Books by Tim Powers
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review 1: In Victorian London, a war between the Rosettis and a vampire called John Polidori is about to start. The reason: A young woman who must choose between immortality and a simple life as a human. Full of historical references as figures, philosophical movements and events, this fan...
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review 1: This is a novella by Tim Powers, kind of in the style of steampunk, illustrated with actual photos per chapter of the characters in various unusual poses, meant to evoke the strange situations in which they find themselves. The plot is short, but good. It involves time travel (bu...
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review 1: A compelling premise & start, but the narrative goes in repetitive circles/endless stalemates and false endings with no development of character whatsoever, and it could have stopped, easily, any time after the first half and lost nothing. Is if evocative and are the details suff...
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review 1: I'm not drawn to short story collections, though i usually enjoy the ones i do read,. And this is Tim Powers, whose novels i read all of at least once. The tales in here are short and fun. The Trelawny one was the weakest for me, though it does make me want to go back and revisit...