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Summary: Wow!
Review: "More! More! More!" Alida Van Gores where have you gone? Hope you see this. We're waiting for any new work your terrific imagination can conceive! ...and it's been too long a wait.
Rating:
Summary: Wow!
Review: "More! More! More!" Alida Van Gores where have you gone? Hope you see this. We're waiting for any new work your terrific imagination can conceive! ...and it's been too long a wait.
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Summary: A very special book
Review: I am not a avid book reader, but I couldn't put the book down. It gave a new meaning to the sea. A went to school with Alida and she was a very special person in my life. I am sorry to tell all she passed away a few years back and there will be no sequal. It would have been wonderful I am sure. Pick it up and you will devour it. Wonderfully written!
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Summary: A wonderful book. Please write more!
Review: I happened to find a copy of this at a used book store and fell in love with the world the author created and her characters. It's well worth seeking out, but be warned, you'll be haunted by a desire for more about this undersea world, but the author apparently doesn't choose to continue her mermaid saga. That's a pity because you don't often find a fantasy quest book with such a strong female character and unique setting.
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Summary: An old friend
Review: I highly recommend this well-written and engaging book to anyone interested in intelligent undersea life. The characters are true-to-life and it is easy to like and dislike them. Inclusion of split-tailed mers is a particularly nice touch, since they are well-known in Europe (check out The Mermaid of Denmark out in the Bay!) but seem to have been forgotten by American artists and writers. She's got romance, secrets from the past, political corruption, civil war, and the potential destruction of the oceans! Thoroughly enjoyable.Unfortunately, this book has been out of print for a long time and it is difficult to obtain a reasonably priced used copy. It would be nice if the publisher decided to reprint this wonderful book, as there are many people out there who would appreciate it and others like me who already appreciate it and would like to be able to pop down to the bookstore and pick it up for birthdays!
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Summary: Great Book! What happened??
Review: I highly recommend this well-written and engaging book to anyone interested in intelligent undersea life. The characters are true-to-life and it is easy to like and dislike them. Inclusion of split-tailed mers is a particularly nice touch, since they are well-known in Europe (check out The Mermaid of Denmark out in the Bay!) but seem to have been forgotten by American artists and writers. She's got romance, secrets from the past, political corruption, civil war, and the potential destruction of the oceans! Thoroughly enjoyable. Unfortunately, this book has been out of print for a long time and it is difficult to obtain a reasonably priced used copy. It would be nice if the publisher decided to reprint this wonderful book, as there are many people out there who would appreciate it and others like me who already appreciate it and would like to be able to pop down to the bookstore and pick it up for birthdays!
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Summary: Best view of Mermaids ever!
Review: I read this book when it first came out, years and years ago. I bought it -brand- new, and finished it quickly as I do any book I simply cannot put down. I waited and waited and waited, hoping that Alida Van Gores would put out another book, her writing style is interesting, her story creative and origional. No one ever writes about mermaids, especially in such a light. Did she die or something? Maybe the book initially did not sell well? I wish to know! If someone finds an email address or personally writes her, let me know!
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Summary: Mermaid's song By: Alida Van Gores
Review: In all my years of reading, absorbing and devouring books. I have never found another like this one. Alida Van Gores should be found and prasied. The brilliant world of the Merra brought to life with such cleaverness. She's created what's reffered to by fans as the "Holy Grail" of mermaid fiction. Alida if you ever read this, I want you to know, my daughter falls asleep each night to the songs and legends of the Merra.
"Start a ripple, change the sea and all that was will ever be."
You changed the sea Alida.
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Summary: An old friend
Review: Like the other reviewers, I have been scanning the scifi/fantasy shelves for years, always hoping to see a new book by this author. mermaid's song is one of my favorite "old friends", that is, a book that I can come back to year after year and discover new facets. I just unearthed my copy from storage and am currently rereading it with tremendous pleasure. Does anyone know what happened to the author? I can only hope that she is out there, occasionally checking in on her reviews, even so many years later, and will be encouraged to enter the fray once again.
Rating:
Summary: An old friend
Review: Like the other reviewers, I have been scanning the scifi/fantasy shelves for years, always hoping to see a new book by this author. mermaid's song is one of my favorite "old friends", that is, a book that I can come back to year after year and discover new facets. I just unearthed my copy from storage and am currently rereading it with tremendous pleasure. Does anyone know what happened to the author? I can only hope that she is out there, occasionally checking in on her reviews, even so many years later, and will be encouraged to enter the fray once again.
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