Among Others

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Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.Raised by a half mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled and her twin sister dead.Fleeing to her father whom she barely knew, Mori was sent to boarding school in England a place all but devoid of true magic There, outcast and alone, she tempted fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find a circle of like minded friends But her magic also drew the attention of her mother, bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put off Combining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination in the manner of novels like Jonathan Lethem s The Fortress of Solitude, this is potentially a breakout book for an author whose genius has already been hailed by peers like Kelly Link, Sarah Weinman, and Ursula K Le Guin. Free Read Among Others [ Author ] Jo Walton [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Now and then I come across a book that is a distillation of what I like in fiction, genre fiction in particular I previously raved about Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell and then some people told me they think it s a load of ol crap It puzzled me a bit that some people don t see the greatness of the books I deemed to be great, but then I realize that such things probably puzzle most of us, we are all arbiters of good taste in our own little universe So given that after reading this book you Now and then I come across a book that is a distillation of what I like in fiction, genre fiction in particular I previously raved about Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell and then some people told me they think it s a load of ol crap It puzzled me a bit that some people don t see the greatness of the books I deemed to be great, but then I realize that such things probably puzzle most of us, we are all arbiters of good taste in our o...This is for all the libraries in the world, and the librarians who sit there day after day lending books to peopleI m not quite sure how to describe this book, what precisely it is but it has that something that is making me read it for the third time in as many years, and each time it finds a new way into my heartThere are some awful things in the world, it s true, but there are also some great booksThis is a love ode to books and libraries, and the magic of stories, and the unThis is for all the libraries in the world, and the librarians who sit there day after day lending books to peopleI m not quite sure how to...I tried to write this review without spoilers, but it depends on what you consider to be spoilers I think it s a book basedon characters than events, and I don t think knowing some of the events will spoil the whole, but you might want to exercise a bit of cautionAmong Others feels like a book written just for me The protagonist, Mori, is Welsh, disabled, synaesthetic, listens to folk music, reads SF and fantasy reads anything and everything She says, early in the books, that, I I tried to write this review without spoilers, but it depends on what you consider to be spoilers I think it s a book basedon characters than events, and I don t think knowing some of the events will spoil the whole, but you might want to exercise a bit of cautionAmong Others feel...A love letter to science fiction and fantasy, to books and to librarians We never looked anything like anyone in our family, but apart from the eye and hair color I don t see anything It doesn t matter I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books A support letter to adolescence, and to girls alienated from their families So then I realised guiltily how my very presence in his car was actually a huge reproach For one thing, there is only one of me, when he aba A love letter to science fiction and fantasy, to books and to librarians We never looked anything like anyone in our family, but apart from the eye and hair color I don t see anything It doesn t matter I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books A support letter to adolescence, and to girls alienated from their families So then I realised guiltily how my very presence in his car was actually a huge reproach For one thing, there is only one of me, when he abandoned twins For another, I am crippled Thirdly, I am there at all I ran away I had to ask for his help and worse, I had to use the social services to ask for his help Clearly, the arrangements he made for us were far from adequate In fact, my existence there at that moment demonstrated to him that he is a rotten parent and to girls alienated from their schools If the school was going out of their way to try to detach us from magic, they couldn t organize things better I wonder if that was someone ...This is one of those books that I think of frequently, it has stayed with me Walton has blessed this work with a strong female lead and is minimalistic, meaning that most of the action, what little there is, is subtle and underplayed Yet it is a hypnotic book to read, Jo Walton does a great job of characterization, economically describing the cast in such a way that the reader knows the populace, yet there are few one dimensional characters Of course the aspect of the book that gets so much a This is one of those books that I think of frequently, it has stayed with me Walton has blessed this work with a strong female lead and is minimalistic, meaning that most of the action, what little there is, is subtle and underplayed Yet it is a hypnotic book to read, Jo Walton does a great job of characterization, economically describing the cas...I keep going back and forth between 2 and 3 stars I should have really loved this book, but I found myselfannoyed than charmed Although it appears we re supposed to take the main character s story at face value and believe that the magic and fairies and her evil mother are real, I found myself writing it all off as her way of coping with amundane unstable mother and car accident I think what pushed me over the edge into disbelief was the scene with the aunts and the earrings I me I keep going back and forth between 2 and 3 stars I should have really loved this book, but I found myselfannoyed than charmed Although it appears we re supposed to take the main character s story at face value and believe that the magic and fairies and her evil mother are real, I found myself writing it all off as her way of coping with amundane unstable mother and car accident I think what pushed me over the edge into disbelief was the scene with the aunts and the earrings I mean, what was that except some belligerent child who s playing make believe and throwing a tantrum And we re supposed to believe she s 15 And as much as I love books, read and eat and breathe books, I wanted her...Morwenna grows up in Wales hanging out with faeries Nothing extraordinary about it, loved the matter of fact telling and how they re precisely as I imagined they d be IllusiveThey d moved in with the green things after people had abandoned themand unfathomable Some are pretty little things with gossamer wings, others creatures ripped from the pages of Grimm s Fairy TalesFairies tend to be either very beautiful or absolutely hideousShe s 15 with a ton of issues a mother who s crac Morwenna grows up in Wales hanging out with faeries Nothing extraordinary about it, loved the matter of fact telling and how they re precisely as I imagined they d be IllusiveThey d moved in with the green things after people had abandoned themand unfathomable Some are pretty little things with gossamer wings, others creatures ripped...Among Others is kind of like a love letter to bibliophiles, especially those who fell in love with books as a youngster, finding solace and comfort between the pages of so many different stories In some ways, Mor s character tapped me on the shoulder, reminding me of myself as a preteen I went through some physical problems that made life very difficult for me In fact, view spoiler I had a hip problem that caused me to walk funny and had to use crutches before and after surgery, and people Among Others is kind of like a love letter to bibliophiles, especially those who fell in love with books as a youngster, finding solace and comfort between the pages of so many different stories In some ways, Mor s character tapped me on the shoulder, reminding me of myself as a preteen I went through some physical problems that made life very difficult for me In fact, view spoiler I had a hip problem that caused me to walk funny and had to use crutches before and after surgery, and people accused me of faking, as if you d fake an injury so you could have attention you really didn t want I also remember sitting in the library during gym hour which was awesome since gym was always my least favorite class because all the bullies seemed to be in gym class It was one of the few things I liked about having my hip problem, that and having a couple months out of school I hated school, not the books but the system But most of all, being in one of my favorite places in the world for an ...When I first finished Jo Walton s to Among Others, there was this instinctive pang of hurt at being left out because when I met Walton in Tempe for World Fantasy a few years back, she didn t tell me about the fairies.A heartbeat later my reasoning brain is sending the Hello, this is fiction memo, but there it was, that delicious and painful sense of my having lived in that fictional world, the reading experience was so intense it s the liminal existence I went to books for ever since I was When I first finished Jo Walton s to Among Others, there was this instinctive pang of hurt at being left out because when I met Walton in Tempe for World Fantasy a few years back, she didn t tell me about the fairies.A heartbeat later my reasoning brain is sending the Hello, this is fiction memo, but there it was, that delicious and painful sense of my having lived in that fictional world, the reading experience was so intense it s the liminal existence I went to books for ever since I was a little kid.The word liminal comes from the Latin limen, or threshold Fo...This novel was a delight I fell in love with the precocious Morwenna, a Welsh girl whose life was turned upside down after her twin sister died Morwenna was sent to live with her father in England, and then ends up at boarding school.Morwenna is a bright girl who loves to read, and her opinions about books were some of my favorite parts of the novel She loves science fiction, which I haven t read a lot of, but I enjoyed her enthusiasm Morwenna has trouble making friends at school, but even This novel was a delight I fell in love with the precocious Morwenna, a Welsh girl whose life was turned upside down after her twin sister died Morwenna was sent to live with her father in England, and then ends up at boarding school.Morwenna is a bright girl who loves to read, and her opinions about books were some of my favorite parts of the novel She loves science fiction, which I haven t read a lot of, but I enjoyed her enthusiasm Morwenna has trouble making friends at school, but eventually she finds her own group when she joins a sci fi book club at the town library....

Among Others
  • English
  • 18 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 076532153X
  • Jo Walton
  • Among Others