

"Little Things" is about a sorcerer's apprentice, who like all sorcerer's apprentice's I suppose, wants to get ahead. However the story is mostly about the feud between the sorcerer and another village magician. I especially liked the setting and Ramsey's exploration of the etiquette in this fictional world. It's a huge faux-pas, for instance, to undo another sorcerer's spells. However, if you don't consider yourself a fan of fantasy, the familiar set-ups get annoying. How come fantasy worlds have so many throwbacks to the middle ages and yet people are named Zipnax and Albettra? When I'm cranky, I find it really hard to think fantasy is anything but silliness. When I'm in a better mood I see them more like fairy tales for adults, but I guess my mood is somewhere in the middle at the moment. Such is February.
(Did you write a post for Monday? If so, please leave a link in the comments below.)
7 comments:
Yeah, I'm not a fantasy kind of gal, myself. It is great how the genre's authors do share their work and connect with readers though.
I took your advice and read 'The Fly' this week: http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2011/02/fly-by-katherine-mansfield.html
I actually really like fantasy, but I do agree that some of it is very formulaic. I'm not a fan of Terry Prachett though, so I'm not sure I'd bother with this story.
Here's my post for the week.
http://bookmineset.blogspot.com/2011/02/readers-diary-688-sherry-d-ramsey.html
Is there a link to the story?
But I'm not a fantasy fan either, so please don't bother on my account.
Meh! Not tempted!
New Brunswick this week:
http://emeire.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/foreigners-by-elisabeth-harvor/
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Teddy: Oh good! I'm off to read your review.
Loni: Then, I guess if they veered too far away from the formula, it wouldn't be fantasy.
And I think you accidentally linked to this post. Here's yours: http://loniseye.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-flannel-knickers-by-leonora.html
Barbara: There is now. And you don't have to read it of course, but everyone should probably make up their own minds.
Emeire: Oh well. I hope you had better luck!
Oops! I totally didn't notice. I was very sleep deprived on Monday. I blame my pregnancy and my toddler :)
Hey John, thanks for the mention and for reading my story. Any review that would even mention me and Terry Pratchett in the same sentence makes my heart flutter. :) If you drop by my site anytime in the future, you might try The Ambassador's Staff. It's a kind of sci-fi/detective noir story and a bit more for grown-ups, so you might enjoy it more. Thanks again for dropping by!
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