Of course, I had no way at the time of foreseeing what refinements or surprises or critical illuminations subsequent volumes would bring. Cherryh’s early planetary romances and Samuel Delany’s revisionist Nevèrÿon fantasies, I concluded by saying that Dickinson had succeeded ”in building and exploring a morally treacherous world populated with exotic characters whose hearts nonetheless align with ours.” I praised his prose as ”deft and forceful,” while deeming his characters ”all built to clever and deep dimensions, with fully human qualities and motives.” Finding his novel to be a tasty blend of C.J. The Tyrant Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson ( Tor 978-0765380760, $32.50, 656pp, hc) August 2020.įive years ago, I was privileged to review, in the online wing of this fine publication, Seth Dickinson’s debut novel, The Traitor Cormorant.
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