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Raptor (1992)

door Gary Jennings

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The master of re-creating the splendors and miseries of exotic bygone civilizations, author of the highly acclaimed Aztec and The Journeyer, Gary Jennings now gives readers his most electrifying saga yet. Raptor is the memoir of Thorn, a Goth, who narrates his tempestuous exploits and adventures in combat and in bed.… (meer)
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Ich hatte mir etwas historisches in der Art von Bernard Cornwell erhofft, aber der Autor kommt nicht entfernt an Cornwell heran: die Figuren zu holzschnittartig, die Handlung eher im Stile eines Groschenheftes. Nach 150 Seiten wußte ich noch nicht annähernd wohin die Reise überhaupt gehen wird und der Wälzer hat über 800 Seiten - näh danke. Vielleicht irgendwann nochmal, wenn ich sehr verzweifelt bin und sonst nichts zu lesen habe. ( )
  MrKillick-Read | Apr 4, 2021 |
Read these Runes !!!

On the whole I enjoyed this novel: the [fictitious] memoirs of the hermaphrodite Thorn. I hated in the first Part: "In the Ring of Balsam" the drawn-out, graphic sexual awakening of the intersex hero/heroine, Thorn, in both a monastery and a convent, In fact, anything of a graphic nature from then on I skipped over. [I must be awfully squeamish]. I almost quit reading completely because of Part I, but am glad I persevered after the first 70-80 pages.Thorn had been left at the monastery as a foundling. Since the only clue to his identity was the Runic letter Thorn on his swaddling; that became his name. I enjoyed the basic story of the rest of the novel, set at the time of Theodoric the Great and the Goths, right at and after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, Thrown out from both monastery and convent, Thorn sets out from Burgundy to meet the Ostrogoths and comes upon a woodsman/fur trapper and trader, who had been an officer in the Roman army, Wyrd, who guides him from Burgundy into central Europe. Wyrd was a fascinating character, a father figure to Thorn. For awhile Thorn has a pet eagle and Thorn says somewhere in the novel they are both amoral. All through the novel he compares himself to a raptor. The deaths of both the eagle and of Wyrd were moving. Later, on his journey eastward, Thorn meets Theodoric. Sometimes, depending on what is taking place in the story, Thorn 'becomes' a female, Veleda.

There was a lot of discussion on religions [mainly the three Christian sects in existence at that time], the place of women in society, politics, etc. Thorn/Veleda journeys to Constantinople as Theodoric's emissary, and further journeying will take him to the Black Sea. I liked the descriptions of Constantinople and her customs, the emperor's palace, and Thorn's quarters. After capture by usurper [another Theodoric], Thorn escapes and aftrer his return to King Theodoric he is given the mission to find out the early history of the Goths, which he completes successfully, travelling to the Amber Coast and Skandza. Then Theodoric founds the Kingdom of the Goths; Thorn travels widely on his behalf; and the novel enumerates some of Theodoric's accomplishments: why history has called him "The Great." I felt the novel was researched well, but I question how much historical was incorporated, except the bare bones. I don't know much about hermaphrodites and wonder how well they can even function sexually. I think many of the graphic aspects could have been excised and it wouldn't have hurt the story. I liked the semi-Fraktur typography and that page numbers were in the right and left margins. ( )
1 stem janerawoof | Jun 30, 2014 |
One of the books that has stayed with me over the years. I look forward to reading it again ( )
  shevener | Mar 5, 2014 |
Bought this for my mother, who gave it away it before I realized what a rare find it was. Found another copy at a used bookstore while on vacation. Not quite as good as Aztec and Journeyer, but pretty darn close. The beginning is pretty graphic and brutal, but after that it has all of the hallmarks of a good Jennings tale. ( )
  weikelm | Jun 2, 2011 |
I love AZTEC, SPANGLE and THE JOURNEYER, but as much as I admire Gary Jennings' work in general RAPTOR didn't work as well for me. Even so, it's worth re-reading. ( )
  eloupas | Feb 28, 2011 |
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Raptor: (fr. Latin raptere, to ravish)
A bird of prey, as the hawk, characterized by carnivorous appetite, great powers of flight and extreme keenness of vision.
---WEBSTER'S
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it was you yourself who cast your lot not with Security but with Fortune. Never rejoice overmuch when she leads you to great victories; never repine when she leads you into sad adversity. Remember, mortal, if Fortune ever should stand still, she is no longer Fortune.
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