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Castles Made Of Sand (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)

by Gwyneth Jones (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; paperback / softback edition (20 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575070331
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575070332
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 629,236 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Gwyneth won the Arthur C Clarke award this year for Bold As Love, this novelis the next in this excellent series. These are not ordinary fantasy novels,there appeal reaches way beyond. Festival/Conventions:Gwyneth has made appearances at the Writing on the Wall event for radical writers in Liverpool. Is guest of honour at Readercon and will be appearing at Fantasycon. Interviews:Major interview in the Manchester Evening News - the day before the Glastonbury Festival. Profile and short interview in DREAMWATCH Short piece in STARBURST relating to Arthur C. Clarke award and mentioning Castles Made of Sand. Signings/Events: Signings at Forbidden Planet with Bryan Talbot.Signing at Waterstone's Manchester with Alastair Reynolds.Signing and talk at Hammicks Redill. Sales lunch with seven other major authors. Reviews: 'Her first novel was excellent - this is even better.'THE GUARDIAN 'Further proof that it's possible to do something triumphantly new with the fantasy genre.'DREAMWATCH 'Castles Made of Sand quickly establishes itself among her best work.'STARLOG 'Gripp


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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It gets better, 28 Jul 2002
I thought that Bold As Love was the best book I read last year and I couldn't wait to read Castles Made Of Sand. The wait was worth it.

Gwyneth Jones brings together plot elements from Bold as Love and moves them towards a classic fantasy climax. More than this the 3 main characters Ax, Fiorinda and Sage get to develop further as powerful but human (and hence fallible) characters. The trials and travails of a menage a trois are explored in a way that is real, sexy and thought provoking.

And, of course, the bad guy gets it (or does he?).

I cannot recoomend this book highly enough.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I love the lot of them, 30 May 2006
I read all the Bold As Love books --hooked from the start. I've been re-reading them, hoping to get to the end again before "Rainbow Bridge" comes out, and they stand up brilliantly, especially the addictive main characters. Midnight Lamp could be my favourite (movies and digital technology are far closer to me than rock and roll), but "Castles Made Of Sand" is probably the best novel, and the strongest use of sf/fantasy motifs. It starts off as a meaty, tough characterisation of a threesome relationship, happening against a backdrop of the same country-falling-apart politics of the first book --and if you've been in that situation, where a passionate threesome is not kooky sex, it's the centre of your life, you'll really appreciate this. Then, just when you're thinking yes! This is what Arthur and Lancelot and Guinevere would do, if their story was happening now!, the plot takes the same sort of rollercoaster plunge that kept happening in "Bold As Love", and becomes a bloodcurdling science-and-supernatural thriller. To say more would be to run into spoilers. Second time round I can see the big clues, and the fairytale roots, but what Gwyneth Jones can do with "cliches" is completely amazing. You don't have to know the difference between The Stone Roses and Guns n' Roses to love these books (though that's one joke I did get). They're fantastic, intelligent entertainment. I can't understand why more people don't rave about them.
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars This got published?, 12 Jan 2006
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This review is from: Castles Made Of Sand (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
Unrealistic. Pretentious. Stupidly named characters and a writing style that flows so badly that it often takes several reads to understand a sentence.
In short, really not worth the read!
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