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If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from number-one New York Times best-selling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
After a long day of prepping a house for painting, all Gus Berry wanted was the night off to spend some time with his girlfriend and relax before having to return to work the next morning. But that isn’t going to happen. Because Gus’s co-worker Benny has found a one-night job at the local Mollymart East, a job that has to be done by morning. If Gus and his paint crew can complete the work by then, it could mean huge business with a respected, established grocery store chain.
An epic collection of fantasy stories from true masters of the genre, including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire novella by George R. R. Martin. Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever: Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a cornerstone of fantasy fiction and an inspiration for a new generation of writers spinning their own magical adventures.
A century before A Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros.... A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there were Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not experience.
On the stormy planet of Windhaven, flyers are idolised as the vital link between its disparate islands. The common people rely on this elite class to support their way of life. These 'land-bound' can only dream of what it must be like to take to the skies. For Maris, dreams are not enough, and through an unlikely twist of fate, she has a taste of what life as a flyer is like. However, just as it seems that she has found her true calling, the hereditary dogma which rules the skies sets out to strip Maris of her wings.
In these tales, Lord John vows to avenge a murder, investigates a terrifying "night-hag" on the battlefields of Europe, and discovers treason in His Majesty's ranks.
If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from number-one New York Times best-selling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
After a long day of prepping a house for painting, all Gus Berry wanted was the night off to spend some time with his girlfriend and relax before having to return to work the next morning. But that isn’t going to happen. Because Gus’s co-worker Benny has found a one-night job at the local Mollymart East, a job that has to be done by morning. If Gus and his paint crew can complete the work by then, it could mean huge business with a respected, established grocery store chain.
An epic collection of fantasy stories from true masters of the genre, including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire novella by George R. R. Martin. Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever: Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a cornerstone of fantasy fiction and an inspiration for a new generation of writers spinning their own magical adventures.
A century before A Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros.... A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there were Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not experience.
On the stormy planet of Windhaven, flyers are idolised as the vital link between its disparate islands. The common people rely on this elite class to support their way of life. These 'land-bound' can only dream of what it must be like to take to the skies. For Maris, dreams are not enough, and through an unlikely twist of fate, she has a taste of what life as a flyer is like. However, just as it seems that she has found her true calling, the hereditary dogma which rules the skies sets out to strip Maris of her wings.
In these tales, Lord John vows to avenge a murder, investigates a terrifying "night-hag" on the battlefields of Europe, and discovers treason in His Majesty's ranks.
Game of Thrones fans watch in delight as the epic battle of Lannister and Stark entangles the Seven Kingdoms. But only the sharpest notice how these houses echo Lancaster and York in the War of the Roses. Druids, Catholics, and even Zoroastrians wander through Westeros, reframing their religions for a new world of fantasy. But how medieval is Westeros? Did lady knights and pirates really battle across Europe? The audiobook Winter is Coming: Symbols and Hidden Meanings in A Game of Thrones explores all this and more, from the echoes of history to the symbols and omens our beloved characters.
You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story that Shawn could sell to help alleviate those bills—and suggested he ask the same of his other writer friends. Unfettered is the result: An anthology built in order to relieve that debt, featuring short stories by some of the best fantasy writers in the genre.
When Dirk t'Larien is beckoned across space to the distant world of Worlorn by his lost love, Gwen Delvano, a wild hope flares inside him. However, the rogue planet and his long awaited reunion with Gwen are nothing like Dirk ever imagined. Gwen is radically changed from the girl Dirk first fell in love with, and appears to be irrevocably bound to a violent alien savage and his barbaric culture. Worlorn is a desolate ruin of a planet, steadily hurtling through space away from the star system it relies on to support life - each dawn its seven red suns shine a little dimmer.
In the aftermath of WWII, an alien virus struck the Earth, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Originally published in 1987, the newly expanded saga contains additional original stories by eminent writers.
A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters.
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, best-selling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales.
A chance encounter with an ancient and mysterious object awakens a latent gift, and Wulfric's life changes course. Against a backdrop of war, tragedy, and an enemy whose hatred for him knows no bounds, Wulfric will be forged from a young boy into the Wolf of the North. This is his tale.
Books 1-3 and the prequel novella of the Breakers series.
When Soren is plucked from the streets and given a place at the prestigious academy of swordsmanship, he thinks his dream of being a great swordsman has become a possibility. However, with great intrigues unfolding all around him, Soren discovers that he is little more than a pawn to the ambitions of others.
Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king.
Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. Yet all around them a storm threatens to break.
A fantasy anthology featuring the deadly, the worldly, and the sneaky. Blackguards consists mainly of stories in established series, and the authors range from wildly successful indie authors to New York Times best sellers. If you enjoy roguish tales of scoundrels and ne'er-do-wells, this one's for you.
Twenty-one original stories of dangerous women by top genre writers, brought together in a new anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Intrepid warriors, far-ranging spacewomen, formidable superheroines, hard-living bad girls, embattled survivors, private investigators, seductive femmes fatale and haughty queens; as Gardner Dubois writes in his introduction, 'if you want to tie any of these women to the railway tracks, you'll have a real fight on your hands!'
This thrilling collection features both standalone tales and familiar worlds and characters, including Joe Abercrombie's Red Country backdrop; Jim Butcher's world of Harry Dresden; Lev Grossman's Magicians; Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series; and a story by Caroline Spector in the Wild Cards shared universe. Return to Westoros in The Princess and the Queen, a new novella from George R. R. Martin about the Dance of Dragons, a bitter civil war that divided the kingdom nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones.
I work long hours in a repetitive job to kill the monotony I listen to Books while working this collection of short stories drove me nuts there was only 3 I enjoyed in the whole 30+ hours of listening I am sure it will appeal to some but it didn't float my boat at all .
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
There was some really interesting stories but the story by george RR Martin ruined the whole book.
Where does Dangerous Women rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is the first collection of short stories I've listened to and I was impressed. Each author has taken their own interpretation of what "dangerous women" means and while some of the stories are not to my taste, the ones I did like were well written.
What did you like best about this story?
I enjoyed the short story format immensely - studying English literature had put me off the format in the past, but this showed that you can have layered world building, character development and complex plot in a short story without it being a painfully dry academic experience.
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The narration by different actors helped to separate the book into the different tales, and automatically told you what kind of tone the story had through narration style.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
It's seldom that a collection of short stories and novellas of such a vast array of authors pulls a listener time after time into its narrative worlds. While I bought the book because of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Novella, I was pleasantly surprised by the 20 other stories.
Though not sticking to only fantasy and SciFi the various authors are seasoned and upcoming writers who have staked their claim in the SciFi/Fantasy world. My favourite stories in this anthology are: Joe Abercrombie's “Some Desperado” (when chasing a 'cow girl' the danger is immanent), Megan Lindholm's “Neighbors” (danger lurks in the woman with Altzheimers), Sharon Key Penman's “A Queen in Exile” (when a queen refuses to be just a queen), Diana Gabaldon's "Virgins" (a feline take on Jamie Fraser) and George R.R. Martin's "the Blacks and the Greens" (a war prequel to the Game of Thrones). However there are many more that is probably just as good.
This anthology is like a full box of chocolates, the novellas and short stories might not all be to your taste... but they are delicious and worthwhile to listen too.
I don't think that you can go wrong. In "Dangerous Women" the adjective 'dangerous' is explored in depth. Almost every time you are challenged by the idea of what could be dangerous in a woman.
I really enjoyed it. It is one of a very few anthologies where you cannot go wrong. It is especially worth your while if you are seeking for new authors to listen too. It comes highly recommended!
What did you like most about Dangerous Women?
The dichotomy of story and style while maintaining, on the whole, the quality of writing. add to that the wonderful and unexpected energy and outright style displayed by the narrator's on show.
Who was your favorite character and why?
too many to chose but the Joe Abercrombie character of 'Shy' gives the book a raw compelling bang that has you plunging, head first into the pages that follow with eager anticipation.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favourite?
too hard. kept changing from story to story. Made me want to read the authors novels in many cases and in one made me want to know more about the, real life, Historical character of one narrative
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
yes i laughed out load, during some stories while others left me excited and in one case, u expectantly discomforted.
Any additional comments?
im now off to purchase 'Rogues' and hope it comes close to this choice collection of imaginative tales
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
What did you like most about Dangerous Women?
Some of the stories are fabulous. “My Heart is Either Broken” by Megan Abbott is creepily atmospheric. “The Hands That Are Not There” by Melinda Snodgrass is imaginative and compelling.
Any additional comments?
Some of the stories just aren't that great. I suspect that the authors aren't masters of the short story - it's a skill in and of itself. Some of them are just, well, boring. This is a very, very long book (over 20 hours) and I confess I skipped through a couple because they weren't gripping me. It's still good value for money though, because it's so long.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
This collection is a very poor choice of books. The first two stories are horrible, several of the others I was wondering where the so-called dangerous woman was. Only a couple of these stories were worth listening to, the best being Jim Butcher's story which integrates into his Harry Dresden series which I have enjoyed very much.
I bought this during one of Audible's special low price books promotion as it is a good way to find new authors and at 30+ hours long I thought it would be a great bargain giving me many hour's worth of listening pleasure. How wrong was I? Very. I couldn't stomach several stories, fast forwarding through, and now know why I will never hear any more tiresome and stolid George R. R. Martin books. I could also live without the introductions which ramble on and on. On the plus side, all the narrators were excellent, except maybe for the Martin book, possibly why I didn't get on well with it and its dragon riders (who exactly was the dangerous woman in this story?).
If you are looking for an anthology of interesting, amusing, serious, light-hearted, fantastic, sci fi, mysterious, feminine biased stories .... keep looking because this isn't it and I am returning it, I never want to hear it again, wish I hadn't heard it the first time!
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
got frustrated stopped listening four hours in mostly extracts from books not standalone stories, disappointed!
11 of 13 people found this review helpful
An anthology by George RR Martin, containing a story in the world of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) - this is gonna be good. I also approach that there will be at least 10% of the stories that will be totally rubbish - and 10% that will be amazing. The rest should be good.
This anthology has a number of different genres, Fantasy, SciFi, Ghost, Crime, History etc The collection of authors contributing is immense, with some at the top of their game. With a subject of Dangerous Women, we could be expecting a number of stories where women are at the forefront and will be either kick ass, or very brutal and DANGEROUS.
Pity this is not the case in most of the stories. A good story was Wrestling Jesus. I really enjoyed this, but it centred on a young boy learning wrestling from an old man. The 'Dangerous Woman' didn't appear until the end and really didn't add anything to the story. This happened a number of times. Some of the historical shorts were excellent - but they were slightly restricted in what their lead can due to facts - but at least they were female led (some were brave, courageous - rarely dangerous).
George RR Martins story was very lame and a total disappointment. Brandon Sanderson delivered a 5 star masterpiece. Abercrombie's was excellent, but you really need to have read his Red Country book to get the full impact.
There was a lot of dross here - mainly the modern thriller/horror type stories. I know how to Pick Them - one of the worse.
The worse story of them all was Vigins - An outlander novella. I only managed to get half way through this story before giving up. Reading about a group of young scotsmen who want to get laid is not a good story. If you are an Outlander fan i am certain you will love this, but as someone who has not - this was a terrible introduction and i will NOT be reading them in the future.
The narration for the most part was excellent. There were a few where it was poor, but those were mainly in stories i didn't rate. I liked the varied narrators for different stories, and the variety of them - from actors of the screen to professional audiobook readers.
I am glad i listened to this anthology. I am even happier that i got it as part of Audibles buy 1 get 1 free sale - otherwise i would have been annoyed at the cost.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
Not sure as they are meant too be short stories of different kinds so I think all depends on what you like,
What was most disappointing about the authors’s story?
Lack of dangerous women
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Most narrators were very good!!
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Dangerous Women?
Some of the story's were very boring and long winded so I would make some of them shorter.
Any additional comments?
I would not want to pay full price for this book although 30% of the story's are good.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful
Great stories, well spoken.
Brilliant list of authors involved.
would reccomend, great for tastes of a range of writers.
Some of the authors of this book has taken the theme of dangerous women seriously. Though others seem to have just chosen a short story where there is some sort of female characters. It makes little sense.
The stories were well narrated and the storied well written but unfortunately some of them were not really for me. I would not tell anyone not to listen to this book, it's not really my cup of tea.
one of the best reads I've had in a while few stories not as good but could listen to it over and over also found a few new authors I've gone on to read / listen