Posts Tagged ‘aliette de bodard’

Yours truly has been way busy with a few new chapters of his own little book, but I found some time to trawl through my backlog of news. I finally figured out what to do with those old stories I wrote which weren’t exactly long enough to get published – publish them myself. In Lateral [...]

Ms De Bodard has written a book I was very excited by. It’s obvious she’s done more than a few bucketloads of research, and it helps give a very authentic and solid feel to the book. The system of Gods and Magic she’s used is flawless in both its vibrancy and unique-to-fantasy feel. In fact, the magic system of her book is the big thing for me. I was totally knocked over by her deft use of Aztec history and legend to totally rivet me from the opening to the end. It has a fresh and unique feel which is very hard to describe.