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Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed Jul 09, 2003 4:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
This is a collection of short stories by Zelazny. The names of the included stories are: Comes Now the Power For a Breath I Tarry Engine at the Heartspring's Center Halfjack Home is the Hangman Permafrost Loki 7281 Mana from Heaven 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, my Love The Last Defender of Camelot Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed Jul 09, 2003 4:44 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
Thought I'd give a little summary of each story as I read it (I'm working through them right now.) Comes Now the Power A man loses his special mental powers after undergoing a nasty divorce. He seeks out someone who can help him regain what he has lost... For a Breath I Tarry A very enjoyable story that is somewhat based on the Biblical story of Job, but with some very interesting twists. It also has some strong overtones of Faust. I really liked it. Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | danlo60 [ Wed Jul 09, 2003 4:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
I've read Permaforst a long time ago! Please refesh! Thanks! And now Danlo looked in that direction, too. He remembered that snowy owls mate in the darkest part of deep winter, and so along with this beautiful white bird perched in a tree a hundred feet away, he turned to face the sea as he watched and waited. Ahira, Ahira, he called out silently to the sky. Ahira, Ahira<i>Edited by: danlo60 at: 7/13/03 10:01 am </i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Thu Jul 10, 2003 4:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
I haven't gotten to that one yet, but will be very happy to when I do. The main character of For a Breath I Tarry was an AI named Frost. That was a really good story! Engine at Heartspring's Center A very sad story about a cyborg... Halfjack The story of a starship pilot, I also liked this one a lot... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sat Jul 12, 2003 10:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
Home is the Hangman A very thought provoking story about an AI unit used to explore outer space and of his four human "parents"... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
Permafrost a very odd story of an unusual revenge of a woman upon a man, set upon a frigid planet where winter lasts for 50 years... Loki 7281 a story told from the POV of Zelazny's computer, who ghostwrites his novels and controls his life...and who is the ringleader of a bunch of sentient computers who plot against their masters... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:46 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
Mana from Heaven This one seems almost a rehearsal for the second Amber chronicles. There is an immortal sorcerer who has a mysterious enemy trying to kill him for unknown reasons...and a human girl with the potential to be a sorceress... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Tue Jul 15, 2003 10:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai A story which very much deserves its Hugo Award. And the first thing I've read by Zelazny from a woman's POV! And he did a great job with it -- I wish he had used a female POV more often! It tells the story of Mari, a terminally ill woman who has come on a pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji in Japan, and who must prepare herself both emotionally and psychologically to confront a most interesting stalker... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Tue Jul 15, 2003 10:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: The Last Defender of Camelot, a short story collection |
Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love An assassin is hired by a cloned woman to destroy the pocket universe created by her originator's dead husband's AI devise -- but all is NOT what it seems... The Last Defender of Camelot Lancelot, alive for the past thousand years, becomes Camelot's last defender...from an unexpected and deadly threat... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i> |
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