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Summary: A Good Book to have as a "reread"
Review: I read Finder a long time ago. seems like eons but I always loved the book and what Borderland books I could get my hands on. I love the idea of a city/country that borders on the realm of Faerie and "The World"
Orient is a strong character, a dreamer with a huge heart.
I cried when he loses his best friend Tick Tick.I wish there were more books in the series and now that I own this one I want to find all I can that were published for my personaly library
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Summary: Astounding
Review: I stumbled onto this book purely by chance. And I don't think there's anything I can say to properly prepare you for this book. Absolutely beautiful, mesmerizing, superb..... Just read it. You'll find out what I'm talking about. And, God, Tick-Tick....
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Summary: Astounding
Review: I stumbled onto this book purely by chance. And I don't think there's anything I can say to properly prepare you for this book. Absolutely beautiful, mesmerizing, superb..... Just read it. You'll find out what I'm talking about. And, God, Tick-Tick....
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Summary: Finder
Review: I think this was a great book because it was not specific to a certain genre. It could be classified in any genre. It is a great book.
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Summary: Emma's the only writer who can make me cry
Review: I was wandering through a bookstore three years ago with my then boyfriend and stumbled across a book called 'The War of the Oaks' by Emma Bull. I literally devoured this book, and have continued to re-read it twice a year. I was happy to discover that she wrote a short story for the Borderland books that I've had since I was fourteen (it's been 15 years since then, imagine that!) and then to my utter delight that she wrote another, 'Finder'. Emma catches things in ways you can't imagine, she takes you in and you're there, at the Borderlands caught in this town between worlds. If you want to fully experience the Borderlands, search out the Music for it- Tempest's 'Serrated Edge', her own band or any other number of 'Celtic Rock'. And if you fin 'War for the Oaks', buy it. It's out of print. It's worth it a thousand times over.
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Summary: old friends
Review: if you have visited the border,you will have to check in with your old friends at Danceland....Terri Windlings shared world series ranks highly with all who read it...be prepared for razor wit and puns when you least expect it,also an emotional attachment to the characters
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Summary: old friends
Review: if you have visited the border,you will have to check in with your old friends at Danceland....Terri Windlings shared world series ranks highly with all who read it...be prepared for razor wit and puns when you least expect it,also an emotional attachment to the characters
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Summary: Sound Cue: County Hell Fairgrounds, Please.
Review: It's interesting to see what a unique talent can do with characters and material originally created for one of the "shared universe" anthologies that no longer plague us quite so much as was the case a few years back. (Though "Borderlands", along with the "Liavek" books -- featuring many of the same crew of authors were among the Very Best of the breed...) All of the important elements of Bordertown are here -- the "Cat Street Crier", the Dancing Ferret, (and Goldie, Sai and Strider), the Mad River, Ho Street, and so on -- but it is still uniquely Bull's imagination and her story, and hers alone. Other reviewers have gone into the What Happens Next aspects -- i'd like to touch on some of the Why It's Interesting When It Happens. Orient, Tick Tick and Sonny Rico and all of the other characters who get mixed into this wind up *changed*. I mean *really* changed -- some die, some have to live with tose deaths and some never really understand what the hell is going on. One of Johnny Cash's recent songs refers to "a long walk in a cold rain" -- and that's what Orient and company set out on -- this is an almost classic trip " ... down these mean streets ... [by] ... a man who is not himself mean ..." You will not be indifferent to the fates of Orient and friends, as we all too often find ourselves indifferent to those of the "heroes" in all too many recent works of boilerplate conanistic "heroic fantasy". As a matter of fact, if you are not careful, you may care just a bit too much and could suffer for it... but even that is worth it and part of a truly memorable reading experience. "How does he make his hands do that?" "Too much Fairport Convention in his youth..."
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Summary: A spirited, poignant glimpse into the world on the Border
Review: Somewhere there exists the city known as Bordertown. Once part of The World as we know it, the lands of the Faerie have encroached -- magic and technology share a sporadic and uneasy co-existence. And it is here that Emma Bull takes us -- to follow the lives of Orient, Tick-Tick and Sunny Rico.
One part murder mystery, one part drama, one part thriller, one part tragic romance, Finder mixes all of these to a smooth whole. Orient, the title character, is a young man with a tragic past; then again, everyone in Bordertown has some pain in their background. It's the one thing all the citizens have in common. He and his best friend, Tick-Tick, the Elf, stand shoulder to shoulder against the rising tide of prejudice surrounding the murder of Bonnie Prince Charlie and subsequent events.
Bull gives tantalizing glimpses into Orient's past, Tick-Tick's, as well as that of Sunny Rico, making them seem more acquaintances you've lost touch with than merely characters in a novel. Their pain is tangible. The story is gripping; the ending bittersweet and far too soon. Finder leaves you wanting more
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Summary: Good to be back with the Bordertown gang
Review: Swept away 10 years ago by the Bordertown books, I was so happy to find a new one. "Finder" was an excellent mix of new story and faithful tryst with the past. We have all gotten older and Emma Bull has aged her characters and their lives in such a way as to be most believable while losing nothing of the magic and whimsy of the first Bordertown series. The dialog is sharp and refuses to let the reader off easy. I would reccomend that anyone who enjoys either S.F. or whodunnits read this book.
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