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Czech title: Prevteleni; French title: Le Dernier Souffle
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1y Myrren's Gift Pymble : Voyager , 2003 Z1090996 2003 single work novel fantasy 'General Wyl Thirsk, a favourite of the Morgravian sovereign, swears a blood oath to protect the king's son, Celimus, even though he despises him. The long-held acrimony between heir and champion is deepened when Celimus contrives for Wyl to witness the barbaric torture of a young woman called Myrren. Declared a witch because of her ill-matched eyes, only Thirsk takes pity on her suffering. In return for his kindness, she promises him a gift. At the second of her death Wyl's eyes become ill-matched for just a moment and only a blind Seer understands the truth of The Quickening which has arrived in Wyl's life. Years later Celimus is king and finally in a position to rid himself of the man he hates. Using the cruellest blackmail he despatches Wyl, together with the mysterious mercenary Romen Koreldy, into the enemy realm of Briavel. The duel which ensues between Wyl and Koreldy will claim one of them but not even a true believer of sorcery could forsee the dark secret of Myrren's Gift as it emerges to begin its journey of vengeance'. Source: publisher's website (http://www.voyageronline.com.au/books/). Sighted 15/2/11.
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2y Blood and Memory Pymble : Voyager , 2004 Z1132051 2004 single work novel fantasy 'Wyl Thirsk, trapped in the body of a hired assassin by a sorcerous spell, embarks on a desperate search for the Manwitch, the only hope of providing answers to his magical destiny, while his friends continue their struggle against the evil of King Celimus and Wyls beloved is threatened by a doomed political marriage.' (Source: Libraries Australia)
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3y Bridge of Souls Pymble : Voyager , 2004 Z1165214 2004 single work novel fantasy War looms between Morgravia and Briavel, and the threat from the Mountain King grows stronger. Struggling against time and repulsed by his latest disguise, everything Wyl Thirsk has striven to prevent is happening - including the marriage of his beloved Queen Valentyna of Briavel to the reviled King Celimus. (Source: Libraries Australia)
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Monstrous Fantasies : Reinforcing Rape Culture in Fiona McIntosh's Fantasy Novels
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 39 no. 1/2 2014; (p. 148-167)'Representing rape as wrong, and not avoiding the violence of it, has been the focus of many feminists' work for the past forty years. Various rape theorists have provided deconstructive analyses of how legal and media genres, as well as romance novels and feature films, shape how rape is understood and what it can mean. Fantasy literature is one more culturally powerful genre in which rape is narrated, but this genre has been largely neglected by theorists, and there is certainly room for more analysis of how rape is represented in fantasy fiction, given that the genre is widely read and popular-and, like other popular genres, has some power to reinforce and naturalise, or to challenge, rape culture. Moreover, as fantasy literature is often associated with frivolous escapism, it may be in a position to insidiously reinscribe patriarchal assumptions about sexual violence. If fantasy literature is not taken seriously, if its sexist affirmations of rape culture are dismissed as symptoms of a retrograde genre, then the processes by which it perpetuates rape culture go unchallenged. While most scholarly works about fantasy literature, feminist and otherwise, have surveyed a large number of texts, if we are to take fantasy literature seriously, a closer textual analysis is required. Paying close attention to the way language and narrative structures used by fantasy literature interact with rape narratives in non-feminist fantasy texts, helps elucidate some of the ways narrative can operate to depoliticise representations of sexual violence.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Welcome to My Worlds
2008
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 May 2008; (p. 22-24) -
Fantasy Book Reviews
2005
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— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 36 2005; (p. 146-148)
— Review of Quickening 2003- series - author novel ; Witchsong : A Gina Champion Mystery 2005 single work novel ; Clair-de-Lune 2004 single work children's fiction ; Nylon Angel : The First Parrish Plessis Novel 2004 single work novel -
Clarion Calls
2004
single work
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 December 2004; (p. 8)
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Fantasy Book Reviews
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 36 2005; (p. 146-148)
— Review of Quickening 2003- series - author novel ; Witchsong : A Gina Champion Mystery 2005 single work novel ; Clair-de-Lune 2004 single work children's fiction ; Nylon Angel : The First Parrish Plessis Novel 2004 single work novel -
Clarion Calls
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 December 2004; (p. 8) -
Welcome to My Worlds
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 May 2008; (p. 22-24) -
Monstrous Fantasies : Reinforcing Rape Culture in Fiona McIntosh's Fantasy Novels
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 39 no. 1/2 2014; (p. 148-167)'Representing rape as wrong, and not avoiding the violence of it, has been the focus of many feminists' work for the past forty years. Various rape theorists have provided deconstructive analyses of how legal and media genres, as well as romance novels and feature films, shape how rape is understood and what it can mean. Fantasy literature is one more culturally powerful genre in which rape is narrated, but this genre has been largely neglected by theorists, and there is certainly room for more analysis of how rape is represented in fantasy fiction, given that the genre is widely read and popular-and, like other popular genres, has some power to reinforce and naturalise, or to challenge, rape culture. Moreover, as fantasy literature is often associated with frivolous escapism, it may be in a position to insidiously reinscribe patriarchal assumptions about sexual violence. If fantasy literature is not taken seriously, if its sexist affirmations of rape culture are dismissed as symptoms of a retrograde genre, then the processes by which it perpetuates rape culture go unchallenged. While most scholarly works about fantasy literature, feminist and otherwise, have surveyed a large number of texts, if we are to take fantasy literature seriously, a closer textual analysis is required. Paying close attention to the way language and narrative structures used by fantasy literature interact with rape narratives in non-feminist fantasy texts, helps elucidate some of the ways narrative can operate to depoliticise representations of sexual violence.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.