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Summary: I own it, but I haven't read it yet...
Review: Amazon.com is wrong. I just bought it at Borders in Hyannis yesterday. I am sure that this volume will be just as good as the 15 before it.
Rating: 
Summary: Great good fun
Review: As usual MZB came out with another enjoyable collection of Sword & Sorceress. # 16 isn't quite as good as 8 or 9, my favorites, but it's still great fun. My favorite story in this volume is Choices by Lisa Deason, a really original take on shapeshifting that entertained me and made me think. Also worthy of special mention are Moonlight on Water by Carol Leever and Enaree by Deborah Wheeler--it's refreshing to read great fantasy stories based on ethnicities other than Western European. The only reason I'm not giving this anthology five stars is because of the sprinkling of mediocre, highly forgettable stories in among the gems--so forgettable I've already forgotten what they were called. There's nothing truly bad here, however, and this is a very solid entry in the series.
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Summary: Great good fun
Review: As usual MZB came out with another enjoyable collection of Sword & Sorceress. # 16 isn't quite as good as 8 or 9, my favorites, but it's still great fun. My favorite story in this volume is Choices by Lisa Deason, a really original take on shapeshifting that entertained me and made me think. Also worthy of special mention are Moonlight on Water by Carol Leever and Enaree by Deborah Wheeler--it's refreshing to read great fantasy stories based on ethnicities other than Western European. The only reason I'm not giving this anthology five stars is because of the sprinkling of mediocre, highly forgettable stories in among the gems--so forgettable I've already forgotten what they were called. There's nothing truly bad here, however, and this is a very solid entry in the series.
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Summary: An All-Right Collection
Review: Maybe I've read one too many similar short stories lately, or maybe everything's lagging with Y2K on the horizon, but S&S16 was a fine, comfy book with a few fun pieces, a few stories that were eh, one or two polite chuckles, and a couple of oh neat tales. "The Dancing Men of Ballyben" was a fun romp in Keltora, and Cynthia makes an appearance by renaming the Greek gods, and there's a highly unusual contemporary piece ("Salt & Sorcery") that would normally appear in her magazine but somehow found its way into the anthology. The focus seems to be shifting from Celtic Medieval to Oriental Medieval as "Moonlight on Water" and the one about the K-- creature with the bowlshaped head prove. All in all, number 16 isn't too bad, but there isn't quite the thrill some of the stories in numbers 9-12ish. The wonder just isn't there anymore. Authors are routinalizing their own worlds. Readers...demand greater!
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Summary: Pretty darn good.
Review: Okay, this book is set up just like all the others in the Sword & Sorceress series. However, this one seems to be one of the better ones of the series. Marion Zimmer Bradley seems to know what her readers/fans like to read. Excellent stories!
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Summary: Pretty darn good.
Review: Okay, this book is set up just like all the others in the Sword & Sorceress series. However, this one seems to be one of the better ones of the series. Marion Zimmer Bradley seems to know what her readers/fans like to read. Excellent stories!
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Summary: disappointed in the quality this time
Review: Our of 26 stories in this, the 16th of the Sword & Sorceress series, I can only say that 6 of them really impressed me. Impressing me means that the characters were interesting and I wanted to keep reading. It also means that these six were stories that I could understand the first time through and which I could enjoy and relax with. Yes, sometimes it is good to have something to think over and chew on but sometimes I just want a good story. There are several stories in this collection that if the characters had been more appealing I could chew over and enjoy but frankly I was disappointed this time around by the types of stories and the writing.
Rating:
Summary: disappointed in the quality this time
Review: Our of 26 stories in this, the 16th of the Sword & Sorceress series, I can only say that 6 of them really impressed me. Impressing me means that the characters were interesting and I wanted to keep reading. It also means that these six were stories that I could understand the first time through and which I could enjoy and relax with. Yes, sometimes it is good to have something to think over and chew on but sometimes I just want a good story. There are several stories in this collection that if the characters had been more appealing I could chew over and enjoy but frankly I was disappointed this time around by the types of stories and the writing.
Rating:
Summary: disappointed in the quality this time
Review: Our of 26 stories in this, the 16th of the Sword & Sorceress series, I can only say that 6 of them really impressed me. Impressing me means that the characters were interesting and I wanted to keep reading. It also means that these six were stories that I could understand the first time through and which I could enjoy and relax with. Yes, sometimes it is good to have something to think over and chew on but sometimes I just want a good story. There are several stories in this collection that if the characters had been more appealing I could chew over and enjoy but frankly I was disappointed this time around by the types of stories and the writing.
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Summary: Par for the course;
Review: The "Sword And Sorceress" series is a series of collections of short stories set in the "sword and sorcery" genre, but with all female protagonists. Marion Zimmer Bradley always explains, in her introductions, that she began the series because in traditional "sword and sorcery", female characters wer relegated to the role of "bad conduct prizes" for the (male) protagonists.It's a fine series, and this is one of the better books in the series. Number 15 is still my favorite, but this one is in the top three, possibly second-best. There's a nice mix of continuing adventures of characters we've seen in earlier volumes and totally new stories. I didn't care at all for "A Sister's Blood", by Patricia B. Cirone, but that was essentially because I didn't care for the conclusion it reached. I will, however, concede that it was well-written, and could be the catalyst for an interesting discussion or two with someone who disagreed with me. "Moonlight On The Water", by Carol E. Leever, was excellent, as were "The Wishing Stones", by Lisa S. Silverthorne, and "A Fool's Game", by Selina Rosen. "The Anvil Of Her Pride", by Lawrence Schimel, was a bit predictable, but good nonetheless, and "The Day They Ran Out Of Princesses", by Gail Sosinsky Wickman, was just plain fun.
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