THE LAST STORMLORD - GLENDA LARKE
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This is the place to chat about the Legend nominated author. what about their writing gives them your vote? What similarities are there between thiers and David's work? What will keep you coming back for more? Please discuss the author and their work and help others to make thier mind up for the vote.
This is the place to chat about the Legend nominated author. what about their writing gives them your vote? What similarities are there between thiers and David's work? What will keep you coming back for more? Please discuss the author and their work and help others to make thier mind up for the vote.
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Permalink Reply by Satima Flavell on -
Glenda Larke is very much in the spirit of DG! She has written some fine books and I really think The Last Stormlord is her best to date. It has excellent world building and an fine crop of characters.
Imagine a world where water, or lack thereof, dominates every nuance of daily life. A message for our time, but one that's cloaked in a highly original story.
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Permalink Reply by JOE CRAWFORD on -
Having read and being a major fan of Frank Herbert, I find similarities to the quintessential eco sci fi series Dune. Since Glenda was born and raised in Australia, an island continent with many of the characteristics of Arrakis, i can see her inspiration for this novel. A fine cause is served by any presentation of the facts of global warming, which i can gather from the synopsis. I, for one, will see that i read this book. I am glad to see noms from the down under part of the Empire!
joe
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Permalink Reply by drosdelnoch on -
Not that long to wait for its UK release though Joe.
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Permalink Reply by JOE CRAWFORD on
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But will i be able to find it in the colonies?
joe
drosdelnoch said:Not that long to wait for its UK release though Joe.
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Permalink Reply by Satima Flavell on
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Depends where you are, Joe. If you're in Oz, it's available right now! Here is it released by HC Voyager: in the UK and probably elsewhere, it will be released by Orbit. You could check out the website in your country to find out, I guess.
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Permalink Reply by Glenda Larke on -
The Last Stormlord is already out in Australia and NZ. It is due out in UK and US at the end of this month, which means that it will arrive in odd corners of the world over the following couple of months. A lot depends on whether bookshops order it...
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Permalink Reply by Glenda Larke on
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There is a review here that gives a good overview of the book.
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Permalink Reply by JOE CRAWFORD on
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Outstanding link, really enforces my prior perceptions about the Herbert link. Frank Herbert wa sone of the visionaries in the Fantasy field and influenced many of my contemporaries to enter the science and environmental arena in hopes of avoiding just the scenario played out in Glenda s book. My preorder wil be put in tonight at BAM.
joe
Glenda Larke said:There is a review here that gives a good overview of the book.
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Permalink Reply by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on -
Thanks Glenda & Joe - Joe I have a review copy of The Last Stormlord available if you would like to do a review for us? Send me a message to lmk
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Permalink Reply by JOE CRAWFORD on
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Hi Deb,
Be assured i would like to review The Last Stormlord! The problem of the inter postage cost comes up, if you would like you could post it book rate- ill even pay.
joe
Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator said:Thanks Glenda & Joe - Joe I have a review copy of The Last Stormlord available if you would like to do a review for us? Send me a message to lmk
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Permalink Reply by JOE CRAWFORD on
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HI Glenda,
I am amajor fan of what you re doing. What i would like to know is, did you ever correspond with Herbert or his son? i have not read your book yet, but i think i detect some Herbertian influence? Your premise is different, i know. A planet without any water is not one whose water is locked up in caches, just waiting for retrieval. But the religion based on water-conservancy is in both. The Freman and the Stormlords serve the same function i think- trying to save the little water present in the biosphere. Of course i could be wrong. I will let you know what i think of the tale as soon as i can come across it.
joe
Glenda Larke said:There is a review here that gives a good overview of the book.
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Permalink Reply by Glenda Larke on
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Corresponding? No, never. It must be more than 20 years since I read any of the Dune series...
I guess the moment a writer ventures into a near waterless environment, the comparisons to Dune are inevitable. The situation in the Stormlord books is more local - there are other parts of this planet that have loads of water. The cause of water shortage here in the area known as the Quartern is climate change. This is hinted at, but it's a past event.
Certainly there are parallels to Dune - deserts all tend to have similarities! - but I tried very, very hard not to make it a rip off even though the Quartern has dunes and people who live on them.
JOE CRAWFORD said:HI Glenda,
I am amajor fan of what you re doing. What i would like to know is, did you ever correspond with Herbert or his son? i have not read your book yet, but i think i detect some Herbertian influence?
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