Books by Peter S. Beagle
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review 1: Although I understand the frustration of writers tired of being marginalized, it's difficult to talk about without sounding whiny. Ursula LeGuin manages; Beagle, not so much. But none of that takes away from the fact that this is a stellar anthology whose lineup of participating ...
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review 1: Meh. I expected an anthology of urban fantasy stories. What I got was an anthology of stories that are UF, though some just barely, further divided into subgenres of UF and pretetious and pompous introductions about the subgenres. Urban fantasy does cover a lot of territory but I...
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review 1: Peter Beagle is an excellent fantasy writer and I enjoy his style, but this was the first time I read his short stories. For me, a short story has to be damn good to get 4 or 5 stars, and although some of these stories were definitely strong, many of them were only 3 stars for me...
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review 1: Caveat: I'm more familiar with (and more attached to) the animated film than the book, and it's been a while since I read the book so I can't speak to how faithful (or not) this comic adaptation was.I loved the artwork. There were some really great panel designs and the whole thi...
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review 1: The stories widely vary in quality, there were some really good ones, but the Farrell novellas were all between boring and annoying so I just skipped those after struggling through the first one and half.In more detail:A Dance with Emilia: 1/5, boring, similar to the Farrell stor...