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Tee Morris

Auteur van Phoenix Rising

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Tee Morris is a social media pioneer. An early adopter of podcasting, Tee is no stranger to building audiences and releasing original content online. Now he adds to his online arsenal of creativity Twitch, managing his own streaming channel featuring a variety of gaming and talk shows. Tee is toon meer co-author-of Podcasting For Dummies, 3rd Edition, as well as several novels in the science fiction and fantasy genre, including the award-winning steampunk series, The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. toon minder

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Werken van Tee Morris

Phoenix Rising (2011) 934 exemplaren
The Janus Affair (2012) 378 exemplaren
Podcasting For Dummies (2005) 227 exemplaren
Dawn's Early Light (2014) 185 exemplaren
The Diamond Conspiracy (2015) 127 exemplaren
The Case of the Singing Sword (2004) 60 exemplaren
The Ghost Rebellion (2016) 57 exemplaren
Ministry Protocol: Thrilling Tales of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (2013) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 48 exemplaren
Legacy of Morevi (2005) 26 exemplaren
The Curse of the Silver Pharaoh (2016) 25 exemplaren
The Case of the Pitcher's Pendant (2008) 24 exemplaren
Twitch For Dummies (2018) 9 exemplaren
Daddy's Little Girl (2014) 5 exemplaren
The Emperor's Fist 3 exemplaren
Discord For Dummies (2020) 3 exemplaren
The Cross of Columba 2 exemplaren
Premiere 6.5 Power! (2002) 2 exemplaren
Twitch (2018) 1 exemplaar

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Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets (2005) — Medewerker — 97 exemplaren
Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt (2017) — Medewerker — 28 exemplaren
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A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Volume 1 (2011) — Redacteur, sommige edities21 exemplaren
A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Volume 3 (2012) — Redacteur, sommige edities8 exemplaren
Gears and Goggles: A Steampunk Collection (2016) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Curtain Call (short story) — Redacteur, sommige edities3 exemplaren
Tales from the Archives: Volume 8 — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar

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Really wanted to read this, but it keeps getting bumped off my reading list for other more urgent reads (research and whatnot). Since it's been on my "currently reading" slots for nearly 3 years, I think I have to admit to defeat as I've never gotten deeper than two chapters into this. I'll take it up another time in hopes of finishing it, but my workload may make it decades before I can get back to it.
 
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SESchend | 54 andere besprekingen | Feb 2, 2024 |
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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PLACING THE BOOK
It's been too many years (and too many books) since I read the early books in The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, so I'm a little fuzzy on the Ministry Seven. But from things said throughout this book—and my dusty memory—I'd put this book slightly earlier than that series (or maybe right after book one...but I'm pretty sure it's earlier). We're in your classic Victorian Steampunk area dealing with an agent for the Ministry dealing with fringe science and other weirdness and the street urchins that he uses for things he can't do.

Think the Baker Street Irregulars. But with goggles.

WHAT'S THE CURSE OF THE SILVER PHAROAH ABOUT?
Verity Fitzroy's primary focus in life is finding out what happened to her parents and why. She's tracked down one person who she's convinced could help her—and when she attempts to contact him, she disturbs a Ministry operation involving their Ministry contact, Agent Harrison Thorne. Because things go so wrong during this operation an Egyptologist is kidnapped and Verity's contact is gone.

Thorne recruits the Seven to help him track down the kidnap victim. All tracks lead to the Delancy Academy—a school outside of London for students gifted in the sciences (most of whom come from money, obviously). The oldest two are enrolled (and, shine, it should be said) in the Academy to try to discover the tie between the Academy and the kidnappers.

The rest take up residence on a nearby farm to wait for their chance to help out. These children aren't ready for life in the countryside—the work is different from what they're used to doing (scrambling for scraps on the streets of London) and the environment as a whole takes some adjusting.

SO, WHAT DID I THINK ABOUT THE CURSE OF THE SILVER PHARAOH?
I don't have a lot to say about this, and it kind of bugs me. Because it seems like I should. I had a real blast with this—it had a different flavor as a whole than the Ministry books—there's more of a supernatural bent to things, and the whole sexual-tension thing between Books and Braun is absent (obviously).

There's more of a YA-feel to it, too. Largely because the oldest two in the Seven are young adults. But it doesn't ever scream YA—it's just a fun fish-out-of-water adventure for a bunch of Steampunk kids.

I liked the devices that the Academy's students cooked up and would've been very content to spend a few months watching things at the school before the main action of the novel kicked in. Verity's new friend Julia McTighe is part Luna Lovegood, part whatever Amari Peter's best friend was called (I can't believe I can't come up with it)—and all sorts of fun. I hope they find a way to bring her back for the second book.

It's a short, fast, steampunkily fun adventure. That's good enough for me.
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hcnewton | 1 andere bespreking | Aug 14, 2023 |
What fun. Will continue on with this series.
 
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