- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312872291
- ISBN-13: 978-0312872298
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,585,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
She's one of the most likable main characters in modern literature. Things don't always race, but they are seldom uninteresting. Best of all, at least for me, is that the world is so complete, so full and well thought out. An Arthur clone? I think not. King's Peace is better than almost any Arthur tale, and many times more original.
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Format:Hardcover
"King's Peace", Jo Walton's first novel, is well planned and well written. Its an obviously fictional world that's large and intricate and put together with considerable foresight and thoughtfulness. Some reviewers have gone so far as to complain that "King's Peace" is just another rehash of the King Arthur stories. It isn't. Not even close. There are similarities, some of them strong, but it's only enough to flavor the story, not enough to make it in any way seem trite, unoriginal, or lazy.
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An enjoyable, well-written, first-person narrative that, despite dropping hints at how things will turn out, leaves enough in reserve to surprise. The action is set in a world that is part creation and part re-creation, and which is both satisfyingly different and also strangely familiar. Walton successfully weaves the threads of her lead character's life through a story that taps into the Arthurian myth, without surrendering development totally to pre-destiny, or sacrificing plot to character as so many fantasy novels seem to.
Recommended. I eagerly await the next volume.
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I love Sulien, too!
I also loved the detail of Walton's world. What an incredible amount of time she must have spent in developing all of this. Read more
Published on 20 April 2001
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When, early on, a tough warrior informs our heroine that WE don't pay attention to the colour of someone's skin, we realise that this is going to be a Y2K contribution to... Read more
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Disappointing Debut That Remains Stillborn
I had looked forward to this book since I first heard about it in May. The buzz prior to publication was that this was something special, born out by some of the comments contained... Read more
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