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Ellen Kushner

Author of Swordspoint

55+ Works 8,144 Members 270 Reviews 50 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: Kushner Ellen, By Ellen Kushner, Editor Ellen Kushner, Ellen - Editor Kushner

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Series

Works by Ellen Kushner

Swordspoint (1987) 2,573 copies
The Privilege of the Sword (2006) 1,484 copies
Thomas the Rhymer (1990) 1,447 copies
The Fall of The Kings (2002) 1,027 copies
Welcome to Bordertown (2011) — Editor; Contributor — 502 copies
Tremontaine: Season 1 (2017) 189 copies
Basilisk (1980) — Editor; Introduction — 138 copies
The Horns of Elfland (1997) — Editor — 122 copies
Statue of Liberty Adventure (1986) 95 copies
The Golden Dreydl (2007) 91 copies
Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (1985) 84 copies
Mystery of the Secret Room (1986) 53 copies
The Enchanted Kingdom (1986) 43 copies
Swords of Riverside including Swordspoint & The Privilege of the Sword (2003) 40 copies
The Man with the Knives (2010) 39 copies
Knights of the Round Table (1988) 36 copies
St. Nicholas and the Valley Beyond: A Christmas Legend (1994) 33 copies
Tremontaine: Arrivals: (Episode 1) (2015) 28 copies
Tremontaine: Season 2 (2017) 24 copies
Tremontaine: Season 4 (2018) 13 copies
Tremontaine: The Complete Season 3 (2018) — Author — 13 copies
Ambition: Tremontaine Season 3, Episode 1 (2017) — Author — 7 copies
The Death Of The Duke (1998) 5 copies
The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death [short fiction] (1991) 5 copies
The Duke of Riverside {short story} 4 copies
Tremontaine: Season One Volume One (2016) 4 copies
The World of Riverside (3 Book Series) 3 copies
A Wild And A Wicked Youth 3 copies
Convocation: Tremontaine Season 2, Episode 1 (2016) 3 copies
Departures: Tremontaine Season 1, Episode 13 (2016) 3 copies
Playing With Fire [novelette] 2 copies
Tremontaine: Season One Volume Two (2016) 2 copies
The Witches of Lublin - Collectors Edition (includes The Devil's Brides Music) (2011) — Author — 2 copies
Hot Water: A Bordertown Romance {short story} 2 copies
Dolce Domum 2 copies
TIME TRAVELER : GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE CONSTITUTION (1987) 2 copies
Red cloak (1982) 2 copies
Charis {short story} 2 copies
The House Of Nine Doors 1 copy
What the River Wants: Tremontaine Season 4, Episode 7 1 copy
One Last, Great Adventure 1 copy
Night Laughter 1 copy
RIVERSIDE. LA TRILOGIA 1 copy
Autograph, (S.F. Writer), S. 8x10 Photo Book Page 1 copy
The Vital Importance of the Superficial [short story] 1 copy
Onward: Tremontaine Season 4, Episode 12 — Author — 1 copy
Choose Your Own Adventure: (63) Mystery of the Secret Room, (64) Volcano, (65) The Mardi Gras Mystery, (66) Secret of… 1 copy
The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces [Short Story] 1 copy
Lazarus 1 copy
The Complete Riverside 1 copy
Lost in the Mail [short fiction] 1 copy
Dissolution: Tremontaine Season 2, Episode 13 (2017) 1 copy
The Hunt of the Unicorn 1 copy
History 1 copy
Honored Guest [short story] 1 copy
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Associated Works

Naked City (2011) — Contributor — 653 copies
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (2007) — Contributor — 501 copies
Borderland: Between the Elflands and the World is a Place Where Magic Runs Amok (1986) — Contributor — 434 copies
The Essential Bordertown (1998) — Contributor — 404 copies
Bordertown: Where Magic Meets Rock & Roll (1986) — Contributor — 390 copies
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (2013) — Contributor — 377 copies
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction (1998) — Contributor — 355 copies
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales (2009) — Contributor — 349 copies
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron (2012) — Contributor — 315 copies
Teeth: Vampire Tales (2011) — Contributor — 304 copies
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (2001) — Contributor — 290 copies
The Book of Swords (2017) — Contributor — 271 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection (1999) — Contributor — 266 copies
Life on the Border (1991) — Contributor — 257 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (1994) — Contributor — 254 copies
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors (1995) — Contributor — 247 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection (1998) — Contributor — 241 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (1996) — Contributor — 240 copies
Through a Brazen Mirror : The Famous Flower of Servingmen (1989) — Introduction, some editions — 221 copies
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 209 copies
Games Creatures Play (2014) — Contributor — 207 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection (1992) — Contributor — 202 copies
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People (2010) — Contributor — 194 copies
Eclipse 3: New Science Fiction and Fantasy (2009) — Contributor — 160 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection (1991) — Contributor — 154 copies
Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction (2012) — Author — 152 copies
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five (2011) — Contributor — 149 copies
Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (1995) — Contributor — 148 copies
Elsewhere: Tales of Fantasy (1982) — Contributor — 145 copies
Starlight 2 (1998) — Contributor — 138 copies
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four (2010) — Contributor — 128 copies
Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn: Volume 2 (1999) — Contributor — 122 copies
Fearsome Journeys (2013) — Contributor — 112 copies
Elsewhere, Vol. II (1982) — Contributor — 105 copies
Magical Beginnings (2003) — Contributor — 101 copies
New Magics (2004) — Contributor — 91 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 83 copies
Silk and Steel: A Queer Speculative Adventure Anthology (2020) — Contributor — 75 copies
A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (1996) — Author — 66 copies
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (2015) — Contributor — 60 copies
Girls Night Out: Twenty-nine Female Vampire Stories (1997) — Contributor — 49 copies
Heroic Visions II (1986) — Contributor — 47 copies
Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy (2021) — Contributor — 44 copies
Fantasy Magazine, Issue 59 (December 2015) - Queers Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue (2015) — Contributor — 43 copies
Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 40 copies
Season of Wonder (2012) — Contributor — 40 copies
80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin (2010) — Contributor — 37 copies
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004) — Contributor — 33 copies
Last Drink Bird Head : A Flash Fiction Anthology for Charity (2009) — Contributor — 29 copies
After Midnight (1986) — Contributor — 29 copies
Wilde Stories 2012: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction (2012) — Contributor — 23 copies
New Myth and Magic (1993) — Contributor — 15 copies
Streets of Blood: Vampire Stories from New York City (1998) — Contributor — 12 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 110 (November 2015) (2015) — Contributor, some editions — 11 copies
Uncanny Magazine Issue 26: January/February 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 9 copies
A Distant Soil (1991) Issue #28 (1999) — Contributor — 6 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 109 (June 2019) (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
non è un fantasy
potrebbe essere un Harmony cappa e spada (se gli Harmony avessero personaggi sociopatici)

TRAMA E SPOILER
in una società dove i nobili si sfidano per procura tramite spadaccini su commissione il giovane St. Vier, il miglior maestro di spada della città, verrà invischiato in un intrigo politico (e passionale), tradito, processato e infine salvato dal suo altrettanto giovane (e tormentato) amante

questa è la trama ed è il più possibile fedele ma... il romanzo non parla di questo :)

l'ambientazione è orrida, i personaggi sono tutti odiosi, le loro relazioni sono aberranti, non c'è un solo raggio di luce in questa storia
e l'ho adorato!!… (more)
 
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LLonaVahine | 92 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |
The fall of the kings by Ellen Kushner
si fa leggere ma.. è tutto una forzatura e quello che non lo è.. è annacquatura
in soldoni: la trama è una serie ininterrotta di cazzate e il libro in generale è una serie ininterrotta di ripetizioni

TRAMA E SPOILER:
la nipotina del Duca è ora una duchessa 60enne contrariata dal nuovo rampollo di famiglia che invece di andare alle feste, frequentare balli e partite a carte della buona società come dovrebbe, ha il cattivo gusto di frequentare l'università; a peggiorare queste sue pessime maniere si aggiunge il fatto che dopo più di 200 anni di assenza ingiustificata la magia si ripresenta e lo sceglie come suo rappresentante… (more)
 
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LLonaVahine | 29 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |
The privilege of the sword by Ellen Kushner
nemmeno questo è un fantasy
anche questo potrebbe essere un Harmony
credo invece che sia un precursore degli YA

TRAMA E SPOILER:
St. Vier si è ritirato e gli viene dedicato giusto un piccolo cameo
Alec, il suo compagno, da giovane tormentato è diventato un Duca tormentato che (con grande acume politico) spaccherà la testa del suo nemico con un soprammobile e scapperà, non prima però di aver fatto della nipote adolescente la nuova spadaccina e nuova Duchessa
 
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Works
55
Also by
57
Members
8,144
Popularity
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Rating
3.8
Reviews
270
ISBNs
104
Languages
8
Favorited
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