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Villains!
1 • Cartomancy: An Introduction • (1991) • essay by Mary Gentle
11 • The Strongest Armour • (1992) • short story by Stephen Baxter
25 • Doing Business • (1992) • novelette by Alex Stewart
51 • The Arts of the Enemy • (1992) • short story by David Langford
61 • The Deliveress • (1992) • novelette by Storm Constantine
97 • A Knight at the Races • (1992) • novelette by James Wallis
127 • Return of the Princess • (1992) • short story by Molly Brown
133 • Count Carraldo and the Penitent Dominic • (1992) • novelette by Keith Brooke
155 • Bellringers' Overtime • (1992) • novella by Roz Kaveney
213 • The Fur Boot • (1992) • novelette by Paula Wakefield
251 • Jabberwockish • (1992) • novelette by Graham Higgins
283 • Examination Night • (1992) • novella by Charles Stross
335 • Cartomancy: Conclusion • (1991) • essay by Mary Gentle
11 • The Strongest Armour • (1992) • short story by Stephen Baxter
25 • Doing Business • (1992) • novelette by Alex Stewart
51 • The Arts of the Enemy • (1992) • short story by David Langford
61 • The Deliveress • (1992) • novelette by Storm Constantine
97 • A Knight at the Races • (1992) • novelette by James Wallis
127 • Return of the Princess • (1992) • short story by Molly Brown
133 • Count Carraldo and the Penitent Dominic • (1992) • novelette by Keith Brooke
155 • Bellringers' Overtime • (1992) • novella by Roz Kaveney
213 • The Fur Boot • (1992) • novelette by Paula Wakefield
251 • Jabberwockish • (1992) • novelette by Graham Higgins
283 • Examination Night • (1992) • novella by Charles Stross
335 • Cartomancy: Conclusion • (1991) • essay by Mary Gentle
- GenresFantasy
337 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1992
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About the author
Mary Gentle
44 books204 followersThis author also writes under the pseudonym of Roxanne Morgan
Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Mary Gentle's first published novel was Hawk in Silver (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the Orthe duology, which consists of Golden Witchbreed (1983) and Ancient Light (1987).
The novels Rats and Gargoyles (1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991), and Left to His Own Devices (1994), together with several short stories, form a loosely linked series (collected in White Crow in 2003). As with Michael Moorcock's series about his anti-heroic Jerry Cornelius, Gentle's sequence retains some basic facts about her two protagonists Valentine (also known as the White Crow) and Casaubon while changing much else about them, including what world they inhabit. Several take place in an alternate-history version of 17th century and later England, where a form of Renaissance Hermetic magic has taken over the role of science. Another, Left To His Own Devices, takes place in a cyberpunk-tinged version of our own near future. The sequence is informed by historically existing ideas about esotericism and alchemy and is rife with obscure allusions to real history and literature.
Grunts! (1992) is a grand guignol parody of mass-market high fantasy novels, with orcs as heroes, murderous halflings, and racist elves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia:
Mary Gentle's first published novel was Hawk in Silver (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the Orthe duology, which consists of Golden Witchbreed (1983) and Ancient Light (1987).
The novels Rats and Gargoyles (1990), The Architecture of Desire (1991), and Left to His Own Devices (1994), together with several short stories, form a loosely linked series (collected in White Crow in 2003). As with Michael Moorcock's series about his anti-heroic Jerry Cornelius, Gentle's sequence retains some basic facts about her two protagonists Valentine (also known as the White Crow) and Casaubon while changing much else about them, including what world they inhabit. Several take place in an alternate-history version of 17th century and later England, where a form of Renaissance Hermetic magic has taken over the role of science. Another, Left To His Own Devices, takes place in a cyberpunk-tinged version of our own near future. The sequence is informed by historically existing ideas about esotericism and alchemy and is rife with obscure allusions to real history and literature.
Grunts! (1992) is a grand guignol parody of mass-market high fantasy novels, with orcs as heroes, murderous halflings, and racist elves.
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September 25, 2019
A fun re-read. A shared world anthologies focusing sympathetically on the 'Villains' of the piece. Roz Kaveney's contribution is my favourite, I loved the idea of Big Katie and her irritating young apprentice.
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