Elizabeth Donald
Autor(a) de Nocturne (Nocturnal Urges, Books 1 and 2)
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- female
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- Obras
- 12
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- 1
- Membros
- 84
- Popularidade
- #216,911
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 12
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What I liked (??) about this collection is that some of the stories ['Gauntlet,' 'Memoir,' and 'Our Turn' from her first (unpublished) novel, Sanctuary] touched the fears hidden within my own soul. Growing up when I did (early cold war), I have a latent fear of the 'enemy' attacking. The enemy in these stories is as unknown as the one I feared as a child, and perhaps more worthy of fear. The fear is the same, though not as buried.
Another story that I particularly liked was 'Symphony of the Woods.' The young heroine of this story has a lovely ability that is apparently both her burden and her salvation.
'Wonderland' takes a look, with a classic science fiction stance, at the fear many have of any new technology -- even some of us who embrace it.
Each of these fifteen stories held my attention and even compelled me to continue. I appreciated the diversity of stories -- from present day psychological tensions to futuristic science fiction, with a dash of fantasy, and not a little adventure.… (mais)