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Katherine Kurtz

Autor/a de Deryni Rising

66+ obres 26,269 Membres 198 Ressenyes 67 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida on October 18, 1944. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami where she graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry. She completed an M.A. in medieval English history at UCLA while writing her first two novels, and working as mostra'n més an instructional designer for the Los Angeles Police Academy. She is also a professionally trained hypnotist, a student of comparative religion, and somewhat of an authority on heraldry and chivalry She has also joined with Deborah Turner Harris, and together they have written five books in an adept series of occult detective thrillers set in modern Scotland. Her first editing foray, Tales of The Knights Templar, appeared from Warner Books in 1995, which wa followed by a second volume, On Crusade: More Tales of The Knights Templar. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Katherine Kurtz

Deryni Rising (1970) 2,014 exemplars
Camber of Culdi (1976) 1,694 exemplars
Deryni Checkmate (1972) 1,596 exemplars
High Deryni (1973) 1,568 exemplars
Saint Camber (1978) 1,438 exemplars
Camber the Heretic (1981) 1,364 exemplars
The Bishop's Heir (1984) 1,299 exemplars
The King's Justice (1985) 1,203 exemplars
The Quest for Saint Camber (1986) 1,198 exemplars
The Harrowing of Gwynedd (1989) 1,090 exemplars
The Adept (1991) 859 exemplars
The Deryni Archives (1982) 819 exemplars
King Javan's Year (1992) 788 exemplars
The Bastard Prince (1994) 768 exemplars
King Kelson's Bride (2000) 741 exemplars
The Lodge of the Lynx (1992) 684 exemplars
The Templar Treasure (1993) 670 exemplars
Dagger Magic (1995) 575 exemplars
Death of an Adept (1996) 548 exemplars
In The King's Service (2003) — Autor — 543 exemplars
Deryni Magic (1990) 512 exemplars
Lammas Night (1983) — Autor — 453 exemplars
St. Patrick's Gargoyle (2001) 423 exemplars
Childe Morgan (2006) 392 exemplars
The Temple and the Stone (1998) 364 exemplars
Knights of the Blood (1993) 360 exemplars
Two Crowns for America (1996) 275 exemplars
At Swords Point (1994) — Created by — 256 exemplars
Tales of the Knights Templar (1995) — Editor, Contributor — 252 exemplars
Deryni Tales (2000) 237 exemplars
Legacy of Lehr (1986) 235 exemplars
The Temple and the Crown (2001) 214 exemplars
Codex Derynianus (1998) — Autor — 162 exemplars
The King's Deryni (2014) 151 exemplars
The Chronicles of the Deryni (1970) 150 exemplars
On Crusade: More Tales of the Knights Templar (1998) — Editor, Contributor — 105 exemplars
Crusade of Fire: Mystical Tales of the Knights Templar (2002) — Editor, Contributor — 89 exemplars
Camber of Culdi/Bethane (2016) 40 exemplars
Venture in Vain (2001) 5 exemplars
Trilogia dei Deryni 4 exemplars
Swords Against The Marluk (1977) 3 exemplars
Bethane [short story] (1982) 2 exemplars
The legacy of Leh 1 exemplars
Crusade of Fire 1 exemplars
Vocation [novelette] (1983) 1 exemplars
Legacy [short story] (1983) 1 exemplars
Healer's Song [short story] (1982) 1 exemplars
Catalyst [short story] (1985) 1 exemplars
Trial [novelette] (1986) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (1991) — Col·laborador — 374 exemplars
Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians (1977) — Col·laborador — 211 exemplars
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (1998) — Col·laborador — 170 exemplars
The Crafters (1991) — Col·laborador — 168 exemplars
Hecate's Cauldron (1982) — Col·laborador — 147 exemplars
Moonsinger's Friends: In Honor of Andre Norton (1985) — Col·laborador — 142 exemplars
Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey (1996) — Col·laborador — 141 exemplars
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) — Col·laborador — 132 exemplars
Battlestations (2011) — Col·laborador — 127 exemplars
Total War (1990) — Autor — 100 exemplars
Crisis (1991) — Col·laborador — 87 exemplars
The Gods of War (1992) — Col·laborador — 81 exemplars
Legends (1999) — Introducció — 43 exemplars
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume 36 (2020) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
Swords Against Darkness (2016) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
The Deryni Adventure Game (2005) — Original novel — 20 exemplars
Novel Ideas-Fantasy (2006) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars
Nine Visions, a Book of Fantasies (1983) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Ashtaru der Schreckliche. (1982) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions9 exemplars
New Altars (1996) — Introducció — 3 exemplars

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Abandoned within the first 20 pages. The writing is unimaginative and horrid.
 
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electrascaife | Hi ha 25 ressenyes més | Jan 18, 2024 |
This is the first of Kurtz's NUMEROUS books set in the Deryni world. High fantasy of an earlier era, this focuses on the death of the current king and the difficulties surrounding the inheriting of the throne. Interesting and somewhat unique (especially at the time) in fantasy, we have the Catholic Church itself as a major player in this fantasy world, separate and distinct from magic which is generally inherited by blood or rite from a race called the Deryni. Religious fanaticism and racism both play ongoing roles in this world. There are some strong female characters, including the primary antagonist.
I think one of the most interesting things about this first book is that the entire thing (minus the prologue) essentially takes place over the course of 24 hours. It was a good way to keep the pacing moving along, and not fall victim to a lot of detailed world-building in the first book by keeping the story so small and tight (less than a dozen truly important characters) despite the scale of its impact on the world.
I'm glad this was the next in the stack of inherited old fantasy and science fiction. I've been working through them, mostly from the 60s-80. At least as far as the fantasy was concerned I was growing worried that I had grown too old, too sophisticated as a reader, and/or just gotten to accustomed to newer (and often more grimdark) ways of telling these stories that I wasn't able to really enjoy work from the era during which I first fell in love with fantasy.
While this definitely hearkens back to a style of story-telling in fantasy that is definitively different than today, I still really enjoyed it. Whether it truly is or not, it *feels* slower paced, less grim. The magic was a little all over the place, but I know later on Kurtz pins down the system in a much more detailed way (there's a book just about how the magic works), but that feels normal for time period of fantasy during which this was written. I think this is readily accessible to adults, teens, and advanced young readers, just the kind of cross-demographic appeal fantasy was supposed to have.
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jdavidhacker | Hi ha 25 ressenyes més | Jan 5, 2024 |
I've been going back to classic fantasy books. I missed this one when it came out, but it's the first of the Deryni series, first published in 1970.
It occurs in Gwynedd, where King Brion rules as leader of one of the Eleven Kingdoms. Brion is human but has powers bequeathed to him by the Deryni, a race of people with magic and psychic powers now persecuted by the Church. His general is Alaric Morgan, a half-Deryni who has been training the heir, Prince Kelson. A Deryni sorceress named Charissa assassinates Brion, but rumors paint Morgan as the killer.
This is epic high fantasy roughly based on Welsh legends and history. This book has spawned fifteen books that take place in this world, though this one can be read as a complete story. The world-building is fascinating and involved, with political machinations in both the court and church taking place among murders and magic. It's more YA fantasy than Game of Thrones, but a very satisfying introduction to a spellbinding world and characters that I will be reading more about.
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N.W.Moors | Hi ha 25 ressenyes més | Oct 3, 2023 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
66
També de
20
Membres
26,269
Popularitat
#799
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
198
ISBN
298
Llengües
5
Preferit
67

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