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Katharine Eliska Kimbriel

Autor(a) de Fires of Nuala

11+ Works 565 Membros 90 Críticas 2 Favorited

About the Author

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Séries

Obras por Katharine Eliska Kimbriel

Fires of Nuala (1988) 137 exemplares
Night Calls (1996) 128 exemplares
Kindred Rites (1997) 96 exemplares
Fire Sanctuary (1986) 91 exemplares
Hidden Fires (1991) 75 exemplares
Spiral Path (1605) 25 exemplares
Wings of Morning (2005) 8 exemplares

Associated Works

Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny (1998) — Contribuidor — 169 exemplares
Against the Wind (Blood of Ten Chiefs, No 4) (1990) — Autor, algumas edições146 exemplares
Arabesques II (1989) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
The Shadow Conspiracy II (2011) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
Nevertheless, She Persisted: A Book View Café Anthology (2017) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
Werewolves: A Collection of Original Stories (1988) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
Dragon Lords and Warrior Women (2010) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Across the Spectrum (2013) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Book View Café 2020 Holiday Collection (2020) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska
Nome legal
Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska
Outros nomes
Kimbriel, Cat
Data de nascimento
19??-07-12
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Indiana, USA
Locais de residência
Texas Hill Country, USA
Educação
Extensive
Ocupações
Writer, LMT, Web Designer, Survivor
Organizações
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Book View Cafe
Agente
Jonathan Matson (Harold Matson Literary Agency)

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In the beginning Katharine Eliska Kimbriel was nominated for the Campbell Award for Best New SF/Fantasy Writer. Kimbriel wrote literate, character-driven SF and Fantasy. Then she became really ill and tried to die. Do you know that if you win the throw with Death, you become a wizard?

Katharine is a founding member of Book View Café. The SF has been re-released as e-books (FIRES OF NUALA, HIDDEN FIRES, and FIRE SANCTUARY.) She is revising a mystery with ghosts, and is writing the third Alfreda fantasy novel. Also on the horizon is a contemporary fantasy dealing with curses, dragons, very large cats and the principal that “you are what you eat.” Find her on the Internet on Live Journal (Alfreda89) Facebook (Katharine Eliska Kimbriel) and Twitter (Cat Kimbriel)

Membros

Críticas

I actually liked this book better than its prequel. Where Night calls felt rather disjointed to me, with Allie learning random magic and solving random problems while describing rituals in great unnecessary detail, Kindred rites had a clear story line. Yes, there are multiple problems for her to solve, but she learns some things she needs for the last conflict in the beginning of the book, making it seem like one story and not a few short stories in a row that happen to be about the same person. The only thing I think could have been left out was the poltergeist. Why was it there? I don't think it added anything to the story, and all of a sudden it's gone and we never get an explanation as to why. The attractive things about these books are Allie's character and the cosy atmosphere. And I liked that Allie was doing a few more things on her own.… (mais)
 
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zjakkelien | 6 outras críticas | Jan 2, 2024 |
Delightful characters, delightful world, ham-handed plotting.
 
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AmphipodGirl | 3 outras críticas | May 23, 2021 |
Highly enjoyable! Although I was afraid that this "young adult" novel would feel a bit juvenile, it didn't. The author's prose is simple but pleasing and she does a fine job of drawing the reader into the world that she has constructed. (My favorite part was the reference to George Washington -- I hope that later books in the series expound a bit more on this.) Recommended for fantasy fans who like a touch of literary flair.
½
 
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caimanjosh | 8 outras críticas | Nov 7, 2020 |
Alfreda and her cousin and teacher, Marta, visit Alfreda's home for the birth of Alfreda's new sister--and during this visit, Alfreda has an alarming and exhilarating encounter with a unicorn. As exciting and rewarding as this is, Marta is furious with the unicorn; it will make Alfreda far more visible to malignant forces. She needs more protection than she can currently provide for herself, and needs to fill the gap in her education where a knowledge of ritual magic should be.

Marta arranges for her to become a student at the Windward School, in faraway New York. The head of the school, Professor Livingston, is another of Alfreda's cousins, and she, Marta, and her mother will all trade services to the school to cover the cost of her tuition. Alfreda's share of this will be teaching the beginning herbal magic class.

Allie gets a bit of a break in this outing. Her challenges her are not vampires, werewolves, or evil sorcerers planning to steal her magic. One might almost say they're a bit more age-appropriate: going away to school for the first time, getting to know young people of very different backgrounds from her own, learning the social rules of a larger society, and studying subjects Marta and her mother couldn't teach her themselves. Indoor sanitary facilities and a version of hot and cold running water are new experiences for her. So is cooking as punishment duty, and cooking with a crew that mostly has never cooked before--although some have been taught how to create dinner menus and direct kitchen staff.

Much of the adventure here is the adventure of boarding school with a magical twist, but there are other things going on in the background, and Allie can no more avoid trouble than she can avoid breathing. She's just far too intelligent, inquisitive, and brave, not to mention impetuous.

This is a lot of fun. Recommended.

I received a free electronic galley of this book from the author.
… (mais)
 
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LisCarey | 3 outras críticas | Sep 19, 2018 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
11
Also by
9
Membros
565
Popularidade
#44,255
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
90
ISBN
17
Marcado como favorito
2

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