61. Lisa Goldstein: Review Of Shaman's Crossing, By Robin Hobb. 9/2005 Oddly enough, robin hobb s book came a few months later, and in a sense it is a myth of America. The technology is somewhere in the early 19th century; http://www.brazenhussies.net/goldstein/Review-ShamansCrossing.html

Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb Eos, September 2005 Reviewed by Lisa Goldstein, September 2005 In an interview in these pages in April, Susanna Clarke said, "From an English person's point of view, you look across at America and you get the impression there is a sort of fable, a myth of America: an ideal of what America really is. Sometimes it feels to me as though we don't have a fable of England, of Britain...." I had to wonder about this, when I read it. England has King Arthur, Robin Hood and Maid Marion, Oberon and Titania. The US has stories about hitchhikers who turn out to be dead. Oddly enough, Robin Hobb's book came a few months later, and in a sense it is "a myth of America." The technology is somewhere in the early 19th century; there are cavalry officers and Plainspeople, small villages at the frontier and a great unknown beyond that. The landscape here would be familiar to Americans in the same way that Tolkien's is to the British. Navare Burvell, the narrator, is the sheltered son of a nobleman, a bit of a prig, really, but a nice enough fellow for all that. Because he's the second son, he is destined to become an officer in the king's army. But before he goes off to the Cavalla Academy, his father calls upon a Plainsman to teach him to hunt and ride like the Plainspeople. The training goes badly wrong, and Navare's fate becomes entwined with that of a Speck woman, someone who wants to stop the expansion of Navare's people. Navare takes his time telling his story. His style, like the technology of his world, seems to come from the 19th century, with long, leisurely chapters taken up with aspects of life at the academy; there's a lot of what Holden Caulfield memorably called "all that David Copperfield kind of crap." But in an age when people are said to have short attention spans, when authors are urged to kill someone in the first ten pages and seemingly every movie begins with a car chase, this can be very refreshing.

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63. Sanctimonious' Ultimate DISASTER Site hobb, robin, Assassin s Apprentice (Finnish translation). hobb, robin, Assassin s Quest hobb, robin, Ship of Destiny. hobb, robin, Ship of Magic http://furc.sanct.net/personal/books.php4?lang=en

64. Review - Assassin's Apprentice - Farseer - Robin Hobb Who is robin hobb? No one seems to really know for sure. robin hobb supposedly is a pseudonym, and if so, it s a clever one ( robin, as in robin http://www.inchoatus.com/Reviews/Review--Assassin's Apprentice--Robin Hobb.htm

Assassin's Apprentice Book I of The Farseer A review ©Inchoatus Group A review of Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb Title : Assassin's Apprentice Author : Robin Hobb Publisher : Bantam / Spectra Cover art : (Michael Whelan) We don't like it at all as middle-aged adults who have to carry it around on a plane trying to disguise it; the art is so firmly entrenched in the "adolescent fantasy" genre it will turn away many, many adult readers Length : 435 pages in mass-market paperback Rating 5 out of 7 (Some of most drop-dead gorgeous writing anywhere but the plot is too straitly formulaic for our highest ratings.) Variations on this Theme The Tears of Artamon by Sarah Ash (4/7 Inchoatus rating) The Belgariad by David Eddings The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn (4/7 Inchoatus rating) The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Leguin (6/7 Inchoatus rating) Most Unhelpful Reviews "This really is a good book. It’s filled with interesting and vivid characters, a realistic setting, and plenty of intrigue to keep you interested. If you’ve tired of the cliched elf-filled fantasy that clogs your bookstore shelves, give Assassin Apprentice [sic] a try. You will be entertained."

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gnod literature map Robin Hobbs Robin Hobbs What else do readers of Robin Hobbs read? The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Click on a name to travel along. Next writer: Erving Goffman Robin Hobbs Shaun Hicks O'Brien ... Stephen King

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