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    • Pub. Date: November 2008
    • 322pp
    • Sales Rank: 303,274

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      • Pub. Date: November 2008
      • Publisher: Cengage Gale
      • Format: Hardcover, 322pp
      • Sales Rank: 303,274

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      Twenty satisfying tales spanning two decades make up this collection of Roberson's short feminist fantasy fiction. Arranged marriages are brutally depicted in "Spoils of War," while "Of Honor and the Lion" and "Blood of Sorcery," linked to Roberson's popular Chronicles of the Cheysuli, describe cultural clashes between normal humans and shape-changing Others from the viewpoints of wives, sisters and mothers. More recent contemporary fantasies, like the wry "Jesus Freaks" and the hilarious "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" examine ordinary people under contemporary religious and societal pressures. The collection is bookended by tender and reflective Arthurian tales "A Lesser Working," a gentle study in what may be, and "Guinevere's Truth," a somber meditation on what should have been. Roberson quietly illuminates the fascinating, terrifying and perhaps inevitable gulf between women's destinies and men's desires. (Nov.)

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      These are twenty well written feminist fantasy talesby harstan

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      October 20, 2008: These are twenty well written feminist fantasy tales from an author renowned as one of best authors of the sub-genre. The entries contain six from the 1980s; nine from the 1990s (including the title story), and the remaining five from this decade. Most of the early contributions were published in Sword and Sorceriss. The compilation runs much of the gamut of the genre with the emphasis obviously on heroines. Two of them ?A Lesser Working? and ?Guinevere's Truth? are intriguing Arthurian shorts and two others (?Of Honor and the Lion? and ?Blood of Sorcery? have ties in the Chronicles of the Cheysuli realm. Although the tone is vast from humor to subtle irony to conflicting cultures; and the perspective can be from the heroine or a relative (female of course), fans of Jennifer Roberson will appreciate her short story compilation in which one overarching theme whether I be modern America, Cheysuli , or another realm is kick butt females.

      Harriet Klausner