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Scrivers Create Marvellous Machines, Contend with Unspeakable Powers

Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett

August 15, 2021 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

  I don’t know what my problem is, really I don’t. I love Robert Jackson Bennett’s works. And I really loved Foundryside, the first book in his Founders Trilogy. I knew Shorefall had been released Why did I take so long to get to it? Is it the pandemic? I’m going to blame the pandemic. Foundryside was a glorious blend of magical and political drama that had a really interesting premise: what if coding—known here as scriving—was actually magic, leaving to the development of whole […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr13bingo, good things come in threes, machinery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall, The Founders Trilogy

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr13bingo, good things come in threes, machinery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall, The Founders Trilogy ·
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Cover of Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

It Gives Ocean’s Eleven a Run For Its Money

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

February 10, 2020 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Yeah, Robert Jackson Bennett is back! I originally had a delayed love his previous trilogy, The Divine Cities; but a re-read of the first book ended up setting me straight, and by the end, I was loving it. So the news that his latest book, Foundryside, is also the first of a trilogy piqued my interest. would there be a delayed response this time around? Or will it be a winner from the get-go? Part of the charm of The Divine Cities was the melding of divine magics […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Foundryside, good things come in threes, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy

LittlePlat's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Foundryside, good things come in threes, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy ·
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