His entry begins:I have eclectic tastes in books. That’s probably what everyone says. Recently I’ve been spending time re-reading the fantasy and science fiction I read when I was a younger person: Dune by Frank Herbert (still holds up pretty well, though I get it all confused with David Lynch’s movie now); Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (would that I could be thirteen again and really love this; alas I’m not); Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock (cool and strange even now.) I tried but couldn’t manage to finish The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. Perhaps it’s that I’ve lost entirely the ability to absorb epic fantasy into my system, but the book was just too long, too tangled, too many...[read on]About Engines of the Broken World, from the publisher:
Merciful Truth and her brother, Gospel, have just pulled their dead mother into the kitchen and stowed her under the table. It was a long illness, and they wanted to buryLearn more about the book and author at Jason Vanhee's blog, Facebook page, and Twitter perch.her—they did—but it’s far too cold outside, and they know they won’t be able to dig into the frozen ground. The Minister who lives with them, who preaches through his animal form, doesn’t make them feel any better about what they’ve done. Merciful calms her guilty feelings but only until, from the other room, she hears a voice she thought she’d never hear again. It’s her mother’s voice, and it’s singing a lullaby....
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