Barbara Hambly
Autor/a de Children of the Jedi
Sobre l'autor
Barbara Hambly lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on the sixth Benjamin January novel, "Wet Grave", which Bantam will publish in 2002. Her second Benjamin January novel, "Fever Season", was named a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. (Publisher Provided) Barbara Hambly was born in mostra'n més San Diego, California on August 28, 1951. She received a master's degree in medieval history from the University of California at Riverside in 1975. She has worked as a high-school teacher, a model, a waitress, a technical editor, and a karate instructor. At one time, she also wrote scripts for cartoons like Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and He-Man. She writes many different types of books including fantasy, romance, and mystery. Her works include the Darwath Trilogy, the Benjamin January Mysteries series, Those Who Hunt the Night, The Emancipator's Wife, Someone Else's Shadow, and Patriot Ladies. She has also written for the Star Trek universe, the Star Wars universe, and the Beauty and the Beast television program. She is a Locus award winner. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Barbara Hambly
The Darwath Series: The Time of the Dark, The Walls of Air, and The Armies of Daylight (1983) 110 exemplars
The Sun Wolf and Starhawk Series: The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and The Dark Hand of Magic (2013) 59 exemplars
Anne Steelyard and The Garden of Emptiness, Act II: The Gate of Dreams and Starlight (2009) 11 exemplars
Der Zauberturm * Der Megabyte Magier * Das Dämonentor * (Die Chroniken von Windrose Bände 1-3) (1999) 6 exemplars
The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece 4 exemplars
Someone Else's Shadow 2 exemplars
Each Damp Thing 2 exemplars
The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk 2 exemplars
Benjamin January Collection: Books 1-3 1 exemplars
Repossession 1 exemplars
5 Fantasy Novels by Barbara Hambly ; The Walls of Air; The Ladies of Mandrigyn; Icefalcon's Quest; The Dark Hand… (1998) 1 exemplars
Changeling {short story} 1 exemplars
The Adventure of the Sinister Chinaman 1 exemplars
Quest for Glory [short story] 1 exemplars
The Horsemen and the Morning Star {short story} 1 exemplars
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Vol. 1 1 exemplars
fantasy 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Night's Edge (Her Best Enemy | Someone Else's Shadow | Dancers in the Dark) (2004) — Col·laborador — 625 exemplars
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who (2012) — Col·laborador — 96 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Altres noms
- Hamilton, Barbara
- Data de naixement
- 1951-08-28
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- San Diego, California, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Montclair, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France - Educació
- University of California, Riverside (MA|Medieval History)
- Professions
- novelist
- Relacions
- Effinger, George Alec (spouse) (divorced)
- Organitzacions
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA, past President)
- Premis i honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1994)
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award (Historical Mystery ∙ 2004)
Lord Ruthven award (1996)
Membres
Converses
Vampire seeks help of Englishman with red haired wife a Name that Book (gener 2020)
Standalone Group Read - January - Stranger at the Wedding / Sorcerer's Ward by Barbara Hambly a The Green Dragon (maig 2015)
MARCH - SPOILERS - A Free Man of Color a The Green Dragon (març 2014)
MARCH - NO SPOILERS - A Free Man of Color a The Green Dragon (març 2014)
Star Trek Spocks mothers family a Name that Book (desembre 2012)
Fantasy - homeless man and fairies after calamity a Name that Book (juliol 2011)
evil wizard plots to live forever as a computer? a Name that Book (febrer 2009)
Ressenyes
Good Man Friday (Benjamin January Book 12) de Barbara Hambly
Pre-Revolutionary War plot with Edgar Allen Poe as a main character (before his horror thrillers and rabies bite). Slavery (well described). Some Profanity. Narrator did accents well and clearly - her usual performance.
Unusual blend of fantasy and horror, with two (80s) contemporary characters persuaded to help in a last ditch struggle against Lovecraftian type monsters in another parallel world. This series has it all: magic, warriors, monsters, edge of the seat suspense, political struggles, romance. Flawed characters and the non obvious e.g. who ends up paired with whom. I first read it a long time ago and have re-read it a few times since, latest re-read August 2020.
On this re-read, I will just add this to my overall summary under the first book: as the trilogy enters the closing laps, the characters are put through the ringer even more, with more political shenanigans, treachery, hopeless endeavours, and backs to the wall. If I was reading this fresh now, I might have taken off a star from vols 2 and 3, because there are some aspects, such as the over sentimental portrayal of Queen Minalde/Alde, and the occasional bit of head-hopping between characters within a scene, that I find slightly irritating, but staying true to my original perception and in view of this still being very enjoyable, I am sticking with the original 5 star rating for each volume.… (més)
See short summary for book 1 - the only thing I would modify this with, on August 2020 re-read, is that this does suffer slightly from the middle book of a trilogy syndrome, because the characters are split up and I did remember the big shock-horror revelation early on in my re-read. But staying true to my original perception, I am leaving this at 5 stars.
Llistes
Books Read in 2015 (11)
Gaslamp Fantasy (1)
Epistolary Books (1)
Five star books (1)
Autumn books (1)
Sense of place (1)
music to my eyes (1)
Urban Fiction (2)
1990s Star Wars (2)
Read in 2014 (3)
Books Read in 2013 (11)
Comfort Reads (1)
Favourite Books (1)
al.vick-series (1)
Opera in fiction (1)
Tagged Doctors (1)
SFFCat 2015 (1)
Premis
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 132
- També de
- 25
- Membres
- 31,816
- Popularitat
- #622
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 517
- ISBN
- 563
- Llengües
- 10
- Preferit
- 88
- Pedres de toc
- 828
