Kage Baker (1952–2010)
Autor(a) de In the Garden of Iden
About the Author
Kage Baker was born in Hollywood, California on June 10, 1952. Her first novel, In the Garden of Iden, was published in 1997. She was a science fiction and fantasy writer, who was best known for The Company series. Her other works included Mendoza in Hollywood (2000), House of the Stag (2009), and mostrar mais the short story Caverns of Mystery (2009). The Empress of Mars (2003) won the Theodore Sturgeon Award. She died from uterine cancer on January 31, 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Kage Baker
The Wreck of the Gladstone 8 exemplares
The Fourth Branch 8 exemplares
Facts Relating to the Arrest of Dr. Kalugin 8 exemplares
The Ruby Incomparable 7 exemplares
Standing In His Light 7 exemplares
Plotters and Shooters 6 exemplares
Her Father's Eyes 6 exemplares
A Night on the Barbary Coast 5 exemplares
The Queen in the Hill 5 exemplares
Hellfire at Twilight 5 exemplares
Miss Yahoo Has Her Say 5 exemplares
Mother Aegypt [short story] 4 exemplares
The Catch 4 exemplares
What the Tyger Told Her 4 exemplares
Smart Alec 4 exemplares
How They Tried to Talk Indian Tony Down 4 exemplares
I Begin as I Mean to Go On [short story] 3 exemplares
The Bohemian Astrobleme 3 exemplares
To the Land Beyond the Sunset 3 exemplares
Leaving His Cares Behind Him 3 exemplares
The Likely Lad 3 exemplares
The Hotel at Harlan's Landing 3 exemplares
Old Flat Top 2 exemplares
Caverns of Mystery 2 exemplares
The Queen in Yellow 2 exemplares
The Applesauce Monster [short story] 2 exemplares
Monster Story 2 exemplares
The Faithful [novelette] 1 exemplar
Il figlio della macchina (Urania) 1 exemplar
The Ruby Incomparable (published in Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy) 1 exemplar
Il figlio della compagnia del tempo (Urania) 1 exemplar
The Carpet Beds of Sutro Park 1 exemplar
Maelstrom and Other Martian Tales 1 exemplar
'The Company' Stories 1 exemplar
The Ruined Vacation 1 exemplar
Are You Afflicted With Dragons? 1 exemplar
Calamari Curls 1 exemplar
Attlee And The Long Walk 1 exemplar
The Caravan from Troon [short story] 1 exemplar
Running the Snake 1 exemplar
Introduction: The Hounds of Zeus 1 exemplar
Company Man 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (2003) — Contribuidor — 771 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (2004) — Contribuidor — 534 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (2005) — Contribuidor — 530 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000) — Contribuidor — 510 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (2008) — Contribuidor — 475 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection (2007) — Contribuidor — 433 exemplares
The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2009) — Contribuidor — 394 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection (2011) — Contribuidor — 295 exemplares
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction (2019) — Contribuidor — 130 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Baker, Kate Genevieve
- Data de nascimento
- 1952-06-10
- Data de falecimento
- 2010-01-31
- Localização do túmulo
- body donated to medical science
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Pismo Beach, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- cancer (uterine)
- Ocupações
- science fiction and fantasy writer
artist
actor
director
teacher
history re-enactor - Relações
- Bartholomew, Kathleen (sister)
- Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Living History Centre - Agente
- Linn Prentis Literary
Membros
Críticas
This is a weird one. The general format is chapter-long episodes of "be careful what you wish for... you'll get it," but instead of gradually going to hell, things actually get better as plot bumps along. Increasingly complicated, but better.
Easily the best part of this book is the setting. The entertainingly and lovingly dysfunctional Martian colony manages to toe a narrow line between the hackneyed utopian-or-dystopian space colonies of other sci-fi.
The elements of magical realism kicking in at the end didn't come out of nowhere, but they were unexpected and didn't do it for me. I think I'd have to go back and reread the whole book through that filter for it to work.… (mais)
Easily the best part of this book is the setting. The entertainingly and lovingly dysfunctional Martian colony manages to toe a narrow line between the hackneyed utopian-or-dystopian space colonies of other sci-fi.
The elements of magical realism kicking in at the end didn't come out of nowhere, but they were unexpected and didn't do it for me. I think I'd have to go back and reread the whole book through that filter for it to work.… (mais)
This was one of the best books I read in 2010. I think Baker did a marvelous job of creating plausible details of what colonizing Mars would be like, tackling the economics behind such an endeavor (at least better than anyone else I've read), and sketching out likable and believable characters. If I ever re-read this (and I think it is likely I will do so), I will revise my rating to 5 stars.
Update (3/29/2013) - So, I re-read it and gladly give it five stars. It was every bit as enjoyable the second time around as it was the first. But my enjoyment was tempered by the knowledge of Baker's death, and regretting that there will never be a sequel.… (mais)
Update (3/29/2013) - So, I re-read it and gladly give it five stars. It was every bit as enjoyable the second time around as it was the first. But my enjoyment was tempered by the knowledge of Baker's death, and regretting that there will never be a sequel.… (mais)
A secret cabal of high-tech cyborgs with instructions from the future, operating throughout all of human history: beat that as a science fiction premise.
I did feel the plot, engaging and moving as it was, had enough material for a short story, not a novel. But it's a debut, and I will definitely pick up more volumes in this series.
Recommended to fans of Connie Willis!
I did feel the plot, engaging and moving as it was, had enough material for a short story, not a novel. But it's a debut, and I will definitely pick up more volumes in this series.
Recommended to fans of Connie Willis!
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 104
- Also by
- 66
- Membros
- 11,421
- Popularidade
- #2,060
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 414
- ISBN
- 123
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 73
I'd guess this is written with a ten year old audience in mind, but I certainly enjoyed it as an aging adult and think it is one of the sweetest children's books I have read in a very long while. An adventure story with a treasure hunt, and very memorable characters. It has many pen and ink drawings which took me a while to appreciate. Nice short chapters that let me read this easily at my leisure. Recommended… (mais)