Imatge de l'autor

Jean Rabe

Autor/a de The Dawning of a New Age

149+ obres 4,806 Membres 57 Ressenyes 3 preferits

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Obres de Jean Rabe

The Dawning of a New Age (1996) 538 exemplars
The Day of the Tempest (1997) 458 exemplars
Red Magic (1991) 417 exemplars
The Eve of the Maelstrom (1998) 409 exemplars
Downfall (2000) 269 exemplars
Betrayal (2001) 200 exemplars
Redemption (2002) 175 exemplars
A Taste of Magic (2006) 164 exemplars
The Silver Stair (1999) 149 exemplars
Renaissance Faire (2005) — Editor — 138 exemplars
Steampunk'd (2010) — Editor — 126 exemplars
Dragon Mage (2008) — Autor — 108 exemplars
The Lake of Death (2004) 101 exemplars
Return to Quag Keep (2006) — Autor — 95 exemplars
Timeshares (2010) — Editor — 82 exemplars
Aftershock (2006) 74 exemplars
The Rebellion (2007) 74 exemplars
Hot and Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance (2011) — Editor — 73 exemplars
Terribly Twisted Tales (2009) — Editor — 70 exemplars
Furry Fantastic (2006) — Editor — 66 exemplars
The Finest Creation (2004) 64 exemplars
Pandora's Closet (2007) — Editor — 63 exemplars
Death March (2008) 55 exemplars
Goblin Nation (2009) 50 exemplars
The Finest Choice (2005) 45 exemplars
Time Twisters (2007) — Editor — 45 exemplars
The Jungles of Chult (1993) 41 exemplars
Vale of the Mage (1989) 40 exemplars
Spells of the City (2009) — Editor — 35 exemplars
Sol's Children (2002) — Editor — 31 exemplars
Cities of Mystery (1989) 27 exemplars
Athena's Daughters (2014) — Editor — 25 exemplars
Time Traveled Tales: Volume 1 (2014) — Editor — 23 exemplars
The Finest Challenge (2006) 23 exemplars
Boondocks Fantasy (2011) — Editor — 22 exemplars
Historical Hauntings (2001) — Editor — 19 exemplars
Secret of the Djinn (1994) 17 exemplars
Sovereign Stone: The Taan (2000) — Autor — 15 exemplars
Night of the Tiger (1995) 12 exemplars
The Bone Shroud (2018) 8 exemplars
The Cauldron (2014) 8 exemplars
Fenzig's Fortune (2007) 8 exemplars
Dragons! (2017) — Editor and Introduction; Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Tribulations (2016) 6 exemplars
Time Traveled Tales, Volume 2 (2014) 6 exemplars
Polyhedron Newszine #59 (1991) 3 exemplars
La escalera de plata (2003) 3 exemplars
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 47 (1989) 2 exemplars
Dance Like a Monkey (2014) 2 exemplars
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 45 (1989) 2 exemplars
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 48 (1989) 2 exemplars
Field to Field (2003) 2 exemplars
El dragón azul quinta era (2007) 2 exemplars
Dragon Azul 2 exemplars
Shadowrun: Down Under (2018) 2 exemplars
Basic Magic 1 exemplars
The Queen Slayer {short story} (2019) 1 exemplars
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 42 (1988) 1 exemplars
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 41 (1988) 1 exemplars
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 38 (1987) 1 exemplars
Polyhedron Newszine 79 (1993) 1 exemplars
¿wit Nowej Ery (2005) 1 exemplars
Hang Ten 1 exemplars
Focke-drache 1 exemplars
Auriga's Streetcar 1 exemplars
Stardust 1 exemplars
WURMS 1 exemplars
Few of Us 1 exemplars
In The Fold 1 exemplars
Black Annie 1 exemplars
After Tony's Fall 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Tales from the New Republic (1999) — Col·laborador — 711 exemplars
Realms of Valor (1993) — Col·laborador — 467 exemplars
Realms of Magic (1995) — Col·laborador — 329 exemplars
The Dragons of Chaos (1997) — Col·laborador — 299 exemplars
Relics and Omens (1998) — Col·laborador — 191 exemplars
Heroes and Fools (1999) — Col·laborador — 188 exemplars
The Search for Magic: Tales from the War of Souls (2001) — Col·laborador — 179 exemplars
Rebels and Tyrants (2000) — Col·laborador — 145 exemplars
The Search for Power: Dragons from the War of Souls (2004) — Col·laborador — 120 exemplars
Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy (2006) — Col·laborador — 116 exemplars
Merlin (1999) — Col·laborador — 102 exemplars
Creature Fantastic (2001) — Col·laborador — 100 exemplars
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets (2005) — Col·laborador — 97 exemplars
Maiden, Matron, Crone (2005) — Col·laborador — 95 exemplars
The Players of Gilean (2003) — Col·laborador — 94 exemplars
Dragons of Time (2007) — Col·laborador — 89 exemplars
Knight Fantastic (2002) — Col·laborador — 87 exemplars
Magic Tails (2005) — Col·laborador — 86 exemplars
More Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home (2000) — Col·laborador — 86 exemplars
Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City (2004) — Col·laborador — 77 exemplars
Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues (2015) — Col·laborador — 76 exemplars
Familiars (2002) — Col·laborador — 74 exemplars
Places to Be, People to Kill (2007) — Col·laborador — 71 exemplars
Chicks and Balances (2015) — Col·laborador — 71 exemplars
Catopolis (2008) — Col·laborador — 70 exemplars
Warrior Fantastic (2000) — Col·laborador — 64 exemplars
Children of Magic (2006) — Col·laborador — 59 exemplars
Imaginary Friends (2008) — Col·laborador — 54 exemplars
Guardsmen of Tomorrow (2000) — Col·laborador — 52 exemplars
Zombiesque (2011) — Col·laborador — 51 exemplars
Man vs Machine (2007) — Col·laborador — 49 exemplars
Space Stations (2004) — Col·laborador — 48 exemplars
In the Shadow of Evil (2005) — Col·laborador — 47 exemplars
The Trouble With Heroes (2009) — Col·laborador — 47 exemplars
The Repentant (2003) — Col·laborador — 46 exemplars
More Stories from the Twilight Zone (2010) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
Legends (1999) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
Intelligent Design (2009) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
Gamer Fantastic (2009) — Col·laborador — 40 exemplars
Slipstreams (2006) — Col·laborador — 37 exemplars
Human for a Day (2011) — Col·laborador — 36 exemplars
Mystery Date (2008) — Col·laborador — 36 exemplars
Oceans of Space (2002) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Army of the Fantastic (2007) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Bless Your Mechanical Heart (2014) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
Future Americas (2008) — Col·laborador — 31 exemplars
Quag Keep & Return to Quag Keep Omnibus (1978) — Autor, algunes edicions30 exemplars
The Magic Toy Box (2006) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
Funny Fantasy (2016) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Front Lines (2008) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Crash Dive (Anthology 9-in-1) (2003) — Col·laborador — 22 exemplars
Swordplay (2009) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
Transformers: Legends (2004) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars
The New Hero: New Heroes for a New Age (2013) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Shadowrun: World of Shadows (2015) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
The Society for the Preservation of CJ Henderson (2015) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Brigands: A Blackguards Anthology (2019) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Women of the Crystal Coast (3) (Dragonband: Tales) (2019) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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In Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, the character of Blanche Dubois says, “I don’t want realism. I want magic!”–a quote that aptly describes this collection of tales related by their relationship to their cities. Many of the exploits and adventures within the stories could have mundane explanations. Maybe the mother really did kill her daughter in Michael A Stackpole’s “The Devil Within,” or maybe the character was imagining the sounds coming from beneath her bed in Judi Rohrig’s ”Falls the Shadow.” But who wants to read about that when there could be something truly extraordinary about the circumstances?

Admittedly, not all the stories were to my liking, but on the other hand I found several new authors I wanted to try out. There were also returning favorites from whom I was delighted to read more. As seems usual for anthologies, there were so-so stories and then there were more intriguing stories. Of the thirteen stories contained, eight of them were interesting, but not attention-grabbing, while the five I enjoyed the most held a little something extra.

“The Devil Within” by Michael A. Stackpole: This is a story set within the universe he created for his character Trick Molloy, who’s pulling time as a private investigator for this story. Stackpole gives new meaning to the phrase “religious fervor.” I was pleasantly surprised by Trick’s cynicism; there’s nothing I like more than a character who’s an unrepentant cynic. Stackpole does a good job of laying the foundation for the world without bogging the story down with too much exposition. I found it intriguing that for a person to tap into their magical ability, they had to have a “trip”–a catalyst, really.

“Falls the Shadow” by Judi Rohrig: This is my first experience with this writer, though she appears to have several stories in anthologies waiting on my TBR pile, so I’ll have to read those, as well. This is the classic case of things that go bump in the night but with a twist on what those critters are. I freely admit I don’t understand this story completely; parts of the action jumbled themselves together, and the explanations were confusing, but the idea of it intrigued me and kept me reading. I would definitely love to see the idea expanded into a novel, or given a few more stories to flesh it out a bit.

“We Burgled It, We Sure Did” by Mickey Zucker Reichart: Leprechauns! This is a story about what happens when people believe a little too much in some of the old tales. Following the Leprechauns’ speech pattern is a little mind-bending, but the resolution to their problem makes a whole lot more sense than you’d believe from the premise alone.

“Disarmed and Dangerous” by Tim Waggoner: This is a short story featuring Waggoner’s zombie PI, Matthew Richter. I love the Matthew Richter books (Nekropolis and Dead Streets, both from Angry Robot Books), but even for someone without prior knowledge, Waggoner sets forth the background details well. Humor, a little bit of horror, and action abound, and it was also nice to see Matthew’s friendship with Papa Chatha deepen.

“‘Twas the Happy Hour After Christmas” by Robert Wenzlaff: Santa walks into Thor’s bar, and the two of them share stories about what it’s like having mythologies that keep changing on a mortal’s whim. Poor Santa is sick of the commercialism of the holiday ruining his life and just wants a vacation. Meanwhile Thor, who’s had his own share of publicity problems, comes up with a solution. This was a short, amusing, and intriguing piece full of incidents such as what happened to Odin and how he got his eye back.

In the end, the anthology stood out for one reason to me–each story captured some of the magic and uniqueness that can only be found if you live in a city. Amid the constant lights, streams of traffic, and seeming sleeplessness, a city holds a powerful magnetism for ordinary and paranormal folks alike. This collection spotlighted the best of those feelings.
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lexilewords | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Dec 28, 2023 |
Anthologies are always hit or miss for me. Usually if I like the premise then I'm likely to find it harder to enjoy the individual stories. If I am only mildly interested in the premise and picking the book up more for the authors included, I fare far better. Such is the case with Timeshares. Six of the authors listed are of interest to me for various reasons and the premise was interesting enough to garner my attention.

Who hasn't wanted to travel back in time? I know I used to dream about traveling back and meeting Cleopatra or taking some leadership lessons from Queen Victoria. Here in the present we can look at the past and see exactly where we can get our answers instead of working them out for ourselves. I was shocked at how few were about going back and learning wisdom from famous people.

My favorites by far were "The Shaman" by Annie Jones, "A Portrait of Time" by Kelly Swails and "But I'm Not the Only One" by Chris Pierson. All three were surprisingly touching and well written. "The Shaman", about a woman who accidentally finds herself thrown back in time to Ancient Arizona, was simple and inspiring. "A Portrait of Time", about a woman who travels back to save her twin sister, was heartbreaking because of the depth of feeling both the women felt. And lastly "But I'm Not the Only One", about a famous musician's trip to the future, was both surrealistic and touching (especially in the end).

Surprisingly I enjoyed the anthology as a whole, finding each different writer's take on what could happen unique and interesting. Some of them ended well ("Limited Time Offer" by Dean Allen Leggett and "Unsolved Histories" by Greg Cox) and some ended quite badly for the character at least ("Timeless Lisa" by Robert E. Vardeman), but no two ideas were similar. No two writers wrote their character's motivations and reasoning to be the same as another's.

There is some great little known talent in this volume, as well as great introductions to some well known talent, but I think in the end there will be a story, or setting, for everyone to enjoy.
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lexilewords | Dec 28, 2023 |
Decent story, I liked that the young warrior character is female, but the ending was unsatisfying.
 
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JBarringer | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Dec 15, 2023 |
Dhamon Fierolobo y su banda de mercenarios han fijado sus condiciosas miradas en el siguiente objetivo, un tesoro largo tiempo olvidado y oculto bajo una pradera. Las leyendas prometen incontables riquezas, una fortuna tan inmensa que resulta increíble.
Pero en el mundo de los ladrones, lleno de secretos y engaños, hay que pagar un alto precio por una fortuna semejante, un precio mayor que la insoportable agonía que Dhamon padece bajo la maldición de una escama de dragón. Un precio tan alto que puede costarle la vida a Dhamon.… (més)
 
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Natt90 | Feb 16, 2023 |

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Linda P. Baker Contributor
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Brian A. Hopkins Contributor
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Gene DeWeese Contributor
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Rebecca Moesta Contributor
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Mike Resnick Contributor
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Pam Melroy Introduction
Jean Marie Ward Contributor
Doris Stever Contributor
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Cynthia Ward Contributor
Gail Z. Martin Contributor
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Ed Beard Jr. Cover artist
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Jeff Easley Cover artist
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Dennis Kauth Cartography
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Karolyn Guldan Interior art
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Estadístiques

Obres
149
També de
60
Membres
4,806
Popularitat
#5,228
Valoració
½ 3.3
Ressenyes
57
ISBN
160
Llengües
7
Preferit
3

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