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|pages=592
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|date=April 2007
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So, where are we at the start of this huge volume? We're in a world that seems a lot like our recent past - people bear Dickensian names, and do Dickensian things. Molly, our orphan heroine, gets sent back to the poorhouse for the umpteenth time for getting herself the sack.
If you're interested there's a nice little animation about the book [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ucLBDTthU here].
You might prefer [[Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft]].
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|name=Magda
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|comment= If not a parody, then a pastiche, perhaps? Or being very, er, post-modern? I think I would have probably liked it better (I read fantasy and s-f mainly for the multitude of world visions) but I also think that what seems to be a requirement to make all fantasy books now 500+ pages (and a minimum of a trilogy) is a very double-edged thing.
I think I would have probably liked it better (I read fantasy and s-f mainly for the multitude of world visions) but I also think that what seems to be a requirement to make all fantasy books now 500+ pages (and a minimum of a trilogy) is a very double-edged thing.
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|comment= One saving grace of this book is that it really does seem to be self-contained, and not part of a strict trilogy. But there is scope for more fiction set in the same world.
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''The Court of the Air'' is a Friday night curry ruined by too many different spices. Had Mr Hunt restricted himself to a mere two or three genres, then I think the result would have been far more enjoyable. Certainly he has some wonderful ideas, and his writing is better than many authors I have read, but in this case the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
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