Calenture

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Summary: Buy it!
Review: Storm Constantine's 'Calenture' must be the most underrated (or should that be overlooked?) fantasy novel of the last decade. I'm thrilled it has been republished, and hope it remains in print for years to come. Gushing finished, it's time to get pedantic and annoying. Stark House Press's presentation of this gem is very disappointing: small, slightly faded-looking print which makes the pages look almost Xeroxed; the original frontispiece (a line drawing of a flying city) was omitted; woeful typesetting-the font does not lend itself to the tone of the book all, and the indentation on each paragraph is unusually wide and distracting. And, of course, it's one of those horrid large format paperbacks (economical, I guess, which is understandable). For me, having cherished the original for so many years, such sloppy presentation is a travesty. New 'Calenture' readers probably won't care about such tripe as this, and would rightly think I need to get a life, but I would urge those who have purchased this copy seek out a first edition or first edition paperback (Headline, 1994), both of which I believe are available through Constantine's back catalogue at Immanion Press via www.stormconstantine.com, for the true 'Calenture' experience!

Rating:
Summary: Dreamscapes
Review: This novel is a dreamscape of imagery. The novel delves into the fundamental reality of storytelling itself while asking more questions than it answers. If you like your books to make you think, this is definitely the book for you. It is just amazingly
descriptive and rivals most American authors can do.

Rating:
Summary: Dreamscapes
Review: This novel is a dreamscape of imagery. The novel delves into the fundamental reality of storytelling itself while asking more questions than it answers. If you like your books to make you think, this is definitely the book for you. It is just amazingly
descriptive and rivals most American authors can do.