The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (Wraeththu, #1)

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In this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, and far beautiful than their parent race, and are endowed with psychic as well as physical gifts They are destined to supplant humanity as we know it, but humanity won t die without a struggle.Here at last in a single volume are all three of Constantine s Wraeththu trilogy The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, The Bewitchments of Love and Hate, and The Fulfilments of Fate and Desire. Read The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (Wraeththu, #1) – kino-fada.fr I waited for so long to receive my paperback copy with all three volumes I was excited and expected to spend a pleasant time immersed in it during my spring break yes, my spring break is so crazy and exciting this year I had really high expectations, expecting to love this as I did The Merro Tree, another really old lgbt sci fi that turned out to be such a great find And I was very fascinated with the premise for this series, which essentially is about how the human population is dying off I waited for so long to receive my paperback copy with all three volumes I was excited and expected to spend a pleasant time immersed in it during my spring break yes, my spring break is so crazy and exciting this year I had really high expectations, expecting to love this as I did The Merro Tree, another really old lgbt sci fi that turned out to be such a great find And I was very ... Wraeththu are self sufficient energy organisms We never fall in love, because love does not exist for us in the same way as it does for lower life forms In essence, we are love, expressions of the source of creation.Thiede s speech, telling Pellaz what is a Wraeththu What can I say I just finish this book and I must write some words, convincing you to read it too No, better say, why you shouldn t read it.It s not a romanceAs you may see in the quotation I added, no, it s not a romance Pellaz Wraeththu are self sufficient energy organisms We never fall in love, because love does not exist for us in the same way as it does for lower life forms In essence, we are love, expressions of the source of creation.Thiede s speech, telling Pellaz what is a Wraeththu What can I say I just finish this book and I must write some words, convincing you to read it too No, better say, why you shouldn t read it.It s not a romanceAs you may see i...The author has created a world in this book that is beyond compare I am impressed by her boldness in this piece especially for the time period in which it was written The characters are amazingly vivid and although there are anatomy questions that are left u...Dark fantasy has a great deal in common with the original faerie tales Not the iron jawed heroes cheerrful doormat heroines type cartoons as pushed by Disney, but the older, scarier stories told to children around the fire by the wise ones of the village, warning them of dangers in the forests and enchantments in the lakes and streams Dark fantasy brings our deepest fears and our forbidden fantasies to life Storm Constantine has been one of the authors at the forefront of dark fantasy and her Dark fantasy has a great deal in common with the original faerie tales Not the iron jawed heroes cheerrful doormat heroines type cartoons as pushed by Disney, but the older, scarier stories told to children around the fire by the wise ones of the village, warning them of dangers in t...5 STARSConsidering this was first written in 1980 and then expanded and re edited in 1987, it s one excellent M M, dystopian, sci fi and fantasy novel aimed at the much darker side of those genres, I loved it and encourage fellow lovers of darker books to read this trilogy, I bought book 23 without a thought but I know outside of Australia you can get all three novels as a single volume Yes there is mpeg BUT for once it is NOTHING like you d expect at all.It s M M status for a book written 5 STARSConsidering this was first written in 1980 and then expanded and re edited in 1987, it s one excellent M M, dystopian, sci fi and fantasy novel aime...I don t normally read books out of a series I literally stay away from them because I must have a fear of commitment However, this book has long intrigued me and sat on my shelf for a long period of time I couldn t find it at the library or any book stores, I eventually found it through Thriftbooks SCORE Why isn t this bookwell known Shame on you people lolI have completely savored this intricate plot, enjoyed the rich deep language, awestruck at the vivid imagery, loved the memor I don t normally read books out of a series I literally stay away from them because I must have a fear of commitment However, this book has long intrigued me and sat on my shelf for a long period of time I couldn t find it at the library or any book stores, I eventually fo...I would like to start with the final lines of my A Writer s Gotta Read review from the first time I read this, over two years ago The novel is interesting, if nothing else I m glad I read it But I ll never read it again Apparently, I was full of shit Cause now I ve read it again, and didn t even remember those lines until I decided to reread that review before coming here.And I m glad I reread it Very, very glad Being prepared for the things that frustrated me so much last time, I was ab I would like to start with the final lines of my A Writer s Gotta Read review from the first time I read this, over two years ago The novel is interesting, if nothing else I m glad I read it But I ll never read it again Apparently, I was full of shit Cause now I ve read it again, and didn t even remember those lines until I decided to reread that review before coming here.And I m glad I reread it Very, very glad Being prepared for the things that frustrated me so much last time, I was able to see themclearly Last time, I didn t really know I loved Pell until I found out he wasn t the narrator of the second book This time, I did I felt like I got him this time And everyone else in the book, too.Loved everyone I loved last time, onlyExcept for maybe Vaysh, but that s good I don t think I could...Rating 3 of fiveWraeththu burst onto the barren LGBT science fiction scene in the late 1980s with a blaze of attention It was unique Hermaphroditic men who fucked each other and made babies somehow, I never really got with that part of the program They ...I REALLY wanted to like this book The premise is awesome The world is awesome The characters have the potential to be awesome Unfortunately for me, the writing is so horrendously poor that I can t give itthan two stars I wish I could love it , and I really did try.Pellaz, a young peasant farmer boy, runs away with a har har is to Wraeththu as person is to human , is transformed into a Wraeththu, travels around meeting various Wraeththu tribes, is killed by humans and resurrected by a powerful har, then becomes a King of the Wraeththu as part of a plot to unite all Wraeththu The book ends right soon after he becomes King, after an unsurprising revelation about his patron.If it seems like nothing much happens for a full novel, you d be right Pellaz, a young peasant farmer boy, runs away with a har har is to Wraeththu as person is to human , is transformed into a Wraeththu, travels around meeting various Wraeththu tribes, is killed by humans and resurrected by a powerful har, then becomes a King of the Wraeththu as part of a plot to unite all Wraeththu The book ends right soon after he becomes King, after an unsurprising revelation about his patron.If it seems like nothing much happens for a full novel, you d be right It sabout showing off as much of possible about the Wraeththu the world they have made for themselves It reads less like a storylike the digested journal o...

The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (Wraeththu, #1)
  • English
  • 10 January 2018
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • 0812505549
  • Storm Constantine
  • The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (Wraeththu, #1)