[nesfa-reading-group] A vote for Engine summer

[Liz P]

My vote for November

Engine Summer
by John Crowley

Liz


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> John Crowley - Engine Summer (1979)
> China Mieville - Perdido Street Station (2000)
> John Gwynne - The Shadow of the Gods (2021)
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> 1979 -
> Engine Summer
> by John Crowley
>
> Born into the community of Truthful Speakers one thousand years after the
> Storm, he was raised on stories of the old days -- a world filled with
> saints, a world in which all things were possible, a world which finally
> destroyed itself. In love with a beautiful woman, Rush journeys far and
> learns much. Taken into the society of Dr. Boots's List, attached to the
> old mysteries, Rush grows closer to a sainthood he could never have
> imagined.
>
> 2000 -
> Perdido Street Station
> by China Mieville
>
> Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city
> of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to
> Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly
> carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature
> known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges
> he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is
> scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an
> uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis
> will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon--and not even the
> Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes
>
> 2021 -
> The Shadow of the Gods
> by John Gwynne
>
> Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and
> bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga
> from bestselling author John Gwynne.
>
> After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of
> their fall shattered the land of Vigri?.
>
> Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters
> stalk the woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods
> still hold great power for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them
> out.
>
> Now, as whispers of war echo across the mountains and fjords, fate follows
> in the footsteps of three people: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a
> noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a
> thrall who seeks vengeance among the famed mercenaries known as the
> Bloodsworn.
>
> All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the
> shadow of the gods . . .
>
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> Richard
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