The Lost Worlds Romance: From Dawn Till Dusk (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

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During the first part of the nineteenth century, the Lost Worlds Romance, a new literary form, appeared in which an explorer, most often a scientist, made a voyage to what was then considered to be a remote part of the earth where he discovered a fantastic lost world. This book surveys the Lost Worlds Romance from its beginnings as it evolved from travel literature and utopian fiction to its eclipse when there were no more unexplored corners of the earth and it took to the stars, evolving into modern Science Fiction. Interestingly, these romances reflect the developing natural and social sciences of the times in which they were written. The themes of evolution, teleportation, human longevity, euthanasia, other dimensions, reincarnation, uses of radium, utopian and dystopian societies, among many others, play a prominent part in the discussion of these works. Darwin, Marx, and Freud are shown to have especially influenced the authors of these romances. The book also demonstrates that at a time when the sexual mores of mainline fiction were fairly repressed, writers of the Lost Worlds Romance were permitted much liberty with the erotic imagination. The treatment given to women in these romances is explored.

The Secret Garden: Dawn to Dusk in the Astonishing Hidden World of the Garden

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Great for any of your gardening friends!

The Secret Garden: Dawn to Dusk in the Astonishing Hidden World of the Garden
David Bodanis
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Great for any of your gardening friends!.......2001-11-28

This is a great Chrstimas present for any of you who have gardening friends. I loved it! It's also a great coffee table book.

Roman Dusk: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain (St. Germain)

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Verbose, Boring, Stilted
Suffocating dialogues
Great Cover, Okay Story, Historically-Precise, Nothing All That New To The Series
Morose, Verbose, St. Germain Trudges On
Excellent period novel

Roman Dusk: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain (St. Germain)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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ASIN: 076531391X
Release Date: 2006-09-19

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Rome is crumbling. The child-emperor, Heliogabalus, diverts the Roman populace with parties, circuses, and celebrations, while his mother and grandmother jockey for power behind the scenes. The government is riddled with scandal and no business is conducted without bribes which grow ever larger. Religions joust for prominence, with factions of Christians seeking to overthrow the ancient Roman pantheon. Courtesans, once honored for their skills and protected by special guards, have become targets of opprobrium. The vampire Ragoczy Germanius Sanct' Franciscus, already subject to extra taxes and regulations because he is a foreigner, falls under the maleficent eye of Telemachus Batsho, a minor functionary who dreams of power and wealth. When Franciscus thwarts his attempts to extort ever-increasing sums from a young Roman of good birth, Batsho swears revenge. Franciscus finds his activities closely monitored and is accused of treason and conspiracy. His friends, threatened with similar scrutiny, abandon him to Batsho's mercies or urge him to leave the Eternal City.But Franciscus has many ties to Rome. He has taken under his protection a beautiful courtesan who was brutally beaten by the very men who should have been protecting her. She has been the vampire's sustenance for many months. Franciscus is also held in the city by the plight of the family Laelius. The Domina's health is failing despite the vampire's great medical skills; her son has converted to Christianity and rails against his mother's beliefs; her daughter Ignatia, who has sacrified her own life to care for her mother, realizes that when her mother dies, her fate will rest in the hands of her increasingly fanatical brother. Determined to claim pleasure for herself, Ignatia invites Franciscus's attentions, inflaming him with the power of her untapped sexuality. Unfortunately, they are not unobserved, and their simple yet powerful act of love sparks a conflagration that destroys Ignatia's family and nearly brings about the vampire's True Death.

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Verbose, Boring, Stilted.......2007-08-04

I have read and enjoyed previous St. Germain stories but after a while - Jeez Louise, can't he's do something besides emoted, smile, wear snappy outfits, help, spend and, oh yeah, have semi-erotic sex. I am a voracious reader and consider myself fairly intelligent but the pletora of unusual terms (definitions in the back) and mile-long jaw breaking names makes for tough sledding. In Rome at this time, no one says "Claude" or "Paul or "Bene" - EVERYONE (except forgettable servants) have grandiose names that almost call for a chorus of trumpets. All conversations seem as if they were drawn from an English drawing room - stiltied and formal.

The real problem was the action - or should I say lack of it. As a historical piece detailing Roman times, customs and personages it is somewhat successful. It fails as a novel due to the documentary nature of the story - we need more besides a history lesson. Believe me when I say nothing happens. Our gentle hero lives outside the gates of Rome and for some reason (never explained) he devotes considerable time, energy and money to the treatment of who must be one of the most unlikeable characters in literature. The sick elderly lady screams and berates the one daughter who cares for her, curses other family members, orders servants to be beaten because SHE doesn't feel good and is an all round totally despicable creature. Yet for some reason unknown to god(s) or man, the daughter returns for more abuse and Mr Vampire rushes to treat her maladies at all hours of the day or night.

Along the way is an interminable (book-length) encounter with a tax collector (BORING), the Count's prostitute gal pal, various friends and slaves (WAY too many characters for such a short novel) and the author's interpretation of early Christianity before orthodoxy was established. Long, detailed letters between various characters appear throughout but they do little to drive what tiny plot exists. The Count has sex (well, sorta) with the browbeaten daughter only to be caught by her evil Christian brother. **** SPOILER Here it is - Brother is infuriated at the couple's carnality, burns down house killing mean old mom, Count is badly charred but escapes to return and seek vengeance on Christian brother, life continues placidly as the Empire dissolves. Chelsea, let's rev it up a notch please.

Suffocating dialogues.......2007-04-02

After plodding through the book's first sixty pages I became exhausted by the interminable fussy dialogues. Never mind the exciting historical setting, never mind the amount of interesting information - as much I wanted to know more about this period of Roman history, I could not stomach the author's bloating verbosity. I'm new to the series and I keep wondering how this kind of indigestible writing could have produced twenty apparently successful books. Ms. Yabro, I will return when you acquire an editor.

Great Cover, Okay Story, Historically-Precise, Nothing All That New To The Series.......2007-02-19

My title sums up Roman Dusk, a novel set in the corruption-plagued Eternal City, circa 220 CE. Rome during this time was beset by the arson fires of Christian terrorists, hamstrung by venal civil servants, and ruled by a sybaritic Imperial court headed by a pampered, wasteful boy. Into this brew Saint-Germain returns to Rome in the role of a prosperous ship-owner, and soon runs into trouble.

After having read a half-dozen volumes in this series, I think maybe I've reached the point where I see these books as "Saint-Germain-by-the-numbers." In every instance Yarbro's stories run through certain invariable themes: Germain is living in exile somewhere, Germain meets a woman in peril, Germain runs afoul of the authorities, Germain overcomes obstacles at great cost. This novel fits into that pattern. (Although at least Quinn left out that "sea smelling" line she constantly uses...if you know the reference I mean here.) Chelsea Quinn Yarbro knows history and always lets her readers in on the "feel" of a past age. That's her primary talent. I do wish she'd go out on a limb and find a new storyline for her characters, because it's gotten predictable. I know it could be said that these recurring circumstances about which she writes are exactly what an immortal being living as a perpetual exile among ephemeral people might encounter, but...couldn't she shake the mix up a bit?

Roman Dusk does impart a lot of nice information about everyday life in a Roman civilization inwardly unraveling and teetering toward decline (as many suspect our own nation might presently be doing) but I bet I could have sat down before I read the novel and made a list of predictions about it, and been correct more often than I was wrong. If I've been a little hard on Ms. Yarbro in this review, consider this: I'll read her next novel when it comes out, and actually look forward to it, so perhaps my criticism should be taken with a grain of salt.

Morose, Verbose, St. Germain Trudges On.......2007-02-10

The structure of the series is so well-established that a spoiler would be impossible, so no warnings here. Yarbro has returned to Rome, and that's fine with me -- I enjoy any history, anywhere, through her eyes, though I confess to preferring the novels set in less well-known times and places, such as early colonial South America. I can never fault her research, but I'm ready to start faulting her writing.

"Roman Dusk" contains several of her well-worn plot elements: an ungrateful recipient (or two, or more) of undeserved but unflagging charity; a woman repressed, intimidated, exploited by a sexually-peculiar man whom she cannot avoid, escape, or contest; St. Germain's own chronic depression; futility in the face of official corruption; no good deed going unpunished; and a herd of angry male adolescent religious zealots getting their ya-yas by abusing people who have lives more (carnally) satisfying than their own (as in the St. Germain book set in the reign of Lorenzo de Medici).

I'm ready to forgive her all of that but I have finally had it with her killjoy sex scenes. In book after book, scene after scene, she labors mightily to achieve erotic escalation and then CANNOT resist throwing a cinderblock into the bubblebath by flaunting a term so arcane, so rare, so strange, that the thread of tension snaps. Though the reader can be certain that the characters will find satisfaction sometime in the next five sentences, the hapless observer is no longer along for the ride, being forced to go look up... let's see, what is it this time? "Amplectant" on page 105 (which brought up the decidedly non-erotic image of the tropical toads I used to raise forming amplexus, which is erotic to the toads, I'm sure, but not so much to the average human observer) and here, on 248, a pair of lovers are "savoring the inscience of their flesh." That translates to "lack of knowledge of their flesh." "Amplectant" means clinging to, as with the tendrils of a vine. (Points off also for misuse of "insouciant torment" on the same page in the same scene; however pleasant erotic suspense may be, it hardly qualifies as "nonchalant torture.")

A few books back, "apolaustic" was the big ol' word-brick tossed into the heated bed; more than once, if I recall correctly. There's always something. Ms. Yarbro, knock it off. Put down the antique thesaurus and write a sex scene with some flow to it. We know where you're going, and we're willing to go there with you, so quit being such a spoilsport by intrusively displaying arcane erudition instead of doing something to gently elevate the eroticism. It's ANNOYING. And it's obvious that you're doing it on purpose; the vocabulary lessons are never as obnoxious elsewhere in your books.

Speaking of which, many rather obscure deities of the Greco-Roman pantheon get a mention in "Roman Dusk," and are kindly identified in a glossary at the conclusion of the book -- Carna, Copia, Fraus, Phobus, Mania, Somnus, the Parcae, Verplaca and Vertumnus, et al. And that's part of what makes the series so good -- the reader always learns something while being allowed to revel in sensuous descriptions of spectacular jewels, glorious fabrics, the height of period style (and let's give her props for keeping descriptions of garments that are invariably red, black, and silver fresh after all this time). It is the consistently velvety texture of Yarbro's prose that makes the crude interruptions of the more passionate passages so conspicuous, suggesting an inner Puritan in this author that is entirely dissonant with the rest of her presentation.

Excellent period novel.......2007-01-29

I enjoy the St. Germain novles not just for the vampire element, which is actually quite small, or the romance, which is there but understated. The one thing that draws me again and again to this series is the level of historical detail and color that Yarbro brings to the table. Roman Dusk is no exception.

Yarbro brings the declining phase of the Roman Empire to life in this book, showing how waste and bureaucratic excess has drained the blood of the Empire more than anything St. Germain would ever do. It is fascinating how St. Germain is actually the most human subject in the book, and the living are the true vampires. This novel is a great read for those who enjoy history and would like to vicariously feel what life in Rome would have been like as it started its slow decline into chaos.

Cirque Du Freak #7: Hunters of the Dusk: Book 7 in the Saga of Darren Shan (Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan)

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cirque du freak hunters of the dusk
Circ Du Freak: Hunters of the Dusk
Blood never tasted so good
Hunt all over for this book
The Battle Continues

Cirque Du Freak #7: Hunters of the Dusk: Book 7 in the Saga of Darren Shan (Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan)
Darren Shan
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ASIN: 0316000981

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The pursuit begins…

Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission.

As part of an elite force, Darren searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord. But the road ahead is long and dangerous - and lined with the bodies of the damned.

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cirque du freak hunters of the dusk .......2007-03-31

Cirque Du Freak: Hunters of the dusk
By: Darren Shan

The book that I read was Cirque Du Freak Hunters of the dusk. This book is about vampires and hoe they are at war with a different kind of vampire. The name for the different kind of vampires and called vampaneze.

I would recommend this book to a person who likes action and adventure books. This book is about three vampires that have to kill this vampaneze lord and they get four encounters with the lord and if they don't kill him the vampires will lose the war. The main character of the story is a half-vampire named Darren Shan. He has help by two full blooded vampires and a little person which is an undead.

If this book sounds interesting to you u I would recommend it it's a good book if you are interested in fiction books and you are interested in vampires before you read this book you should read the other six books before this one.

Circ Du Freak: Hunters of the Dusk.......2007-03-31

. I really like the book hunters of the dusk. It is apart of a very good series of book. I mean I am one who doesn't read all that often mainly because I have no time but when I started reading these books it caught my interest and always kept my attention.
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It is apart of a very good series of books called Circ Du Freak. I would recommend starting from book five just to get caught up with all of Darren's adventures and how he becomes a vampire, a vampire prince, and in this book how he starts to become a full vampire instead of a half vampire. At the end of the book you will want to know more about what happens to the vampire Prince Darren, Mr. Crepsley, the interesting Harkat Mulds, and what happens to Vancha March and his encounter with a vampaneze that changes his life.

I can't wait to read the eighth book Allies of the Night to find out what happens to them and many more like Mr.; tiny and his minions that Harkat is so interested in. I hope that in this book Harkat finds out why he has the dreams he does and if the prediction Darren saw and if it comes true. If you like interesting mysteries than you should read this book because if you figure out what happens before it happens then you are a genius, oh if you love blood vampires and wars you will like this book.

Blood never tasted so good.......2007-02-16

"Hunters of The Dusk" is the seventh novel in the best selling Cirque Du Freak series. Vampire Prince and still just a teenage boy, Darren and Mr.Crepsley are chosen by the frightful Mr. Tiny or so called Mr. Destiny, to trek on a life or death or mission to find and slay the Vampeneze lord before he gets his full powers. They meet strange denizens on the way who fight by there side or watch laugh. Author Darren Shan's vivid detail and original voice will keep you glued to your seats in horror, excitement, and disgustment.
Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak first caught my eye when I heard they were about vampires and "hunters". I like how Darren's writing can post a perfect picture in your mind about what's happening and what's about to happen. Darren's writing has no flaws and his storyline has no flaws as well. "Hunter of the Dusk" is a great novel and Darren Shan is a great author

Hunt all over for this book.......2006-02-11

The book that I read was Hunters of the Dusk was written by Darren Shan. This book is about Darren, a vampire prince, who is Mr. Creapsly's assistant. The uprising of the Vampeneze Lord has threatened the population of the vampires. The War of the Scars has begun and to save the vampires, Darren, Mr. Creapsly, and Vancha must find and kill the Vampeneze Lord before he is fully blooded. They only have four shots and the whole world is resting in their hands! Out of five stars I would give Hunters of the Dusk a four.
This book was very intense with a lot of action. My favorite part of the book was when Darren went through his purge. A purge is very rare but it mainly can make a half-vampire whole. Since Darren is only half, his human blood is being attacked by his vampire blood. During his purge there are a lot of disadvantages since he doesn't become a whole vampire and will have to go through that again.
Someone that I would recommend this book to is a person that loves mystery, suspense, action, and adventure. This book is one of the best books that I have read in my life! I know that you will love it.

The Battle Continues.......2005-11-22

This book is the 7th book in the saga. This book is about a vampire boy, Darren Shan. Darren has just become the vampire prince, the highest of all vampiers. The War of Scars is going on and Darren is helping an older prince with the war. Mr Tiny, a powerful person who created the vampiers, came to the mountian. He said that three vampiers would hunt for the vampaneze lord but humans and creaters can help. Mr Thiny said they will cross paths with the lord four times. The three people are Darren, Mr Crepsley, and Vancha, another prince. They head out for a witch's house, named Evanna. Once they're there, they travel to the Cirque Du Freak. One night, Darren follows Evanna to a band of vampaneze. Darren goes back to get Mr Crepsley and Vanca. They rush there and start to fight with the vamaneze. You will have to read this book to find out what happens. It is a really good book.

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A mixed bag, but overall enjoyable (3.5 stars)
Dusk is bland enough to want to add some hot sauce...
Good, but not great.
"This is fantasy for grownups." C'mon give me a break!
Incredibly visceral dark fantasy!!

Dusk
Tim Lebbon
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ASIN: 0553383647
Release Date: 2006-01-31

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Kosar the thief senses that Rafe Baburn is no ordinary boy. After witnessing a madman plunder Rafe's village and murder his parents, Kosar knows the boy needs his help. And now, for a reason he cannot fathom, others are seeking the boy's destruction.

Uncertain where to begin, Kosar turns to A'Meer, an ex-lover and Shantasi warrior whose people, unbeknownst to him, have been chosen to safeguard magic's return. A'Meer knows instantly that it is Rafe who bears this miracle of magic. Now Kosar and a band of unexpected allies embark on a battle to protect one special boy. For dark forces are closing in–including the Mages, who have been plotting their own triumphant return.

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Tim Lebbon lives in South Wales with his wife and two children. His books include Face, The Nature of Balance, Changing of Faces, Exorcising Angels (with Simon Clark), Dead Man's Hand, Pieces of Hate, Fears Unnamed, White and Other Tales of Ruin, Desolation, and Berserk. Future publications include Hellboy: Unnatural Selection from Simon & Schuster, plus books from Cemetery Dance, Night Shade Books, and Necessary Evil Press, among others. He has won two British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Tombstone Award and has been a finalist for International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards. Several of his novels and novellas are currently under option in the United States and Great Britain.

Tim has served as vice president of the Horror Writers Association. He has taught creative writing at Cardiff University, and he is currently lecturing at a series of one-day seminars.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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A mixed bag, but overall enjoyable (3.5 stars).......2007-08-31

Dusk is good in some respects, and bad in others, but overall I enjoyed it. Some people object that it's not scary, but it's not meant to be; Dusk is not a horror novel, it's dark fantasy. It doesn't have to be scary to qualify as dark fantasy, as long as it has "dark" elements, like an unhappy feel to it, and it definitely does.

This book excels in 2 areas: language and setting. By 'language' I am referring to the author's writing level, which is clearly advanced even by professional standards. Simply put, Tim Lebbon pretty much bends language to his wish. By 'setting' I am referring to the world he has created (Noreela). It is truly a fine accomplishment, because it conveys so many different feelings. It is beautiful, but horrid at the same time, and it feels real, but surreal at the same time. You can't really tell if it's a historic or futuristic world, but you want to learn about it, it's that well crafted. And finally you can explore a fantasy world without "dark elves" or dragons, but some cliche fantasy elements like sorcery and giant hawks are present nonetheless.

The bad thing about the book is that it feels like it was more an attempt by the author to show off his impressive writing skills than a true epic. And that's frustrating, because the setting is perfect for a great story to unfold. Not that this is a bad story, but it was sometimes frustrating to follow. Similes tend to be overdone, as well as excessive descriptions that somehow still manage to form merely vague images in my head. For example, there is much written about the "machines" and they are very meticulously described, yet I failed to form a complete image of even a single machine. So it really did feel like a display of writing capability rather than an intriguing description.

Still, the plot was full of adventure, and overall I wasn't disappointed in buying this book. I will be reading the sequels also, but I do hope Tim Lebbon will spend more time on creating deeper interaction between the characters in upcoming books. So the bottom line is, if you are interested in dark fantasy, you should certainly at least give this book a try.

Dusk is bland enough to want to add some hot sauce..........2007-08-18

I hate to give tough love to a writer that I count as an Amazon friend, but...

Dusk is the second of Lebbon's books I've reviewed here, after his psuedo-zombie novel Berserk. And, as with that book (and truthfully, everything else Mr. Lebbon has written), after finishing Dusk, I'm completely and absolutely underwhelmed.

Judging by the number of negative reviews here, I'm not alone.

And that's too frickin' bad. Because there's so many fans starving for this type of dark fiction, and there are so few authors willing to venture into the bizarre and brutal side of fantasy. Unfortunately, Lebbon tries hard to build his own magical world, to follow in the footsteps of folks like Karl Edward Wagner and the greats like Howard and Lovecraft, but he just doesn't have the juice or the writing chops to pull it off. Lebbon falls back on hackwork, mistakenly substituting gory images, bland, stereotypical characters, and pages on pages of dull exposition for a solid, believable story. Instead of writing from his gut and telling a action-packed, in-your-face yarn, like the best of Wagner and Howard, we're stuck with a novel that relies on shock value to carry his vaguely blurry vision of the world of Noreela.

And the real truth? Dark fantasy can be many things. But it should never, ever be dull. And that's the real killer here. Dusk is flat out boring as all hell.

They say never to judge a book by it's cover. Ain't it the truth. Because the cover of Dusk is fantastic; as close to anything I've seen since I discovered my first Conan and Kane paperbacks with the Frazetta covers. The brutal, blood-gushing tales of magic and mayhem I devoured late at night when I was a twelve-year old kid, hiding under the sheets of my bed reading with a flashlight until the batteries died, turning page after violent page. The cover of Dusk invites a promise, a comparison with the old Weird Tales pulps, and it just doesn't deliver.

Sorry Tim.

Good, but not great........2007-08-04

I have been hearing about Dusk and Dawn for years now. The author really hyped these books up. So I ordered a copy of Dusk and gave it a shot, being a fan of Mr. Lebbon's horror books. However, I was a little dissapointed. For the most part, the story held up well, but I have to admit it could have been a lot better. Lebbon doesnt give his characters enough space to breathe, so to speak, and they pretty one dimensional because of it. Also, there are several instances of the dialogue seeming almost forced (several pages without dialogue, and then a few one liners, but nothing memorable). Other than that, the world Noreela is intriguing, and I wouldnt be object to try out Dawn and see how it goes. Good try, Mr. Lebbon.

"This is fantasy for grownups." C'mon give me a break!.......2007-06-02

This book and its sequel werent what I had been expecting. All my expectations in both books fell very short. I still do not understand what was so dark about the storyline. If the author was a horror writer before writing this photo copy of every other fantasy story, then what happened? The text wasnt very descriptive, the villians werent very scary either. The heros were paper thin and very mundane. The ONLY reason I finished reading both books was the fact that I pumped myself up about the story and waited to buy both books so I could read the WHOLE story. Oh and please someone tell me why everyone and their brother's sister is giving this book and Dawn raving reviews. Please

Incredibly visceral dark fantasy!!.......2007-01-28

Great novel from Mr. Lebbon. I don't want to spoil anything if you haven't read the book yet, but don't go into this novel expecting things to end like they usually do. And don't expect to see your favorite characters make it out in one piece! I agree with one reviewer that there are parts with too little description, but other than that, I loved some of the ideas Mr. Lebbon put in this book. Those Monks are some bad people! And the Nax rock!! Loved the tumblers, the underground world, and a whole lot more. Definitely going to purchase Dawn when it's released in two months. Recommended to anyone who likes their fantasy dark. Very dark!!

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Hit and miss
Not bad, but somewhat predictable...
VERY GOOD....
BORING
Overdone

Dead By Dusk
Shannon Drake
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Hit and miss.......2007-04-28

That seems to be my opinion of SD's Vampire series. Didn't like the first--loved the 2nd and the 3rd--and I'm almost inclined to say she should have quit after thoose for the fourth and fifth I really disliked.

Then along comes Dead by Dusk--and it is another keeper....

Not bad, but somewhat predictable..........2005-08-20

I got this book because I had enjoyed other books by this author but unfortunately, it wasn't the best of the few I've read. It wasn't exactly what I expected but overall was entertaining and kept me somewhat in suspense. Towards the end, it became predicatable what was happening and who was who. This book was rather slow in the beginning and too fast in the end. It seems like we built up to this great battle and it only lasted a few pages. But I won't give up on this author just yet.

VERY GOOD...........2005-04-03

ALOT OF READERS SAID THS WAS A BORING BOOK,,BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. A REAL PAGE TURNER, SOME OF OUR FAVORITES FROM PREVIOUS BOOKS AND SOME ADDED SPICE....

BORING.......2005-03-12

This book is same story as last, except the names have changed. This book is horrible, will not buy another in this series. Save your money.

Overdone.......2005-02-23

This book is unfortunately as tedious as the last book in this series. The plot and cast of characters are a bit more real than last go round - the only reason for the two stars in my opinion. There are way too many tedious details, repeated and gone over way too many times. Did I mention that it was tedious?? Again the final moments are quickly rushed through. And please - we would like to know what happens when the last "bad" vampire is gone! We spend way too much time with our hero and heroine and then the scene just peters out and makes us wonder what happened next? Although quite frankly I really don't care that much about them - I just invested my time and would like some closure. I keep hoping that Ms. Drake will improve but I'm not holding my breath waiting until the next release.

Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (Black Classics of Social Science)

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Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (Black Classics of Social Science)
W.E.B. Du Bois
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The definitive New York pictorial
It was so beautiful!
Manhattan Dawn and Dusk

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A very good book..........2003-11-14

Jon Ortner takes exceptional photographs. For New York City lovers, it truly doesn't get any better than this. Though I live about 70 miles from Manhattan (Long Island, NY), I rarely get the opportunity to visit, making this book perfect for me. This book truly brings the best of Manhattan right to you.
Mr. Ortner covers all aspects of the city, including climbing to the top of the famous Verrazano Narrows Bridge (Brooklyn- Staten Island, NY) and taking exceptional view photos.
This book is a wonderful buy. $42 is worth it. You won't be sorry you purchased it!

The definitive New York pictorial.......2002-08-18

If you're looking for just one volume of photographs of The Big Apple, you've found the one to buy. I've just completed my 6th visit to New York since 1997, and I'm so glad I found this book. Believe me -- I'm really picky about this sort of thing, and each one of Jon Ortner's photographs is breathtaking. All the other New York books don't even begin to compare with this one. Looking through this book is like being back in New York again. All the major sites of Manhattan are there -- The Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park and more.

Don't hesitate to buy this book.

It was so beautiful!.......2001-09-15

I found this book by chance in a 2nd hand bookstore the day when the towers of the WTC collapsed. It brought tears to my eyes to see how impressive and beautiful the skyline and these buildings were.

The pictures in this book are excellent and show the city in the mellow light of early morning and evening. My favorite is the one showing the Statue of Liberty with the WTC towers behind it, almost dwarfing it. For me this picture captures the essence of NYC.

Manhattan Dawn and Dusk.......2000-10-29

An excellent book for your coffee table.

The photography is superb. Many well known structures and locations are photographed from angles that provide the reader a new and interesting perspective. Starting from the New York Harbor and working north, Mr. Ortner covers all the important locations, from the Financial Distict and Soho through Midtown and Central Park to the upper East and West sides of the island known as Manhattan.

Accompanying the photos are captions that permit the reader to discover interesting new facts about the Big Apple.

Book Description

In the early morning hours, an artist stirs. Gathering her paints and notebook, she heads into the Arizona Sonoran Desert to explore its treasures. Sketching, painting, and writing, she records all that she sees and as night falls, she spreads out her pictures to make this scrapbook of her day, from dawn to dusk.

Customer Reviews:

A Must For Every Elementary School Classroom.......2000-06-24

This book is so very full of incredible information about deserts. Amazing illustrations too!Buy it and show your kids! They'll keep coming back to it!

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