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Patricia C. Wrede

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Patricia Collins Wrede is an American fantasy writer, born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois; she is the eldest of five children. She graduated from Carleton College in 1974 with a BA in Biology. She earned an MBA from University of Minnesota in 1977. She finished her first book in 1978. She is a full-time visa mer writer. She is a vegetarian and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her three cats. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Patricia C. Wrede

Prinsessa söker drake (1990) 5,713 exemplar
Searching for Dragons (1991) 3,511 exemplar
Talking to Dragons (1985) 3,182 exemplar
Calling on Dragons (1993) 3,176 exemplar
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (1995) 1,504 exemplar
Book of Enchantments (1996) 1,332 exemplar
Thirteenth Child (2009) 1,300 exemplar
Snow White and Rose Red (1989) 1,199 exemplar
Mairelon the Magician (1991) 1,182 exemplar
Magician's Ward (1997) 874 exemplar
A Matter of Magic (1991) 751 exemplar

Associerade verk

Black Thorn, White Rose (1994) — Bidragsgivare — 1,112 exemplar
Fantasy Stories (1994) — Bidragsgivare — 322 exemplar
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: First Annual Collection (1986) — Bidragsgivare — 314 exemplar
Liavek 1 (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 309 exemplar
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 286 exemplar
The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988) — Bidragsgivare — 254 exemplar
The Players of Luck (1986) — Bidragsgivare — 225 exemplar
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1987) — Bidragsgivare — 199 exemplar
A Wizard's Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic (1993) — Bidragsgivare — 159 exemplar
Festival Week (1990) — Bidragsgivare — 154 exemplar
Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990) — Bidragsgivare — 150 exemplar
Spells of Binding (1988) — Bidragsgivare — 146 exemplar
Once upon a Curse (2012) — Bidragsgivare — 101 exemplar
Everard's Ride (1995) — Inledning — 70 exemplar
Unicorns II (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 57 exemplar
The Book of Wizards: Stories of Enchantment From Near and Far (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 12 exemplar
Apex Magazine 45 (February 2013) (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar

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Adventures with a witch & her familiar i Name that Book (januari 2013)

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Light but also not, a 14 year old girl is brought through a portal with her adoptive mother and brother. As the title declares she is the daughter of the last major Dark Lord. She is also his heir, and supposed to immediately take up the roll of Dark Lady, tacky outfits, murderous rampages and all. But Kayla is a good kid, though remembering my 14 year old self that is the least realistic portion of this fantasy. It is hilarious having the Dark Lady's mother ground her for leaving their rooms at night. I'm not quite the target for this mix.… (mer)
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quondame | 4 andra recensioner | Mar 8, 2024 |
3.5 stars; rounding to 4 for nostalgia.

I didn't realize until I read the back of this edition that it's technically a Regency romance. It is, but the romance takes a backseat to the more interesting stuff, like magic and mystery.

Many thoughts about Kim's easy acceptance that there's nothing to be done about systematic poverty. And then there's the argument that magic is often deployed in fantasy in classist ways---the first book definitely has this when Kim's ticket out of poverty is her inborn talent, but does the second one manage to subvert it? I would have been interested to know more about how the poorer wizards operated, their teachers and their social sphere.

I'm a sucker for anything that mentions Jews, especially historically, and I like the idea that Mairelon sketches. Unfortunately, I don't think it's accurate to say that they would have spoken Hebrew fluently, especially not classical Hebrew---it didn't begin to be revived as a spoken language until towards the end of the 19th century. That raises some questions about whether Ladino, Yiddish, and the local approximation of Hebrew are close enough to the written form, and whether Greek wizards have the same problem or if classical and modern Greek are also different enough.

Also, I did not understand when I was 13 how weird it is that Kim keeps calling him Mairelon even after she knows better.
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caedocyon | 19 andra recensioner | Mar 6, 2024 |
I loved this one almost as much as the previous book in the series. I didn't find the lack of Native Americans insulting as I've some--since Wrede added diversity in the book. As a black woman who reads Fantasy, I find that the general lack of diversity in the genre is sad.

The absence of Native Americans (so far) fits with the story and worldbuilding.
 
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jazzbird61 | 24 andra recensioner | Feb 29, 2024 |
I need to re-read this at some point. I remember it as enjoyable even though the ending was a little rushed.

Reread August 2022: yup, quite enjoyable, with slightly strange pacing at times.
 
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caedocyon | 134 andra recensioner | Feb 26, 2024 |

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Verk
39
Även av
19
Medlemmar
37,348
Popularitet
#491
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
864
ISBN
330
Språk
10
Favoritmärkt
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