In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (Lords of Creation) (Lords of Creation) by S M Stirling

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In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (Lords of Creation) (Lords of Creation)
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Publisher: Tantor Media; Library ed. Unabridged edition (March 1, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1400136105

ISBN-13: 978-1400136100

Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.4 x 1 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces ()

From Publishers Weekly
Stirling's charming second pastiche of 1930s planetary romances (after 2006's The Sky People) moves from Venus to Mars, where different Terran factions vie to pick up the pieces of the Tollamune emperor's shattered realm. Archeologist Jeremy Wainman, sent by the U.S. Aerospace Force to explore the lost city of Rema-Dza, promptly falls in love with Martian mercenary Teyud za-Zhalt; no surprise that she turns out to be heir to the long-vanished Crimson Dynasty, or that they rush off to thwart an attempt to usurp the Ruby Throne. Soon they find themselves fighting a pack of feral airship engines and questing after the invisible crown of the first emperor. Stirling successfully creates a truly alien environment (Rugs crawled to envelop the feet), and his flair for the dramatic and obvious affection for the Mars of Burroughs, Brackett and Bradbury almost make up for his inclusion of pirates with eye patches, heavily armored guards riding fat-tired, self-propelled unicycles and other moments of near-parody. (Mar.)
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Review
[Audio Review] In this parallel universe, established by humans 2000 years ago, the absence of natural resources has resulted in a technologically advanced society. Here an anthropologist from Earth, in the story called Terra, falls in love with a mercenary on Mars, who soon must fight to protect the Ruby Throne. Todd McLaren adopts the tone of an objective but interested reporter, deftly presenting long passages of explication without lagging. Excerpts from the Encyclopedia Britannica that head chapters stay properly in the background. In understated tones, McLaren makes the formal, sometimes stilted speech of the Martians sound like natural speech. He also creates well-differentiated accents for a number of the Terrans. --AudioFile

Reader Reviews
This review is from: In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (Hardcover) Second volumes in series are often a disappointment. This is actually MUCH better than the five star first one. Then again it is less a second volume than another story set in the same universe and somewhat later in time [think Cherryh's Company Wars where the books are clearly stand alone]. Stirling's world builidng was always one of his major assets and it just gets better with time and practice. This is a Mars that never was but you wish could be. The world is beautifully thought out and conveyed without annoying data dumps. The characters are great, the action non-stop [think the best dungeon crawl you ever saw but without the boring on the road parts]. This is what adventure fiction should be and very seldom is. In an era of door stopping books on often mind numbing lengths this book actually leaves you wishing the author had taken 200 more pages to reach the end. Once can only hope the series continues.

In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (Lords of Creation) (Lords of Creation)
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