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Gods and Pawns

door Kage Baker

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Reeksen: The Company (short stories)

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In the Company, you're either a God or a Pawn, but sometimes you have to be both. The eight stories, reprinted for the first time in this collection delve further into the history and exploits of the Company and its operatives, including Mendoza, Lewis, and Alec. The book opens with the novella, "To the Land Beyond the Sunset," starring Lewis and Mendoza, and involving a strange tribe in Bolivia whose members claim to be gods. Their ability to grow a small tropical paradise in the middle of the desert certainly seems godlike, and it's Mendoza's job to figure what their secret is. "Standing in His Light" features Van Drouten, and her role in the career of the artist Jan Vermeer. The story illustrates how, with a little help from the Company, lost masterpieces can be found (or created) easily. Other stories include "Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst," which opens up intriguing questions about The Company, and the original novelette, "Hellfire at Twilight," which concludes the volume and tells of Lewis infiltrating the famous Hellfire Club in the England of the 18th century. This book is a compelling read for every Baker fan, and essential for Company addicts. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.… (meer)
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Baker really thrives in shorter pieces: she's vastly less likely to get cutesy with her material. At its best this series is very, very good. Exemplary work. At its worst its still pretty good. ( )
  ehines | Sep 24, 2023 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Baker's Company series has dragged a bit lately, so it was a pleasure to read this collection of short stories. Each is an excellent tale on its own, filled with action, mystery and a lot of characterization. I love the cyborg's wry asides and their anachronistic mindsets. This was also the first book in a while that made me truly like Mendoza, Lewis and Joseph again--for too many books they've been running around doing desperate things without any humor to them, and I really appreciated seeing Mendoza's focused courage, Lewis's kind and slightly hapless attempts at love, and Joseph's optimistic sarcasm. These stories also introduce a few new characters, most memorably the mortal, middle-aged and perpetually over-worked Maria. I loved her, and I loved her smart, independent and very believable reactions to slowly learning about the Company. ( )
  wealhtheowwylfing | Feb 29, 2016 |
What it says on the tin. If you want to read more of the adventures of Mendoza and Lewis throughout time, working to steal the secrets of history to benefit the financial interests of the Company in a future of extreme political correctness, this will deliver. ( )
  rivkat | Mar 4, 2012 |
[Amy] Rather than putting the Company short story collections into publication order when reading the overall series, I decided to tack them on to the end. I'm not entirely sure that was a good idea - I lost some of my enthusiasm for this series upon completion of the main storyline, which caused me to put off reading the collection for quite some time.

I did enjoy the stories, though, despite not caring nearly so much about prospecting for hints about the nature of the Company and so on as I once would have. The characters are still interesting, and the setting still has much to offer. I wouldn't, however, necessarly recommend that people read it unless they are (as I so often am) obsessive completists. "Enjoyable but not necessary", I think, would be my summation.
(http://weblog.siliconcerebrate.com/zenos-library/2009/01/gods_and_pawns_kage_baker.html) ( )
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In the Company, you're either a God or a Pawn, but sometimes you have to be both. The eight stories, reprinted for the first time in this collection delve further into the history and exploits of the Company and its operatives, including Mendoza, Lewis, and Alec. The book opens with the novella, "To the Land Beyond the Sunset," starring Lewis and Mendoza, and involving a strange tribe in Bolivia whose members claim to be gods. Their ability to grow a small tropical paradise in the middle of the desert certainly seems godlike, and it's Mendoza's job to figure what their secret is. "Standing in His Light" features Van Drouten, and her role in the career of the artist Jan Vermeer. The story illustrates how, with a little help from the Company, lost masterpieces can be found (or created) easily. Other stories include "Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst," which opens up intriguing questions about The Company, and the original novelette, "Hellfire at Twilight," which concludes the volume and tells of Lewis infiltrating the famous Hellfire Club in the England of the 18th century. This book is a compelling read for every Baker fan, and essential for Company addicts. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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