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teratomarty!Aug. 29th, 2010
The Peshawar Lancers by SM Stirling
Aug. 29th, 2010 09:43 amTitle: The Peshawar Lancers (I can't see this title without thinking of my favorite naan, which is actually sort of horrible - to reduce a whole area and its culture and history to coconut flatbread?)
Author: SM Stirling
Genre: Alternate history with fantasy elements.
Setting: An India ruled by Britain - the capital of the Empire since comets changed Earth's climate rendering the Isles mostly uninhabitable - in a twenty-first century that seems more like the time of Victoria.
Reason for Reading: It seemed like the Change novels but set in a more Victorian world, and I found that very appealing.
Finished In: Days
Pages: 458, plus three appendices which I didn't choose to read.
Copyright Date: 2002
Cover: A man in cavalry dress looks out of a huge window toward the city before him. There is a dirigible on the horizon. Behind him, a woman rises from bed, showing a generous amount of leg. An excessively ornate clock sits on a small table between them.
First line: "Captain Athelstane King rinsed out his mouth with a swig from the goatskin water bag slung at his saddlebow."
Best part: I really enjoyed the female characters in this book.
Worst part: ( Cut for the squeamish. )
Imaginary Theme Song: An upbeat track from the Tantra Lounge, though I don't have a particular one in mind.
Grade: C
Recommended for: Alternate history buffs.
Related Reads: Dies the Fire by the same author, of course. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. Works by Harry Turtledove.
Author: SM Stirling
Genre: Alternate history with fantasy elements.
Setting: An India ruled by Britain - the capital of the Empire since comets changed Earth's climate rendering the Isles mostly uninhabitable - in a twenty-first century that seems more like the time of Victoria.
Reason for Reading: It seemed like the Change novels but set in a more Victorian world, and I found that very appealing.
Finished In: Days
Pages: 458, plus three appendices which I didn't choose to read.
Copyright Date: 2002
Cover: A man in cavalry dress looks out of a huge window toward the city before him. There is a dirigible on the horizon. Behind him, a woman rises from bed, showing a generous amount of leg. An excessively ornate clock sits on a small table between them.
First line: "Captain Athelstane King rinsed out his mouth with a swig from the goatskin water bag slung at his saddlebow."
Best part: I really enjoyed the female characters in this book.
Worst part: ( Cut for the squeamish. )
Imaginary Theme Song: An upbeat track from the Tantra Lounge, though I don't have a particular one in mind.
Grade: C
Recommended for: Alternate history buffs.
Related Reads: Dies the Fire by the same author, of course. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. Works by Harry Turtledove.