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New Amsterdam (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Bear (Author)
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  • Paperback: 267 pages
  • Publisher: Far Territories (1 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1596061634
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596061637
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 611,899 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Abigail Irene Garrett drinks too much. She makes scandalous liaisons with inappropriate men, and if in her youth she was a famous beauty, now she is both formidable and notorious! She is a forensic sorceress, and a dedicated officer of a Crown that does not deserve her loyalty. Sebastien de Ulloa is the oldest creature she has ever known. He has forgotten his birth-name, his birth-place, and even the year in which he was born, if he ever knew it. But he still remembers the woman who made him immortal. In a world where the sun never sets on the British Empire, where Holland finally ceded New Amsterdam to the English only during the Napoleonic wars, and where the expansion of the American colonies was halted by the war magic of the Iroquois, they are exiles in the new world - and its only hope for justice!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good story, couldn't have hurt to be longer, 30 Jan 2009
By Seneska "Sen" (Edinburgh, UK) - See all my reviews
I picked this book up on a whim. I have to admit I judged it by it's cover. The story starts on an airship and my initial impression was that is was steampunk-y. My opinion changed rapidly as it is in actual fact far more fantasy than science-fiction (And found in Waterstones horror section). It is made all the more individual by it's magic/scientific balance.

Set in an alternative history after the death of Queen Victoria, the main action takes place in "New Amsterdam" but it is not all set in the book's namesake. Indeed the city is the part that I loved, brought to life by excellent writing, and I was hoping either that the book would be longer, or that more story could occur there. Where sorcery meets crime, and myth clashes with politics it makes the story enthralling enough to keep you reading longer than you would think.

My one quibble is that I would prefer it if the story stayed in the main city for longer than it did. The characterisation never really got far for the secondary characters (the politicians) beyond stereotypical assumptions. However it is their actions that force the story forward. I think just an extra chapter or story section in New Amsterdam would have the entire story feel better explored. As it is it is still extremely enjoyable, and I will be looking at her other books.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not a patch on her "Promethean Age" series, 5 May 2009
By M. R. N. Shackelford "mark shackelford" (Worthing, UK) - See all my reviews
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An interesting alternative history novel that seems to have had to shoe-horn in too many ideas. A vampiric "Sherlock Holmes", with a Sorceress CSI, in a late Victorian USA where the English still rule, with airships crossing the Atlantic, and a string of were-wolves and other assorted nasties, not to mention a walk-on part for Nikolas Tesla (as himself).

Compared to the author's Promethean Age novels, this one seems a little thin, and there is not enough exploration of the potential behind the themes - the book seems to be more episodic - almost as if (like Dickens) it was written as a series for a magazine. There are enough ideas here to launch something of the order of the (glorious) Baroque cycle by Neal Stephenson - but sadly this seems a little rushed, and doesn't allow Ms. Bear's usual quality descriptive prose room to explore this universe.

I would recommend the author's "Blood and Iron" instead - where you can revel in an alternate (modern-day) history with an extraordinary cast of humans, faerie, goblins, warlocks, immortals and the occasional unicorn.
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