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In this case, the ideas were nice enough to leave with 3 stars. What I'll do next is read a couple of other Hamilton stories, which are linked on Cornell's blog. Foreseeable, pointless, didn't like it at all. Nice scenery, fast paced action with a deadpan tone and characters that you have to love. In this story, he mixes 3D printing technology create beverage and drugs! Main protagonist is a deformed movie star with a mysterious history trying to save the production when his coactor is shot.

Characterization is really good, setting is very nice, plot is interesting. The latest story featuring her protagonist Alaric the Minstrel must have been published in the late 80s.

This newly written gem of a story is a great contrast to the rest of the anthology, and I loved it. It flows gently, thoughtfully, nearly without action in a fantasy setting involving a caravan through a sand desert and some mysterious drug.

It is about the interaction with a son gone mad and free will. About songs, inns and campfires under stars. If you like stories like A Wizard of Earthsea , you might like this one as well. If you need action-driven, loud stories, you'll probably give it stars.

Probably because I don't dig Sherlock detective stories. It's got mushroom-zombies, elephants and shepherds in it, really horrific stuff but in a crazy way also funny. The only problem I had was that at a couple of points the Marquis' brother jumps out from nowhere to rescue a scene.

We see some intelligent interleaving of plots and a very dense atmosphere. I didn't get where the connection to "rogues" is, though. There seems to be more name-dropping than story and Mrs Willis has the tendency to get very repetitive which is very annoying for me.

The story without that crap would have been really nice. The story doesn't make much sense outside of The Name of the Wind setting, though. I love his prose but loath his history textbooks. It simply doesn't work as an entry to a story anthology and I can't see why it would qualify for a Rogues anthology. View all 12 comments.

Apr 26, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: epic , fantasy , 21th-century , fiction. Rogues is a cross-genre anthology featuring 21 original short stories from various authors, edited by George R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and released on June 17, Contents: Tough Times All Over by Joe Abercrombie: In the city of Sipani, a package goes through multiple owners, each with a different viewpoint, starting with a courier who gets robbed.

What Do You Do? The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matt Hughes: A thief is interrupted in a haul when he touches an idol and soon finds himself rescuing its owner. Bent Twig by Joe R. Lansdale: Hap takes the law into his own hands to rescue a young woman from criminals in Tyler, Texas. Provenance by David W. Ball: The journey of a newly resurfaced Caravaggio through war and bloodshed to arrive in the present day.

The Roaring Twenties by Carrie Vaughn: A tense confrontation in a speakeasy frequented by the magical crowd. A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch: A retired thief is blackmailed into stealing an entire street within a year and a day. Bad Brass by Bradley Denton: When a group of high school students tries to sell stolen tubas, their substitute teacher plans on stealing their profits to teach them a lesson.

Heavy Metal by Cherie Priest: A monster hunter is called in to a small town which is still recovering from a year old ecological disaster. The Meaning of Love by Daniel Abraham: In the slums a prince is in hiding - but now he has fallen in love with a young woman about to be sold as a slave. A Cargo of Ivories by Garth Nix. The Caravan to Nowhere by Phyllis Eisenstein. Now Showing by Connie Willis. The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss : Follows an average day in the life of Bast, the mysterious innkeeper's even more mysterious assistant.

Mar 26, Edward Knight marked it as to-read. Holy crap I want to read this. Mostly only? Bast is my favorite character from The Kingkiller Chronicles. A whole story centered around him? Fucking awesome. Cannot wait. View 2 comments. Feb 24, Regina rated it really liked it Shelves: horror , favorite-authors , anthology. My first thought is -- another anthology by GRRM? Shouldn't he be writing something else?!

This is quite the line-up: George R. View all 4 comments. Shelves: fantasy , short-stories , great-expectations , audio. I'll read some of the other stories in the near or not so near future and will add reviews. Everybody keeps comparing it and mope around. Bummer, eh? Actually quite not! Although I can perfectly understand why some of you would be disappointed it's not Locke hey, he's my all time favorite rogue too!

Everything begins with a meeting of a gang of retired criminals for their monthly drinking party. And so, they are sitting in a bar it's a cavern actually, made from the skeleton of a crashed dragon and getting outrageously drunk while playing cards.

The merry band consists of three girls the gang leader Amarelle Parathis, also known as the Duchess Unseen; a second-rank mage now working as a mage-mixologist in the bar and her wife[we have a gay couple, cool! Amarelle gets so drunk that after an incident caused by a fight between the crazy wizards who rule the city, she decides to go give one of them a piece of her mind. Which is not a very good idea. I stole the sound of the sunrise and the tears of a shark. I love the way the author describes the cities in his novels, and the way he not only manages to make them alien and mysterious, but also ties those alien and mysterious elements into the actual plot of the novel.

Another superb thing is the colorful, fascinating characters, created by Lynch in just a few paragraphs. Here's a passage for the gang magician which I adore: "She cooked frosted walnut cakes into the shape of unicorns and cockatrices , caused fresh fruit to squeeze itself into juice glasses, and made her figs and dates give rude speeches while her customers tried to eat them and laugh at the same time. It had no horses and no driver; each of its four wheels was a circular steel cage in which a slavering red-eyed ghoul ran on four limbs , creating a forward impetus.

And we even got a hint of a lost romance somewhere in the story: "There was a scar on his chin and another on his jawline, each of them familiar to her fingers and lips. I'm not giving it 5 stars only because I wanted more and hey, it's a novella after all.

But it was a great pleasure to read it! View all 3 comments. Rogues is an anthology edited and corralled by George R. For those unfamiliar with Martin, apart from his Game of Thrones work, might expect it to be fantasy. And there are certainly some fantasy pieces. But there is no one genre for these stories. A lot of different authors from different genres contributed to this book. Sometimes they wrote in the genre they are best known for, sometimes they didn't.

Tough Times All Over - Joe Abercrombie Abercrombie set his piece in his fantasy world, with a cameo by one his characters. It's a quick-moving story of a city full of rogues. Thieves, gamblers, conpeople, prostitutes, fighters and more. It moves from character to character, often multiple times in the same page, giving a quick glimpse before moving on. A fun story it was a great way to start the book. Think The Good Son. It was a huge shift from the first story and a great way to show how this book isn't rooted in any genre.

A very dark story I enjoyed it. The Inn of the Seven Blessings - Matthew Hughes Back to the realm of fantasy for this story of a thief who has a run in with a god who forces him onto adventure. A fairly run-of-the-mill story, nothing about this one was surprising, but it was good anyway.

Bent Twig - Joe R. So I didn't know much but I expected it to be strange. This story involves his two most famous characters, Hap and Leonard soon to be TV series on Sundance. Compared to his other work I know this story was very much rooted in the real world. The two men are on a mission to rescue Hap's girlfriends daughter from the seedy world she inhabits.

A brutal, grim tale it was straightforward plot wise and relied on the shock value to keep things interesting. I think I prefer his more outlandish work. Tawny Petticoats - Michael Swanwick This tale is the usual con story however it's mixed with sci-fi and biopunk elements that remind me vaguely of Paolo Baciagalupi's works.

A decent story, it was a bit predictable. Provenance - David W. Ball Another one that was easy to work out before the end. Non-fantasy, non-sci-fi, set firmly in the real world It was interesting though a little full of infodumps, especially for a short story. Roaring Twenties - Carrie Vaughn I quite liked this one. Fantasy set during the Prohibition era. Set in a hidden speakeasy this one room story was a lot of fun.

I'd like to read more stories set in this world. This is about a group of retired thieves in a very magical world getting caught up in fight between two powerful wizards and being set an impossible task. I loved the world and would really like to read more stories about the group.

Bad Brass - Bradley Denton Another new author for me. I wasn't really sold with the ending but it was an ok story. Doesn't make me want to go out and find more from the author. This time she's set her short story in Tennessee and there are no zombies, just the supernatural and the Bible.

For someone who claims she is no longer religious this is a very religious short story. Really made me dislike what could have been an interesting story. Guess I'll avoid her work from now on. I would call this fantasy but it could have just as easily have been set in medieval Europe. A tale of love and what people would do for it.

A solid story. I've picked up the book but haven't read it yet and after reading this story I'm not sure I will anytime soon. Set in an alternate-reality Edwardian era Britain this sci-fi story is confusing from the very start. Not much is explained and everything is discussed as though the reader is already familiar with it all.

Terms and titles are used with no frame of reference. I pushed my way through and made some sense of it all but I was left wondering if the effort was worth it.

I did not hate it but I did dislike it and so far find this story the weakest. Ill Seen in Tyre - Steven Saylor I've not heard of this author before but he is most known for writing detective novels set in ancient Rome.

I like the sound of that. There is an element of fantasy and this story is an homage to two classic fantasy characters, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. One of their stories was set in Tyre and this story uses that as the background. It was a nice touch and I liked this story, though it was rather simple. I might have to try more of his work. I've only read Sabriel , though my wife is a diehard fan.

One day I will read the rest. This story is about two of his minor characters, Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz, a knight and a puppet sorcerer literally. I really liked this fun adventure. It wasn't very long but it was just the right size. Fantasy, sci-fi? Nope this one is more down to earth.

It takes place on a film set in Mexico and is about the usual. Sex, drugs and fame. It was a decent story and I liked the plot device. No twists or turns to this one really.

The Caravan to Nowhere - Phyllis Eisenstein I've not heard of this author and it appears she hasn't written anything except short stories since the 80s. This story involves the character from her first books, Alaric the Minstrel, who possesses the power to teleport, and his travels around the world.

Martin but I believe this is the first time I've read any solo work by her. The preface said this was supposed to be like a female Sherlock Holmes type story but it didn't feel like it. It felt like a fairly generic Victorian era detective story and the main characters gender didn't really have anything to do with it. A little odd and a touch unsatisfying at the end it's not one of the stronger stories.

It focuses on the Marquis de Carabas, an important character from that book, as he journeys through that strange word to get his coat back. A straightforward story Gaiman turns the simple into the amazing. Makes me want to re-read Neverwhere , or maybe watch the show again. Now Showing - Connie Willis I've read a lot of the Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis, and I hope she keeps writing them, but this was the first time I've read anything she has written outside that world.

Set in the not-so-distant-future this is a world where movie theater chains, in a bid to stop ever decreasing ticket sales, turn theaters into veritable theme parks.

It actually sounds pretty cool. But under the surface all may not be as it seems. This was a good story and I'd like to read more set in this world. I had seen Patrick Rothfuss giving a talk and he said he was working on a story about his character Auri for an upcoming short story book.

But then he realized it wouldn't fit and decided to write one about Bast instead the Auri story becoming the novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. I like Bast and it's good to see more of him. The Auri tale was bittersweet, a little sad, a little happy. This story though it a lot happier, though there is a touch of sadness in Bast's life too. A great, simple story. Martin The final story of this collection is, of course, set in the massive world of Westeros.

This one takes place around years before the beginning of the Song of Ice and Fire books. I believe this is oldest time in Westeros history a story has been set. It is a prologue to the Dance of the Dragons, the civil war that caused the end of the dragons.

Very confusing at times due to a lot of similar names everyone was related to everyone I felt there wasn't enough to sate my interest. I need to read the companion piece which immediately follows this one and was released in a similar anthology called Dangerous Women.

It also makes me a little more impatient for the next Song of Ice and Fire novel, as well as the next Game of Thrones series.

About the usual for short story collections. Some good, some bad, some ok. There was enough good stories though to make me recommend reading it, and fans of Neil Gaiman , Patrick Rothfuss and George R.

Martin will want to read it for sure. Even an inclusion of one or two possible drinkers in this otherwise exceptional collection of fantasy short stories cannot have a negative effect on my overall opinion.

This was just magical. The selections by Gaiman, Rothfuss, and Martin make purchasing this book worth it. Oct 02, Leah rated it it was amazing Shelves: tbr-fantasy. He sits by the lightning tree and makes deals with children lol "What would you like in trade? An answer, a favor, a secret?

I feel like I got to know him a lot better. Even though I know he can be a bit conniving and sneaky - I trust him more now. May 02, Althea Ann rated it really liked it. A hilarious and non-stop 'Thieves' World-style' fantasy that plays out like a relay race. A really violent, backstabbing, dangerous relay race. It plays with all kinds of fantasy tropes, tongue firmly in cheek - but also showcases Abercrombie's talent for economically drawing vivid and compelling characters who quickly come to life in the reader's imagination.

Although it's an unconnected story, the themes and the A hilarious and non-stop 'Thieves' World-style' fantasy that plays out like a relay race. Although it's an unconnected story, the themes and the sense of humor are the same.

A 'retired' infamous thief is blackmailed by a wizard into an improbable heist: she is tasked with stealing a street. Yes, a city street. It's a short street, admittedly, but it's full of homes, commerce and passers-by. How will this be accomplished? Well, first, she has to gather her old gang and get them to help Clever and entertaining. That bit by Gillian Flynn is wicked funny! George R. Martin's 'Rogues' is an epic collection of 21 plus the intro short stories written by 21 different authors.

Like any short story collection, I suppose, there were hits and misses. Some stories I loved, others I just found dull. All up, it averages at 3 stars. This collection features stories set in the worlds of Joe R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. The other 16 are all original stand-alone stories as far as I'm aware Martin - just the introduction to the book, so I won't rate this one.

I will say it introduced me to the term 'film-flam men' as an alternative to rogue which I enjoyed. This story follows a mysterious package as it gets stolen again and again by a series of thieves. Very fun. A woman who gives fake fortunes for a living, after retiring from giving hand jobs due to carpal tunnel, agrees to cleanse a clients house of evil spirits.

I had read this one previously as "The Grownup" and rated it 3. A thief in the woods steals the belongings of an unfortunate traveller. To his shock, he finds a tiny God among them, who he proceeds to assist in return for a little good luck. Fun and entertaining. This story takes place within the world of Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series of books now also a TV series, I believe. A man Hap goes on the search for his girlfriends druggie daughter after she goes missing. Trouble ensues.

I liked this one a lot. I have not read any of the Hap and Leonard books previously but it did not matter for this story. Two con artists hold auditions for an assistant to help with pull off a scheme to steal a bunch of silver. A sort of fantasy "Hustle". An interesting premise with a very interesting ending, but I did find it a little dull for the first half. Two women are drinking in a pub for the magically inclined, as a series of events happens. Started off slow, I really enjoyed the middle, the ending left some unanswered questions.

A retired criminal, of the slightly magical variety, is blackmailed into stealing a whole street, after yelling at the wrong guy whilst drunk. As the ex-leader of a close group of thieves, her friends all assist her in this one last job. A substitute teacher-slash-thief observes a group of his students attempting to sell the brass instruments tubas, etc recently stolen from their high school.

I really enjoyed this story and am now keen to check out more of Denton's work. A guy gets called into a little town to investigate some strange happenings at the lake, which seems to be eating people. I just didn't get this one.

It sounds like a great concept for a cool little horror story, but it was just all very strange, and weirdly religious and environmentally focused. The guy a prince on the run falls in love with a girl he's only seen from afar, who is about to be sold to the workhouse.

The other person of unspecified gender, who is secretly in love with the prince attempts to save her to make the prince happy. A good story, but just not my thing. A little boring for me.

This is the fourth story in Cornell's Jonathan Hamilton series of short stories. In a world where people can travel through portals to parallel worlds due to 'foreigner' alien technology , one man is introduced to a younger version of himself, and proceeds to challenge him to a risky game of cards because what else would you do if you just met another version of yourself from a parallel world, right??

Didn't really enjoy this one, nor did it reeeally make sense to me. I have not read any of the other stories from the Jonathan Hamilton series- I don't think that's important as this reads like a standalone but I can't comment on whether the other stories explain the whole parallel world thing better, so it actually makes sense.

An older man and his apprentice, who are on a journey visiting all the wonders of the world, stop off at a bar in Tyre to buy a magic spell book. This one just wasn't really my thing. After his fake-girlfriend is shot dead while on set in Mexico, an actor proceeds to investigate, accidentally getting caught up in a bit of a drug war. I enjoyed this one. A teleporting minstrel joins a travelling caravan across the desert on a journey to get salt, and something much more addictive.

This is a good one. This story takes place in the world of Gaiman's Neverwhere - immediately afterwards, specifically.

The Marquis de Carabas's signature coat was unfortunately sold while he was 'dead' so he goes on a hunt to find it. I actually HAVE read Neverwhere , and while I think that did make me enjoy this story even more than I otherwise would have, I don't believe it is necessary in order to enjoy and understand this story. Set in the near future, a girl runs into her ex-bf while at the cinema, trying to go see a movie, but all is not as it seems.

I loved this very fun, cute little story, which is packed full of movie references galore. Taking place in the world of Rothfuss's The Kingkiller Chronicles , this story follows the character Bast as he sits under the lightning tree trading things and favours for answers and information, and generally goes about his rather horny day, as everything begins to come together. I haven't read any of The Kingkiller Chronicle but didn't find that that seemed necessary in order to enjoy this story.

Taking place in the world of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, this story goes into the history of the Targaryen house, focusing mostly on Daemon and Viserys as well as others , and the events leading up to the start of the series. I think this story would be very confusing if you have done neither of those, but then again probably not many people reading this anthology will have done neither.

Started off strong, finished strong, drifted dully in the middle. View 1 comment. Feb 05, Melanie rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , anthologies , novellas-and-short-stories , read-in , fae. This story is set in Kvothe's innkeeper days, and surrounds his mysterious friend Bast. For the record, I absolute 1. For the record, I absolutely adore Bast, so when I found out that there was a short story that starred him, I literally jumped for joy.

Also, The Name of the Wind is my favorite book of all time, so I am absolutely biased with this review. I can't even really give a summary without major spoilers, but I loved this story mostly because it has the same magic that made me fall in love with this series to begin with. Seeing Bast help the locals who live around the Waystone Inn warmed my heart to no end. Bast is such a young hearted character, and truly does whatever he wanted, while making people believe what is easier for them to accept.

At this point, I'd rate Patrick Rothfuss' napkins five stars, because everything he touches has this amazing magical feel that I can't quite put into words. I just want more from this world, especially with the announcement of the tenth anniversary edition being released this year!

I cannot wait to see illustrations, better maps, and to find out if Skarpi really knew Kvothe's name, all that time ago! I was giggling like a child, and I wish that I could have seen George's face when he first read Pat's story. It was seriously the perfect touch on an already perfect short story. Feb 06, Lyn rated it liked it. Bast you charming bastard. Patrick Rothfuss shares with us a day in the life of Bast, his character from his The Name of the Wind stories.

And fun to watch as all get out. The fairy elements reminded me vaguely of Susanna Clarke Bast you charming bastard. Jun 18, Gavin rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy. This was a much better anthology than Dangerous Women. The majority of the novellas included in Rogues were entertaining. A few were really good. Most of the big name authors stories lived up to my expectations.

Martin I liked the intro. Martin explains that he has always preferred reading or watching characters who are more grey than black or white. He thinks they are more interesting. He then goes This was a much better anthology than Dangerous Women. He then goes on to mention a bunch of his favorite rogues across many genres. It was good to know the characters who influenced Martin. I also enjoyed hearing Martin's theory that genre boundaries have hardened over the years and that readers need to be more adventurous.

There are no good and bad genres, he explains, only good and bad books! The story followed the progress of an item as it passed through the hands of multiple different characters. Some of the characters were interesting and others were not.

Unfortunately none of the characters were all that likable. Abercrombie has a strangely crude and distant writing style, which combined with the unlikable characters, makes it hard to love this. It's better than the dreadful Abercrombie novella in the Dangerous Women anthology, but that's not saying much. Rating: 3 stars. It was well written and very engaging. I was a little shocked by the way the story started, but that's likely just the prude in me. For such a short story this really kept the reader guessing.

I loved the twists and turns and the way the nature of the story was constantly changing. Rating: 5 stars. Before I read this I had no real interest in reading any of Gillian Flynn's books. Now I'm highly anticipating reading Gone Girl. While traveling through a forest Raffalon, a roguish thief, stumbles across the belongings of a man who has been kidnapped by a clan of cannibals.

Among the possessions is a forgotten minor God who "convinces" Raffalon rescuing the the kidnap victim would be in his best interests. I enjoyed the bargaining and banter between Raffalon and the forgotten God. The story was short but fun. I may try more books in this series from Matthew Hughes in the future. Rating: 3. It's from Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series.

It was a decent read, but not nearly as good as Wreslting Jesus. Hap and Leonard seemed like an interesting and funny duo and they pulled no punches while saving Hap's stepdaughter from a terrible fate at the hands of some drug dealers. I may be tempted into trying the first book in the series one day as Lansdale does have a very readable writing style.

They decide to add a female to the team to help them pull the "black money" scam on the leaders of an alternative future New Orleans. The setting was quite interesting and the world building by Swanwick was good. It was easy to imagine this world where labor zombies were common place and the USA had broken up into small city states. I really liked Swanwick's take on zombies.

The story itself was interesting enough, but probably perfectly sized. Provenance by David Ball This is the tale of a Caravaggian painting from it's origins in Italy to the hands of a shifty art dealer in New York.

It's not my usual sort of read but I did enjoy the flashbacks to the paintings history in Italy and Nazi Germany. The ending was also quite good. It followed two women who were trying to convince a nightclub owner to hire them to protect the nightclub from natural and supernatural intruders.

The characters were likable enough and so was the story. Carrie Vaughn has an engaging writing style. It follows a group of famous thieves as they are forced out of retirement to do one last job. The world building was very good.

I loved the mix of magic and technology in this world. The characters were a likable and witty bunch. The dialogue provided much entertainment. The story itself was fast paced and fun. It was always interesting following the gangs latest attempt to complete their job before the year and a day deadline expired.

It had a few flaws. Unfortunately while this novella did have the excellent world building, interesting plot, likable characters, and humor to match the Gentlemen Bastards series it lacked the same level of drama or emotional appeal. On the whole I was happy with this story and would be delighted to read more novellas featuring Amarelle and the rest of the gang. Rating: 4. Bad Brass by Bradley Denton This story tells the tale of a substitute teacher who indulges in a secondary job of robbing other thieves.

In this story the thieves he plans to rob are high school students who are trying to sell musical instruments they have stolen from their school.

This was quite an easygoing read and Denton has an engaging writing style. It was easy to like the main character, despite his light fingered ways, because he was averse to violence and ended up doing more harm than good. This was one of the longer novellas in the collection and it took advantage of this by giving us a larger cast of well drawn secondary characters. We followed a ghost-buster of sorts as he tried to rid a lake of a supernatural creature.

The pace was too plodding. Priest spent too much time describing meaningless items like coffee mugs and not enough time fleshing out the world or characters. As a result I had a hard time picturing the setting and an even more difficult time caring about any of the characters. Rating: 2 stars. The story was set in an outlaw city and follows Asa, a fixer of sorts, who's current assignment is to keep a prince who is in political exile safe. The arrival of some Bounty Hunters marks the start of some interesting times for Asa.

Despite being far more grey of character than white the resourceful and quick witted Asa was a likable character. This was my first taste of Daniel Abraham, but it will not be the last. I'll also be quite happy if we see more of Asa at some point in the future. Rating: 4 stars. Which sounds awesome. Unfortunately it was not. What we got instead was a very confusing sci-fi world and characters that lacked any humor or charm.

It was a bit boring. This is apparently the fourth Jonathan Hamilton short story Cornell has written. Perhaps if a reader has read the previous short story the weird sci-fi terms like "the balance" will have made sense to them.

This definitely did not work as a standalone novella. I found Saylor's writing quite engaging. Unfortunately I was not all that enamored by his heroes and I found the story a bit juvenile. This felt like a wasted opportunity for a good story. Mister Fitz is an enchanted puppet sorcerer. This could have been good, as the story was mildly intriguing. Sadly, I never clicked with Nix's writing style and I found the characters a little distant.

Also it's a total fail, in my eyes, if any story including an enchanted puppet fails to make that puppet either terrifyingly creepy or totally hilarious.

In this novella Sean is filming a movie in Mexico when he gets caught up in a whirlwind of intrigue which includes a dead actress, Mexican drug lords, and an some weird applications for 3D printing technology. I liked this. Sean was egotistical and self centered, but still strangely likable. The first person narrative was very engaging. I'll try the Dagmar series at some point in the future. It was a slow paced, but entertaining story.

Alaric joins a trade caravan which is crossing a dessert. The merchant leader of the caravan trades in addictive drugs. It's a dangerous trade in more ways than one. Alaric was a likable character and his ability to teleport was fun. Tuttle has an engaging writing style and the story was quite interesting. The mystery had a few twists and turns and even had a hint of the paranormal about it. The characters were likable enough. I think at this point I'm just going to have to admit that I'm not a Neil Gaiman fan.

I find his fantasy worlds more ridiculous than surreal, and his characters distant and impossible to care about. Rating: 2. Now Showing by Connie Willis I really enjoyed this cynical near future sci-fi tale. The story had plenty of humor, intrigue, and romance. This was a trip to the movies that turned out to be more, or less, than a trip to the movies.

To begin with I feared the constant movie references would get annoying, but thankfully Willis avoided this pitfall by using them to inject a little humor to the story.

Audio Note: The audio was narrated by actress Molly Quinn. She did a decent job and only occasionally lapsed into the annoying over dramatization that plagued her Castle co star Stana Katic when she narrated a few of the novellas in the Dangerous Women anthology. It features a day in the life of Kvothe's mysterious apprentice Bast. It was an engaging and entertaining tale. Bast is an intriguing character and was more likable than I expected him to be.

That said, he definitely retains his aura of danger and mystery. Martin This was a prequel to Martin's novella in the Dangerous Women anthology and is written in the same style. We get another history lesson from Archmaester Gyldayn of the Citadel of Oldtown. This was the tale of Prince Daemon Targaryen and his ambition to one day be crowned King of Westeros.

In this story we also learn of the events and tensions that lead to the bloody happenings in The Princess and the Queen. I really enjoyed the story. Martin excels at writing these sort of in depth stories filled with political intrigue and a large cast of characters. Overall rating for Rogues: 4 stars. This was a worthwhile anthology. Audio Note: The audiobook was narrated by multiple different narrators.

I like this approach when it comes to anthologies as I feel it gives each story a bit of separation from the previous one. Dec 15, Maggie K rated it really liked it. So, anthologies can be kind of hard to like; there's always diverse variety of styles, there are bound to be a good percent of stories you don't really care for. Especially in Fantasy, where there are an overabundance of styles Not that everything was a 4, but quite a few.

No 1s. Out of 21! That makes this great. A 'massage parlor' worker who also tries to do psychic readings, which leads her into a con she attempts to pull, getting involved in a creepy-house story, only to get conned back. Super Fun! I find reluctant hero books amusing, so I enjoyed it. Although I had never read any of these stories before, I was able to follow along as they set out to rescue the crack addicted daughter of a lover.

Fun in the action sense as they battle their way into a rescue, but not as memorable for me. Maybe if I knew the characters better Predictable but a ton-o-fun. Reminded me of that Steve Martin movie A great idea, but a little too much telling rather than showing. I thought it was fun, but it didn't really suck me in. I liked all these characters!

Someone tell me if they are in a book somewhere? A cute story! Corey with Ty Franck fantasy set in a city full of Rogueish types, where our Rogue sets up his unrequited love interest with the Rogue he pines for, while battling a contestof wits with Bounty hunters, slavers, and a poisoner.

Not a lot of action, but a good setting and story. I think 19th century British empire steampunk culture. There was a LOT of exposition, and I found it hard to keep going.

I probably missed something but it didn't work for me. I think this character is in other books and there was just some background I didn't know. I saw it coming and was kind of bored. It is only the hunting the pieces down part of the story, it seemed to be missing something.

Some futuristic things, but mostly modern who done it, how do we fix it and get drunk story, Great characterization and idea. The protagonist Alaric the Minstrel seems well rounded, are their other stories about him? Anyway, here he gets involved with a caravan going to pick up illegal drugs, and the contest of wills between the caravan driver and his son. It didn't all make sense, and it had a lot of those Holmesian clues in where the reader knew nothing until the reveal, but it was an interesting story.

There are mushroom people, slaves, The Elephant from Elephant and Castle, and some new baddies called the Sheperds. I loved it! A pair of young lovers discover fraud in the movie-house business IF you've read that book, you will love this. It was written in a very historic-document type way, mostly filled with facts readers of the series already knew. If it had been adapted into an actual story, it could have been so much fun!

The only thread tying these wildly disparate stories together is that they are about rogues. And herein lies the problem with this collection. Since there is "something for Cross Genre Anthology is a Mixed Bag There is a little bit of everything in this anthology Since there is "something for everyone" that invariably means that almost any reader will like some of the stories and not others. I found some real gems, other stories I disliked, and still others that were somewhere in between.

Most of the stories, even those I did not like, were well written and well put together. I found some reviews on the book blogs whose authors wildly disagreed with me. They liked stories I hated, hated stories I liked, etc. Most seem to agree, however, that this isn't, overall, the best anthology.

For me, often, an anthology with a narrower focus, such as Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy seems to work better. There was a large cast of audio readers. The variety of voices and approaches made things interesting. Most of the readers of whom a few are well known actors were at least competent, and some were downright brilliant.

There was one exceptionBritish actor Roy Dotrice. He ruined the three stories he read, and even the author bios, which he also read. I think he needs to stop reading audios. He used to be better at it, but has gotten much worse lately.

He voices many young characters as crones, ordinary people as British aristocrats, and makes other reading choices that make little sense. I read along in the Kindle version while I listened to the audio. Anyway here's my very biased take on the stories. Martin's well written introduction.

Martin's a terrific writer, but like most authors , he isn't the best audio reader for his own material. This is a mildly interesting fantasy story taking place in the fictitious city of Sipani.

The story is about delivery of an important package that keeps getting sidetracked. Also there are good, strong, kick ass female characters. But I can't get into Joe Abercrombie, for some reason. His stuff is skillfully written, but it's just not for me. I think in this story I just never completely believed it. It never came to life for me. It's standard Flynn fare, about a couple of sociopaths out-conning and out-manipulating each other.

Although there were a couple of surprises, I find that Flynn's standard writing m. After "Gone Girl", I think I'd had enough of this. Julia Whalen read the audio well. Roy Dotrice's terrible narration ruined the story for me. He voiced the young female character as a crone with a Scottish? As far as I could tell this was a weird so-so fantasy story about wizards trying to exploit idols and gods to their own the wizards' advantage and about narrow escapes from cannibals. However, the reading was so bad it was tough to tell if the story was any good.

I might have to reread the story to do it justice. Lansdale This story was about a couple of hard boiled freelance detectives and crime fighters, in rural Texas, Hap and Leonard. Hap's girlfriend's daughter gets in trouble involving drugs and prostitution which she seems to have a habit of doing and the two guys have to rescue her. The story was a bit too brutish and violent for my taste. However, there are plenty of action and fight scenes, if you like that sort of stuff.

However, the pairing of Hap and Leonard as professional partners is appealing. Hap is earthy, white, and straight; Leonard, is black, tough as nails, and gay. The story was also extremely funny although granted, the humor is pretty crude.

The humor nearly rescued the story for me. Some samples of the humor describing a local talent show : "a dance number with a man and a woman in a horse suit.

The man was the back end, the horse's ass". The old ventriloquist again: "I fart, it blacks me out and I wake up wearing a tutu". Phil Gigante did a decent job reading the audio. He seemed to verbally highlight the humorous passages. The story was about a bunch of scammers all trying to double cross each other. The eponymous "Tawny Petticoats" is a gorgeous young woman who is the most thorough going con artist of the lot of them. Trust no one. I wasn't crazy about this story, although it was creative and well written.

Ron Donachie was a good narrator. This was one of my favorites in the entire collection. There are Nazi villains, lots of art, and flim flammery in the art world. What's not to like? There's also a surprise ending. I guessed part of it, but not all of it. The story was brilliantly read by British actor W. Morgan Sheppard, one of the best audio readers in this entire collection. This fantasy story presents an alternate version of the Roaring Twenties with lots of non-human creaturesweres, fae, etc.

One online reviewer described her narration as " boring". The main characters of this romance, science fiction story are Jasmine St.

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