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This is Elizabeth Hand's long-awaited collection of short stories, centered around her Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning novella The Last Summer at Mars Hill. There are 12 pieces in all here, ranging from those first published in places like Interzone and Pulphouse to a two-page poem taken from the pages of Asimov's. Although many readers may be familiar with Hand's longer works, such as Glimmering or Waking the Moon, here she shows that she's a master of short fiction as well. Her stylish prose and keen insights make for some wonderful stories. --Craig E. Engler
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Mars Hill spiritualist community, founded 1883
It's nothing fancy. Just a faded resort on the rocky Maine Coast, inhabited by aging hippies, their rebellious children--and the elusive, shimmering spirits known as "the Golden Ones."
They are the reason Mars Hill exists. Not everyone can see Them, but everyone can feel their healing presence. Even fetching, skeptical, young Moony Rising, who has come to say farewell to everything she ever loved. And to learn a secret more wondrous than love itself...
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Incredible Writing.......2001-02-02
I discovered this collection of stories after first reading Waking the Moon (also amazing). Elizabeth Hand uses words like an artist uses paints; they evoke textures and colors and feelings when you read them. Her descriptions are like none that I've ever read before - as well as her storylines. One or two of the stories presented didn't do much for me, but the rest more than made up for them. The title story and Snow on Sugar Mountain were favorites, the latter being particularly interesting (about the strange connection between a shapechanging boy and an ailing former astronaut). I also highly recommend her novels Waking the Moon and Black Light (read them in that order).
(Short) Strange Trip.......2000-01-19
I wish these stories were longer. In "Last Summer at Mars Hill", Hand continues her journey through Magic, twilight, and Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary. She speaks from different points of view in each story, exploring dark purposes and good, varied enough that the collection could have been written by four or five different writers. Her stories are palpable and audible, and quite frequently, as in the case of "Prince of Flowers", you can smell them too.
Shlock Horror.......1999-12-26
Isn't one Stephen King enough? This is horror (and horrible) and not science fiction.
Read this book!.......1999-12-06
This book is amazing. Each story is captivating, entertaining, and very real even while Hand explores the impossible.
Brilliant writer.......1999-07-05
Elizabeth Hand is an absolutely magnificent writer. These stories are wonderfully written, and yes, they will make you think. But you owe it to yourself to think, and thinking deeply in this particular case is grand pleasure. She has included some little biographical blurbs at the end of each story, and one of them relates that someone said her work had "sharp little teeth." It does, it does. And linguistically splendid teeth, too.
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- Mammoth "Misunderstanding"
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The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children)
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Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to
The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel,
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The Mammoth Hunters. She has finally found the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their different customs and language, she is adopted because of her remarkable hunting ability, singular healing skills, and uncanny fire-making technique. Bringing back the single pup of a lone wolf she has killed, Ayla shows the way she tames animals.
She finds women friends and painful memories of the Clan she left behind, and meets Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory, whom she cannot refuse--inciting Jondalar to a fierce jealousy that he tries to control by avoiding her. Unfamiliar with the ways of the Others, Ayla misunderstands, and thinking Jondalar no longer loves her, she turns more to Ranec. Throughout the icy winter the tension mounts, but warming weather will bring the great mammoth hunt and the mating rituals of the Summer Meeting, when Ayla must choose to remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or to follow Jondalar on a long journey into an unknown future.
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Mammoth "Misunderstanding".......2007-09-18
As a huge fan of "The Clan of the Cave Bear" and "The Valley of the Horses" I eagerly dove into "The Mammoth Hunters". Parts of this book are fantastic and parts are frustrating.
Rydag is a gem of a character and his journey is touching. His existence, I feel, is what moves this novel forward as Ayla learns to accept the fact that she must let her own son, Durc, go. I loved this story line!
Ayla, Jondalar, and Ranec, however, stumble through one of the most frustrating plot lines I've encountered. By the time this love triangle is resolved I've stopped caring about both Jondalar and Ranec. Neither one of them deserves Ayla and both are Neandrathals when it comes to love (apologies to the Geico Caveman!) I really, really wanted Jondalar to kill Ranec or vice-versa. Either way.
All in all, this book is still a good read. When I was done I knew that Ayla was moving on to bigger and better things. I will gladly join her on her next adventure.
great read, grabs you and keeps you enthralled.......2007-07-17
I had a hard time rereading this book, because of memories of the emotional anguish I felt the first time. It really captures your heart, and your mind. I cried the first time, and the second time I wanted to hurry through the parts that I knew were coming up and would make me cry. After reading this book my emotions would be influenced for hours afterward. If the book made me sad, I would be sad afterwards and needed to be comforted. There are few books that can do this to me, and it really shows the power of the story Auel has built up. I highly recommend it.
Wonderful 3rd book.......2007-03-31
By the time most authors have hit the third book based on the same story, their steam has run out as does the story. But "The Mammoth Hunters" is so real and believable, while maintaining the incredibly original storyline that I must give it five stars.
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M Auel.......2007-01-09
I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN AND MY WIFE WANTED TO READ IT AFTER I FINISHED.
Still Another Masterpiece by Jean Auel.......2006-07-31
"The Mammoth Hunters" is Jean M. Auel's third book in The Clan of the Cave bear series. We return to the prehistoric past with Ayla and her mate Jondalar. After living with a clan of differently evolved people that time has forgotten, Ayla finally meets a tribe of people like herself and Jondalar.'
Ayla struggles to learn the customs of a people that her mate says are similar to his own. Turmoil between Ayla and Jondalar allows Ranec, a Mamutoi tribesman, to get emotionally closer to Ayla. Jondalar's jealously and pride make communication between himself and her impossible. After being adopted by the Mamutoi, Ayla has to decide whether to marry Ranec or hold out for the man she thinks doesn't love her anymore.
The coupling of the difficulties of people living in close quarters and dangers of surviving in an exciting prehistoric world make this book hard to put down. "The Mammoth Hunters" is another successful masterpiece by Auel.
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Amazing & totally fascinating saga!.......2006-08-06
I have read the 5 books of the series at least 10 times each, in German and in English, I am so fascinated with the story. The characters are absolutely captivating, and there is so much suspense and drama, you seriously can't put the books down when you start reading them. In the very first book, the little girl Ayla will capture your heart, as you go on this journey with her when she is growing up, and she turns into this beautiful and intelligent woman - i bet about every male reader would love to be with her and get to know her, whereas female readers will envy her and want to be like her. But it's not just her, all the characters have so much depth to them, and it is so easy to picture them in your mind, as they come across as very real. I grew to love each and every one of them, including all the animals as well. This is a great story about love and friendships among people & animals, and a story about survival in harsh conditions and encountering and fighting enemies. A story about a time when great discoveries and inventions were made, a truly fascinating era.
This is my favorite story of all times, and I know I will read all the books again someday. So if you are just bored and are looking for something very good to read - this is it! Too bad the fourth and fifth books - The Plains of Passage & Shelters of Stone - aren't included with this package, but I guarantee most people who pick up those books and read them will probably read them as well, since it is an ongoing story, and you can't wait to see what is going to happen next. I can't wait for the last book to come out... hopefully that is going to happen soon.
One of my all-time favorites.......2005-01-05
Unfortunately, I read them so long ago, I'm not sure I would want to read the next one because I have lost track of the story lines by now.
please finesh the series soon.......2003-02-01
the clan of the cave bear lay around our house for several years. i passed it by many times thinking it would not be my kind of book. at last due to the urging of my wife i began to read clan of the cave bear! from that time until i had completed all five of the books in the earths children series,i absolutly could not put them down.i have read many book series. but never have i been carried away so by an author.the depth of auels research will pull at a very primitive and forgotin place in your being.however i must warn you! when you have completed the series thus far the knowledge of the as yet unwriten or at least unpublished climax to this series will leave you feeling incomplete!! so please Miss Auel finesh the series soon
The Earth's Children series.......2002-05-27
Each book does as promised, stand alone, and also as part of the larger story it melds into a great whole. I waited impatiently for each book as it came out, and because of the many years wait for The Shelters Of Stone, I was somewhat dissappointed in the book, because in my opinion all it really did was do a further buildup for the final book in the series, and I am so afraid that there will be another extended waiting period and let-down, but over-all I have to give the series a huge thumbs up and say that this series is definately part of my "Keeper" and "Re-readable" list and is now part of my personal Library.
Fifth book!.......2002-04-29
The author planned to write six books in the Earth's Children series, and I hope she sticks with the plan. However, I wanted to answer the question about which everyone seems to be confused--the fifth book. Its title is **SHELTERS OF STONE** ... . Anyway, the first four books are not only completely absorbing plotwise, but Ms. Auel's obvious research into the history of the periods about which she writes adds to the value of reading her books. Don't wait! Read the first four as soon as possible--at least in time to get a copy of her unpublished paperback.
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3 mass market paperbacks in cardboard slipcase
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Prehistoric History.......2007-03-24
I enjoyed the way the book presented ideas about the Ice Age and its inhabitants in a cartoon format. However, I was looking for a book that was appropraite for 1st graders to read independently this would be a little above them. I think 2nd and 3rd graders would enjoy this book and be able to understand the humor.
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Part Two Of Two Parts
In this third of the acclaimed Earth's Children novels, Ayla, the independent heroine of THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR and THE VALLEY OF HORSES, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed.
With her is Jondalar, tall, handsome and yellow-haired, the man she nursed back to health and came to love. Together they meet the Manutoi -- the Mammoth Hunters -- people like Ayla. Among them is Ranec, an artistic, magnetic master carver of ivory.
Ayla finds herself torn between Ranec and Jondalar, the latter a powerful lover but insecure and wildly jealous. It is not until the great mammoth hunt, when Ayla's life is threatened, that a fateful decision is made.
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Perfect mix of SF, fantasy and myth.......2007-09-18
Imagine an enormous Universe, millennia from now. Within the Universe, there are many worlds, The Middle Worlds. Most of these worlds are inhabited by more or less intelligent creatures, not all of them human though. At the beginning of the book, the Universe is ruled by two 'Houses' of Power, The House of the Dead and The House of Life. Osiris, Master of the House of Life, supports life whenever he can, while Anubis, Master of the House of the Dead, strives to destroy it. The Middle Worlds are constantly torn between the two Houses: plenty, proliferation and overpopulation on the one hand, famine, plague and annihilation on the other, mainly resulting in a dubious sort of equilibrium.
After having been a faithful servant in the House of the Dead for one thousand years a man, whose name was taken from him long ago, is summoned by his Master Anubis. He is given a new name, Wakim, and is then sent to the Middle Worlds as Anubis' emissary, to seek and destroy an immortal, presently known as 'The Prince Who was a Thousand'.
Meanwhile, in the House of Life, Osiris orders his son, Horus the Avenger, to descend to the Middle Worlds, and kill 'The Prince Who Was a Thousand' in his name.
This is how the story begins. A truly fascinating one, about Egyptian gods, witches, immortals, supernatural beings, magicians, machinery, computers, and betrayal. Quite a complicated story, too, mainly because the reader is, for quite a long time, kept in the dark about the true identities of some of the protagonists. Some of the gods possess various identities and some are -due to an anomaly in Time- each other's father and son at the same time. Quite confusing, but it will all become clear in the end.
Taking into account that the book was written in 1969, the concepts of 'temporal fugue', a martial art using the fabric of Time and 'Skagganauk Abyss', a phenomenon which is now widely known as 'a black hole', show that Zelazny was definitely ahead of his time.
Roger Zelazny, he died in 1995, was one of the greatest and most innovative SF/fantasy writers of the 20th century. In 'Creatures of Light and Darkness' he has managed to combine various elements of science, fantasy, mythology, ideology and SF in one story, without violating its credibility in any way. Just before he wrote 'Creatures..." Zelazny had won the Hugo Award for his masterpiece 'Lord of Light', which still is one of the best SF books ever.
Cotton Candy for the Mind.......2006-05-17
_Creatures of Light and Darkness_ is short and sweet. This is a book that is enjoyable to read every couple of years. The book, while prose, is best read as poetry -- the words evoke vibrant colors. Zelazny wrote this at the peak of his abilities along with _Lord of Light_ and _Doorways in the Sand_.
Creatures of Mythology.......2006-02-22
I can`t believe, that this novel by Roger Zelazny was never reprinted in the USA since 1970!!! It is one of his best novels.
Especially if you like "Lord of Light" and Ancient Egypt, because heroes of the novel and the poetical style of writing are borrowed from the Ancient Egyptian mythology and literature.
New Wave fantasy at its best. By the way, it`s hard to define the genre of this book. It`s not commercial entertaiment sci-fi literature. In the end of the 60s writers bravely wrote about the meaning of the human life and the destiny of humankind. "Creatures of Light and Darkness" was one of such efforts.
In Russia this book was reprinted many times in last 15 years.
So if you are fan of Zelazny and didn`t read this book - it is mistake - just read it!
Absolutely original and unique.......2005-12-18
Zelazny's classic "Lord of Light" told of a technological future world where humans had set themselves up as the Hindu gods. It is a tour de force, highly original work that takes science fiction so far it becomes fantasy and mythology.
"Creatures of Light and Darkness" takes all of this two steps further. The result is highly non-linear, sometimes hard to follow, with characters that are almost abstract rather than human. And it is all, incredibly, indescribably brilliant...so far beyond the general run of the mill science-fiction and fantasy writing to be outside the genre.
I can only imagine people either hating or loving this book. I happen to love it...
Once every thousand years..........2004-08-30
In this book the gods of ancient Egypt are and have always been. And we can assume that the gods of our ancient Egypt were echoes of these beings. Our story begins in the House of the Dead where Anubis wakes a seemingly undefeatable man whose memory was taken and is to be his emissary. Anubis and Osiris each send an emmissary to a Middle World bent on destroying the only remaining threat to their power.
The story is not told in a smooth narrative, but in a series of short and often disjointed episodes. But continue reading, for the story will fall into place. The writting is excellent though, as would be expected from this author. What stood out for me in this book was Madrak, the all-bases-covered agnostic preacher. His prayer still stands out in my memory.
Book Description
Significations is a criticism of several major approaches (phenomenological, historical, theological) to the study of religion in the United States, in which the author attempts (1) a reevaluation of some of the basic issues forming the study of religion in America, (2) an outline of a hermeneutics of conquest and colonialism generated during the formation of the social and symbolic order called the "New World," and (3) a critique of the categories of civil religion, innocence, and theology from the perspective of the black experience and the experience of colonized peoples.
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A Significant Study of Religious Symbology.......2004-04-11
"Significations" is an important book. It is for neither the non-specialist nor the casual reader, but it is a significant work of analysis concerning American religious history and thought. Charles H. Long, emeritus professor of the history of religious at the University of California, is admirably qualified to produce this book. He has spent many years writing on the American religious experience, and his work sparkles with his characteristically challenging ideas. As a collection of previously published essays on a single theme, this book also contains a wealth of thought about the religious concerns of American society.
Long explores the use of signs and other types of imagery as indicators of religious health. He notes this in his introduction: "The religion of any people is more than a structure of thought: it is experience, expression, styles, and rhythms. Its first and fundamental expression is not in the level of thought. It gives rise to thought, but a form of thought that embodies the precision and nuances of its source." Accordingly, he defines his subject with broad strokes and seeks to illuminate the whole of American religious experience from his investigations.
Of special importance in the essays in Long's concern about understanding and interpreting the religious heritage of African Americans. As an African American in the United States, he confides that the work presented here is largely an attempt to "make sense of my life" (p. 8). In each essay he seeks to explore the possibilities of thought rooted in the religious experience born of black traditions.
One of the most important concepts Long expresses is his belief that Americans of all backgrounds must develop a religious theology of freedom. Such movements have arisen periodically in the nation's history, most notably in the evangelical crusade against slavery in the decades before the American Civil War and the civil rights crusade of the 1950s-1970s. He asserts that opportunities for such a theology of freedom abound, and concludes: "The visibility of the black community in American is out challenge and our opportunity to develop a theology of freedom-a freedom for humanity-a new humanity" (p. 141).
Not all readers will easily grasp Long's complex analysis. He fills this powerful and thought-provoking with jargon and elusive ideas that require careful unpacking. But his thoughtful, compassionate attempt to merge the study of the history of religious thought with the consideration of current issues and symbols makes this a worthy book for serious contemplation.
ATTN: STUDENTS OF RELIGION--You Must Own This Book!!!.......2001-06-03
Charles Long, one of the *founding* editors of History of Religions (U. of Chicago's influential journal) is quite possibly the most amazing religious thinker alive today. Having worked with such men as Mircea Eliade, and having mentored three generations of students (and counting!) all over the U.S. and the world, he is a voice which cannot be ignored.
If you are interested in studying the dynamic uses and exchanges of religious symbolism and significance--this may very well be the only book you need! It is especially relevant to students of African American religious creativity, and students of colonial and postcolonial cultures (re: their religious creations).
He is both learned and enthusiastic, concise and at the same time mind-blowingly insightful. This series of essays is a MUST for anyone trying to understand the varied religious responses and creations of a wide array of cultures!
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