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Kino's Journey #8
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World, Vol. 8
There's nowhere to go back to.
“Ah...” The driver opened his mouth. His voice was weak. “What is it, Kino?” Motrado asked. The driver called Kino muttered, “I'm hungry.” “Then stop and rest! If you collapse from hunger—” Motrado's plea was dismissed with “Yeah, yeah. I've heard it all before, Hermes.” Hermes, the motorcyclist, replied with an exasperated voice, “I know that's what I'm doing.” “The real problem is that country being destroyed in the first place,” Kino said as they rounded a curve. —The place Kino and Hermes, both famished, reached was filled with hundreds of refugees gathered in the center of the basin... (From “A Story of Love”) .
“Ah...” The driver opened his mouth. His voice was weak. “What is it, Kino?” Motrado asked. The driver called Kino muttered, “I'm hungry.” “Then stop and rest! If you collapse from hunger—” Motrado's plea was dismissed with “Yeah, yeah. I've heard it all before, Hermes.” Hermes, the motorcyclist, replied with an exasperated voice, “I know that's what I'm doing.” “The real problem is that country being destroyed in the first place,” Kino said as they rounded a curve. —The place Kino and Hermes, both famished, reached was filled with hundreds of refugees gathered in the center of the basin... (From “A Story of Love”) .
252 pages, ebook
First published October 10, 2004
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October 31, 2022
The epilogue about the Ship Country was like, what, 100 pages long? Which is unusual for the series, but man, it was excellent. Easily one of my favourite stories of the series.
December 18, 2025
Solid but unremarkable entry in the series. I was entertained, but nothing stood out this time around.
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