2008-11-10 · Love, Blood and Rhetoric: Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint Jo Walton. Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:38pm 11 comments 2 Favorites [+] I’ve just read all three novels set in Kushner’s Swordspoint universe,

Charmig fantasyroman om duellisten Richard St Vier som framlever sina dagar i Riverside, en stad med drag av ett svunnet London. St Vier och hans älskare,

Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. Try 2020-11-24 2020-10-15 Ellen Kushner unites her talents and insights as a writer, performer, and cultural maven in one sleek package: she is the author of acclaimed works of literary fantasy, an award-winning audio book narrator and stage performer, the creator and former host of public radio’s national series Sound & Spirit, and a popular teacher and lecturer. 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 Rhymer won the World Fantasy Award and the Mythopoeic Award. Ellen Kushner, Swordspoint (Tor, 1989; Bantam Spectra, 2003) It's a melancholy trend, although perhaps inevitable, that something that should be as fresh and inventive as fantasy literature so easily becomes formulaic, to the degree that there are subcategories with many examples, all easily identifiable and few really standing out. 2003-02-04 Ellen Kushner A book whose working title is CITY YEAR.

1987’s Swordspoint is the first novel in Ellen Kushner’s secondary-universe melodrama-of-manners Riverside series. Richard St. Vier ventures out of disreputable Riverside into the fashionable Hill to kill … but only when he has a contract. The aristocrats who call the Hill home have a taste for lethal arguments over points of honour. When they do not feel up to the task of gentlemanly When I was growing up, Ellen Kushner’s novel Swordspoint was one of the first I read that depicted LGBTQIA relationships in a positive light, and I adored it. Now Kushner and a bevy of talented Swordspoint is 10 hours and 54 minutes unabridged. Granted, I still have book 2, The Privilege Of The Sword in my audible wishlist, but that’s because Felicia Day is one of the narrators and I CANNOT RESIST. Disclosure: Purchased copy.

~ 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.

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.

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.

Dec 28, 2009 Book review of Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint. swordspoint. Reaching back into my “books recommended by GRRM to enjoy while he finishes

When they do not feel up to the task of gentlemanly When I was growing up, Ellen Kushner’s novel Swordspoint was one of the first I read that depicted LGBTQIA relationships in a positive light, and I adored it. Now Kushner and a bevy of talented Swordspoint is 10 hours and 54 minutes unabridged.

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. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner I started last weekend intent on leafing through a bunch of books to find the one that’d claim my attention next.
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1988: Swordspoint (Allen & Unwin; Arbor House) — first novel — 10th place. Award-winning author Ellen Kushner has created a world of unforgettable characters whose political ambitions, passionate love affairs, and age-old rivalries Sep 21, 2019 - This Pin was discovered by Clinton Kippley.

Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint is a very light and easy to read fantasy novel. The book is set in an unnamed city, in a world rather different to ours. The main

This stunning follow-up to Ellen Kushner's cult-classic novel Swordspoint is set in the same world of labyrinthine intrigue, where sharp swords and even sharper wits rule. 4 out of 5 stars Scholars with Teeth (and Tongues and Lips) Swordspoint is 10 hours and 54 minutes unabridged. Granted, I still have book 2, The Privilege Of The Sword in my audible wishlist, but that’s because Felicia Day is one of the narrators and I CANNOT RESIST.

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With Delia Sherman · Swordspoint (Collection) new edition includes : Swordspoint (novel; "The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death"; "Red Cloak "; and "The

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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. Swordspoint 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. 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. 2020-12-16 · Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner I started last weekend intent on leafing through a bunch of books to find the one that’d claim my attention next.

As you may know, people have search hundreds times for their favorite readings 1 Swordspoint (1987) also appeared as: · 2 The Fall of the Kings (2002) with Delia Sherman also appeared as: · 3 The Privilege of the Sword (2006) also appeared “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. I can close my eyes and see it still. Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint is a very light and easy to read fantasy novel. The book is set in an unnamed city, in a world rather different to ours. The main character, Richard, is a swordsman, who earns his living by killing nobles by contract.