercise in sexual wish fulfillment couched in adequate prose. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner was a book recommendation from a friend whose opinion I trust, and the story was every bit as lush as I had hoped.

Swordspoint. My first novel, Swordspoint, was set in a city that remains nameless to this day.Despite that, I have never found it difficult to find my way there, and now have three novels and a growing collection of short stories set in that place. Ellen Kushner weaves together multiple careers as a writer, radio host, teacher, performer and public speaker. A graduate of Barnard College, she also attended Bryn Mawr College, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Ellen Kushner’s Riverside series begins with the cult classic Swordspoint, followed by the Locus Award winner and Nebula Award nominee The Privilege of the Sword; The Fall of the Kings, written with Delia Sherman; and, most recently, the collaborative prequel Tremontaine. Ellen Kushner’s Riverside series begins with the cult classic Swordspoint, followed by the Locus Award winner and Nebula Award nominee The Privilege of the Sword; The Fall of the Kings, written with Delia Sherman; and, most recently, the collaborative prequel Tremontaine. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner October 15, 2020 7:54 AM EDT T hough there are many duels fought with swords in the world of Riverside, the clashes simply spoken out loud are what define Ellen Ellen Kushner’s Riverside series begins with the cult classic Swordspoint, followed by the Locus Award winner and Nebula Award nominee The Privilege of the Sword; The Fall of the Kings, written with Delia Sherman; and, most recently, the collaborative prequel Tremontaine.
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“Swordspoint begins with a single drop of blood on a field of new-fallen snow, an image that burned itself forever into my mind the first time I encountered it.

Even the nobles on the Hill turn to duels to settle their disputes. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner was a book recommendation from a friend whose opinion I trust, and the story was every bit as lush as I had hoped.
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Its tone, however, is memorably at an angle to how that story is normally written. Ellen Kushner is the author of the iconic Swordspoint (1987), a tale of queer romance between witty swordsmen in an unnamed fantastical city that has become one of the most well-loved Fantasy novels of the 80s.It was followed by The Fall Of The Kings (2002), written with her wife Delia Sherman, and The Privilege Of The Sword (2006), set at different points in the city’s history and featuring Pris: 40 kr. E-bok, 2016. Laddas ned direkt.