Misspelled
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0756404754 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is the author of the popular "Species Imperative" trilogy, the "Web Shifters" series, the "Trade Pact Universe" trilogy and her new "Stratification" novels. Her stand-alone novel, In the Company of Others, won Canada's Prix Aurora Award and was a finalist for the Philip K. . She was a finalist for the John W. Dick Award for Distinguished SF. About the Author Biologist Julie E. Julie lives with her husband and two children in the lake country of central Ontario, under skies so clear they could take seeing the Milky Way for granted, but never do. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Czerneda's science fiction has received international acclaim, awards, and best-selling status
Excellent Escapism John Ottinger III I like themed anthologies. I like it when and editor takes a topic or notion and collects a series of stories around it. It allows me as a reader to have general background on the tale, and provides for easier reading of short fiction. In Misspelled, Julie E. Czerneda has collected 17 humorous tales about what happens when a spell goes wrong. The collection has s. Mostly good stories, annoying narrator For the most part, the stories contained in this volume were entertaining and enjoyable. There were a few that relied a little too heavily on a "twist" for the ending, or that seemed to have been written solely for something to hang a pun on, but even those were enjoyable.The narrator addition at the front and back of each story was just annoying. I think it was . Kindle edition unreadable due to strange characters Chris Laning and I don't mean the characters in the book, I never got to meet them. I agree with another reviewer that the Kindle edition was extremely hard to read due to frequent weird characters in the type. One in ten characters sounds about right. I did return this for a refund.The book does sound intriguing and I'd be happy to give it another try if I can be assured the
Included in these stories are just a few of the possible results: a cybermancer has her spell disk corrupted by some unexpected input; two students brewing up spells outside the curriculum forgo a critical ingredient; a young woman orders a fairy-tale life, but forgets to read the fine print. Now they're really spellbound. strange magicin 17 Fascinating tales of spells gone awry When it comes to magic, skipping the directions, changing the ingredients, or garbling the words of a spell can lead to unusual consequences-sometimes dire, sometimes comical
Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Biologist Julie E. Julie lives with her husband and two children in the lake country of central Ontario, under skies so clear they could take seeing the Milky Way for granted, but never do. Czerneda's science fiction has received international acclaim, awards, and best-selling status. Dick Award for Distinguished SF. . She is the author of the popular "Species Imperative" trilogy, the "Web Shifters" series, the "Trade Pact Universe" trilo