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Jean Rabe

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Der Sturz der Götter (1996) 543 Exemplare
Der Tag des Sturms (1997) 461 Exemplare
Red Magic (1991) 419 Exemplare
Die List der Drachen (1998) 414 Exemplare
Sturz ins Ungewisse (2000) 271 Exemplare
Der Dorn des Drachen (2001) 202 Exemplare
Die Erlösung (2002) 177 Exemplare
A Taste of Magic (2006) 166 Exemplare
Die silbernen Stufen (1999) 151 Exemplare
Renaissance Faire (2005) — Herausgeber — 138 Exemplare
Steampunk'd (2010) — Herausgeber — 126 Exemplare
Dragon Mage (2008) — Autor — 109 Exemplare
The Lake of Death (2004) 104 Exemplare
Return to Quag Keep (2006) — Autor — 96 Exemplare
Timeshares (2010) — Herausgeber — 82 Exemplare
The Rebellion (2007) 75 Exemplare
Aftershock (2006) 75 Exemplare
Hot and Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance (2011) — Herausgeber — 73 Exemplare
Terribly Twisted Tales (2009) — Herausgeber — 69 Exemplare
Furry Fantastic (2006) — Herausgeber — 66 Exemplare
The Finest Creation (2004) 64 Exemplare
Pandora's Closet (2007) — Herausgeber — 62 Exemplare
Death March (2008) 56 Exemplare
Goblin Nation (2009) 51 Exemplare
Time Twisters (2007) — Herausgeber — 47 Exemplare
The Finest Choice (2005) 45 Exemplare
Vale of the Mage (1989) 40 Exemplare
The Jungles of Chult (1993) 40 Exemplare
Spells of the City (2009) — Herausgeber — 35 Exemplare
Sol's Children (2002) — Herausgeber — 31 Exemplare
Cities of Mystery (1989) 27 Exemplare
Athena's Daughters (2014) — Herausgeber — 25 Exemplare
Boondocks Fantasy (2011) — Herausgeber — 23 Exemplare
Time Traveled Tales: Volume 1 (2014) — Herausgeber — 23 Exemplare
The Finest Challenge (2006) 23 Exemplare
Historical Hauntings (2001) — Herausgeber — 19 Exemplare
Secret of the Djinn (1994) 18 Exemplare
Sovereign Stone: The Taan (2000) — Autor — 15 Exemplare
Night of the Tiger (1995) 12 Exemplare
The Bone Shroud (2018) 9 Exemplare
Fenzig's Fortune (2007) 8 Exemplare
The Cauldron (2014) 8 Exemplare
Dragons! (2017) — Editor and Introduction; Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare
Time Traveled Tales, Volume 2 (2014) 6 Exemplare
Tribulations (2016) 6 Exemplare
Polyhedron Newszine #59 (1991) 3 Exemplare
La escalera de plata (2003) 3 Exemplare
El dragón azul quinta era (2007) 3 Exemplare
Field to Field (2003) 2 Exemplare
Dance Like a Monkey (2014) 2 Exemplare
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 45 (1989) 2 Exemplare
Schatten Down Under (2018) 2 Exemplare
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 48 (1989) 2 Exemplare
Polyhedron Magazine, Issue 47 (1989) 2 Exemplare
Dragon Azul 2 Exemplare
Stardust 1 Exemplar
Auriga's Streetcar 1 Exemplar
Focke-drache 1 Exemplar
Hang Ten 1 Exemplar
¿wit Nowej Ery (2005) 1 Exemplar
Polyhedron Newszine 79 (1993) 1 Exemplar
In The Fold 1 Exemplar
Basic Magic 1 Exemplar
Black Annie 1 Exemplar
Few of Us 1 Exemplar
WURMS 1 Exemplar
After Tony's Fall 1 Exemplar

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Star Wars. Kampf um die Neue Republik (1999) — Mitwirkender — 716 Exemplare
Realms of Valor (1993) — Mitwirkender — 469 Exemplare
Realms of Magic (1995) — Mitwirkender — 331 Exemplare
Drachenauge (1997) — Mitwirkender — 302 Exemplare
Relics and Omens (1998) — Mitwirkender — 193 Exemplare
Heroes and Fools (1999) — Mitwirkender — 191 Exemplare
The Search for Magic: Tales from the War of Souls (2001) — Mitwirkender — 182 Exemplare
Rebels and Tyrants (2000) — Mitwirkender — 147 Exemplare
The Search for Power: Dragons from the War of Souls (2004) — Mitwirkender — 122 Exemplare
Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy (2006) — Mitwirkender — 117 Exemplare
Merlin (1999) — Mitwirkender — 102 Exemplare
Creature Fantastic (2001) — Mitwirkender — 101 Exemplare
Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets (2005) — Mitwirkender — 97 Exemplare
The Players of Gilean (2003) — Mitwirkender — 96 Exemplare
Maiden, Matron, Crone (2005) — Mitwirkender — 94 Exemplare
Dragons of Time (2007) — Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare
Knight Fantastic (2002) — Mitwirkender — 88 Exemplare
More Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home (2000) — Mitwirkender — 86 Exemplare
Magic Tails (2005) — Mitwirkender — 85 Exemplare
Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues (2015) — Mitwirkender — 77 Exemplare
Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City (2004) — Mitwirkender — 76 Exemplare
Familiars (2002) — Mitwirkender — 75 Exemplare
Places to Be, People to Kill (2007) — Mitwirkender — 72 Exemplare
Chicks and Balances (2015) — Mitwirkender — 72 Exemplare
Catopolis (2008) — Mitwirkender — 70 Exemplare
Warrior Fantastic (2000) — Mitwirkender — 64 Exemplare
Children of Magic (2006) — Mitwirkender — 59 Exemplare
Imaginary Friends (2008) — Mitwirkender — 54 Exemplare
Guardsmen of Tomorrow (2000) — Mitwirkender — 52 Exemplare
Zombiesque (2011) — Mitwirkender — 51 Exemplare
Man vs Machine (2007) — Mitwirkender — 49 Exemplare
Space Stations (2004) — Mitwirkender — 48 Exemplare
In the Shadow of Evil (2005) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare
The Trouble With Heroes (2009) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare
The Repentant (2003) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare
More Stories from the Twilight Zone (2010) — Mitwirkender — 44 Exemplare
Intelligent Design (2009) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Legends (1999) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Gamer Fantastic (2009) — Mitwirkender — 40 Exemplare
Slipstreams (2006) — Mitwirkender — 37 Exemplare
Human for a Day (2011) — Mitwirkender — 36 Exemplare
Mystery Date (2008) — Mitwirkender — 36 Exemplare
Oceans of Space (2002) — Mitwirkender — 35 Exemplare
Army of the Fantastic (2007) — Mitwirkender — 35 Exemplare
Bless Your Mechanical Heart (2014) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare
Future Americas (2008) — Mitwirkender — 31 Exemplare
Quag Keep & Return to Quag Keep Omnibus (1978) — Autor, einige Ausgaben30 Exemplare
The Magic Toy Box (2006) — Mitwirkender — 28 Exemplare
The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) — Mitwirkender — 26 Exemplare
Funny Fantasy (2016) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Front Lines (2008) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Crash Dive (Anthology 9-in-1) (2003) — Mitwirkender — 21 Exemplare
Swordplay (2009) — Mitwirkender — 21 Exemplare
Transformers: Legends (2004) — Mitwirkender — 21 Exemplare
The New Hero: New Heroes for a New Age (2013) — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
Shadowrun: World of Shadows (2015) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
The Society for the Preservation of CJ Henderson (2015) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
Brigands: A Blackguards Anthology (2019) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Women of the Crystal Coast (3) (Dragonband: Tales) (2019) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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In Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, the character of Blanche Dubois says, “I don’t want realism. I want magic!”–a quote that aptly describes this collection of tales related by their relationship to their cities. Many of the exploits and adventures within the stories could have mundane explanations. Maybe the mother really did kill her daughter in Michael A Stackpole’s “The Devil Within,” or maybe the character was imagining the sounds coming from beneath her bed in Judi Rohrig’s ”Falls the Shadow.” But who wants to read about that when there could be something truly extraordinary about the circumstances?

Admittedly, not all the stories were to my liking, but on the other hand I found several new authors I wanted to try out. There were also returning favorites from whom I was delighted to read more. As seems usual for anthologies, there were so-so stories and then there were more intriguing stories. Of the thirteen stories contained, eight of them were interesting, but not attention-grabbing, while the five I enjoyed the most held a little something extra.

“The Devil Within” by Michael A. Stackpole: This is a story set within the universe he created for his character Trick Molloy, who’s pulling time as a private investigator for this story. Stackpole gives new meaning to the phrase “religious fervor.” I was pleasantly surprised by Trick’s cynicism; there’s nothing I like more than a character who’s an unrepentant cynic. Stackpole does a good job of laying the foundation for the world without bogging the story down with too much exposition. I found it intriguing that for a person to tap into their magical ability, they had to have a “trip”–a catalyst, really.

“Falls the Shadow” by Judi Rohrig: This is my first experience with this writer, though she appears to have several stories in anthologies waiting on my TBR pile, so I’ll have to read those, as well. This is the classic case of things that go bump in the night but with a twist on what those critters are. I freely admit I don’t understand this story completely; parts of the action jumbled themselves together, and the explanations were confusing, but the idea of it intrigued me and kept me reading. I would definitely love to see the idea expanded into a novel, or given a few more stories to flesh it out a bit.

“We Burgled It, We Sure Did” by Mickey Zucker Reichart: Leprechauns! This is a story about what happens when people believe a little too much in some of the old tales. Following the Leprechauns’ speech pattern is a little mind-bending, but the resolution to their problem makes a whole lot more sense than you’d believe from the premise alone.

“Disarmed and Dangerous” by Tim Waggoner: This is a short story featuring Waggoner’s zombie PI, Matthew Richter. I love the Matthew Richter books (Nekropolis and Dead Streets, both from Angry Robot Books), but even for someone without prior knowledge, Waggoner sets forth the background details well. Humor, a little bit of horror, and action abound, and it was also nice to see Matthew’s friendship with Papa Chatha deepen.

“‘Twas the Happy Hour After Christmas” by Robert Wenzlaff: Santa walks into Thor’s bar, and the two of them share stories about what it’s like having mythologies that keep changing on a mortal’s whim. Poor Santa is sick of the commercialism of the holiday ruining his life and just wants a vacation. Meanwhile Thor, who’s had his own share of publicity problems, comes up with a solution. This was a short, amusing, and intriguing piece full of incidents such as what happened to Odin and how he got his eye back.

In the end, the anthology stood out for one reason to me–each story captured some of the magic and uniqueness that can only be found if you live in a city. Amid the constant lights, streams of traffic, and seeming sleeplessness, a city holds a powerful magnetism for ordinary and paranormal folks alike. This collection spotlighted the best of those feelings.
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lexilewords | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 28, 2023 |
Anthologies are always hit or miss for me. Usually if I like the premise then I'm likely to find it harder to enjoy the individual stories. If I am only mildly interested in the premise and picking the book up more for the authors included, I fare far better. Such is the case with Timeshares. Six of the authors listed are of interest to me for various reasons and the premise was interesting enough to garner my attention.

Who hasn't wanted to travel back in time? I know I used to dream about traveling back and meeting Cleopatra or taking some leadership lessons from Queen Victoria. Here in the present we can look at the past and see exactly where we can get our answers instead of working them out for ourselves. I was shocked at how few were about going back and learning wisdom from famous people.

My favorites by far were "The Shaman" by Annie Jones, "A Portrait of Time" by Kelly Swails and "But I'm Not the Only One" by Chris Pierson. All three were surprisingly touching and well written. "The Shaman", about a woman who accidentally finds herself thrown back in time to Ancient Arizona, was simple and inspiring. "A Portrait of Time", about a woman who travels back to save her twin sister, was heartbreaking because of the depth of feeling both the women felt. And lastly "But I'm Not the Only One", about a famous musician's trip to the future, was both surrealistic and touching (especially in the end).

Surprisingly I enjoyed the anthology as a whole, finding each different writer's take on what could happen unique and interesting. Some of them ended well ("Limited Time Offer" by Dean Allen Leggett and "Unsolved Histories" by Greg Cox) and some ended quite badly for the character at least ("Timeless Lisa" by Robert E. Vardeman), but no two ideas were similar. No two writers wrote their character's motivations and reasoning to be the same as another's.

There is some great little known talent in this volume, as well as great introductions to some well known talent, but I think in the end there will be a story, or setting, for everyone to enjoy.
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lexilewords | Dec 28, 2023 |
Decent story, I liked that the young warrior character is female, but the ending was unsatisfying.
 
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JBarringer | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 15, 2023 |
Dhamon Fierolobo y su banda de mercenarios han fijado sus condiciosas miradas en el siguiente objetivo, un tesoro largo tiempo olvidado y oculto bajo una pradera. Las leyendas prometen incontables riquezas, una fortuna tan inmensa que resulta increíble.
Pero en el mundo de los ladrones, lleno de secretos y engaños, hay que pagar un alto precio por una fortuna semejante, un precio mayor que la insoportable agonía que Dhamon padece bajo la maldición de una escama de dragón. Un precio tan alto que puede costarle la vida a Dhamon.… (mehr)
 
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Natt90 | Feb 16, 2023 |

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