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Ru Emerson

Autor de Fortress of Frost and Fire

35+ Obras 2,656 Miembros 18 Reseñas 3 Preferidas

Sobre El Autor

Incluye los nombres: Ru Emerson, R. Emerson, Roberta Cray

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Series

Obras de Ru Emerson

Fortress of Frost and Fire (1993) 464 copias
The Calling of the Three (1990) 175 copias
La Princesa de las llamas (1986) 157 copias
The Two in Hiding (1991) 155 copias
One Land, One Duke (1992) 137 copias
In the Caves of Exile (1988) 125 copias
The Craft of Light (1993) 118 copias
On the Seas of Destiny (1989) 114 copias
The sword and the lion (1993) 111 copias
Spell Bound (1990) 107 copias
The Art of the Sword (1994) 104 copias
The Empty Throne (1996) 93 copias
The Huntress and the Sphinx (1997) 92 copias
Keep on the Borderlands (2001) 88 copias

Obras relacionadas

In Celebration of Lammas Night (1996) — Contribuidor — 440 copias
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1987) — Contribuidor — 199 copias
Sisters in Fantasy 2 (1996) — Contribuidor — 186 copias
The Crafters (1991) — Contribuidor — 168 copias
Low Port (2003) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones157 copias
Warrior Princesses (1998) — Contribuidor — 144 copias
Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (1996) — Contribuidor — 142 copias
Spell Singers (1988) — Contribuidor — 131 copias
Blessings and Curses (1992) — Contribuidor — 127 copias
Arabesques II (1989) — Contribuidor — 71 copias
Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories (1988) — Contribuidor — 32 copias
Drabble II: Double Century (1990) — Contribuidor — 25 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1944-12-15
Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Butte, Montana, USA
Lugares de residencia
Oregon, USA
Ocupaciones
novelist

Miembros

Debates

Reseñas

Avevo messo questo libro in lista perché ero convinta facesse parte dei grandi classici del fantasy e invece proprio per niente: è uno dei tanti. A volte mi convinco delle cose come se fossi una terrapiattista antivax qualunque…

Comunque, nonostante il granchio preso sulla sua rilevanza, è stata una lettura piacevole e consona ai quaranta maledetti gradi. Il suo difetto più rilevante è stata la prima metà lentissima, durante la quale il gruppo di personaggi scappa attraverso le montagne e non succede pressoché niente se non caccia, pesca, accensioni di fuochi, raccolta di erbe, bagni nei laghi e compagnia bella.

È vero che tutto questo camminare serve a introdurre e costruire i vari personaggi e le loro reciproche relazioni, ma a Emerson non è riuscito benissimo, visto che sono abbastanza stereotipati e di parecchi continuavo a dimenticare i nomi (in particolare, c’è una coppia di gemelli che confondevo sempre, sebbene fossero anche rilevanti nella storia).

Mi è piaciuta molto, invece, l’impostazione blandamente femminista del romanzo, che va oltre il solito principessa forte che spacca culi. Emerson mette in luce tramite Ylia tutta una serie di dinamiche tossiche di potere tipiche del patriarcato senza bisogno di fare grandi discorsi, per rendere certe critiche digeribili a qualunque tipo di pubblico. Visto che ultimamente spopolano le eroine sarebbe bello vedere più impegno su questo fronte da parte di chi scrive.
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lasiepedimore | Jan 12, 2024 |
This is a decent novelization if nothing spectacular. It takes on three episodes from the television series; "Arabesque," "Masques" and "The Watcher." I was anticipating that author Ru Emerson would link these three disparate stories better into one cohesive whole but this is never done. The episodes are also taken out of the order they appeared in the show, so Emerson plays pretty fast and loose with the chronological timeline of the series. As an uber-fan this irritated me a bit, but it's something easily overlooked.

The stories of the first two episodes are very straightforward adaptations, nothing spectacular or new is brought to them that wasn't apparent in their original televised forms. I've always found "Arabesque" to be a rather dull episode, but "Masques" is always enchanting.

It's in "The Watcher" that Emerson really hits her stride. She gives the character of The Watcher some added background and motivation that aren't included in the TV show. Novelizations can sometimes come across as very dry, but Emerson is able to insert her own authorial voice to the proceedings, especially when delving into thoughts of secondary characters.

Overall a worthy effort, but there's not much new here to recommend it besides the "Watcher" segment.
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bugaboo_4 | Jan 3, 2021 |
Enjoyed; but my favorite character always dies in this series…
 
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ca.bookwyrm | otra reseña | May 18, 2020 |
Okay, it's really tropey, but I do love the arranged-marriage storyline. An overarching plot that started out very 90s "Drugs Are Bad, Mmkay?" is developing more of the nuance that I expected from the first three books in this series, although it took its sweet time. I am skeptical of the proposition that cotton is a major crop in America but slavery was never a thing, though (and making a main character the daughter of a Black indentured servant instead was...lazy).
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jen.e.moore | Jun 21, 2017 |

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Miembros
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Valoración
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Reseñas
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