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Bezig met laden... The Merman's Children (1973)door Poul Anderson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. this is one of Anderson's later and less great works, but competently done. It is set in the same kind of world as his great fantasy The Broken Sword, with fantasy creatures living on the fringes of a more or less historical medieval European world,but this is set some centuries later (1200s) with the peoples of magic in retreat --the merman''s children find their city has been exorcised by the Christians and destroyed, and they travel through the seas of much of Europe seeking more of their kind. I first read excerpts from this in two of the very good Flashing Swords sword and sorcery anthologies and later bought the book. I recall commenting to a Catholic friend in the Mythopoeic APA Elanor on the negative attitude shown toward the Catholic Church by the senior merman, and e replied he could care less what a merman thought of his church. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The last of the merfolk scour Earth for a new home to call their own The underwater city of Liri has thrived off the coast of Denmark for generations. But now, as Europe's medieval age comes to a close, the efforts of zealous priests and the destructive ringing of church bells are causing the city to crumble. An ageless people who thrived apart from the cruelty of human existence on land, the merfolk are poetic speakers, loving and loyal, nearly impervious to death but with one great deficiency: They lack souls. Their numbers dwindling, the merpeople scatter. Some abandon their home for the coast of Dalmatia in the Adriatic Sea, while others--the half-human, half-seaborn children of the great merfolk king Vanimen--decide to scout alien territory on land for adventure, treasure, and clues to their lost human heritage. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.5Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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