Prospero in Hell wins Kirkus Best of Year
For those who have not seen it, PROSPERO IN HELL (written by the lovely and talented Mrs. Wright under her maiden name L.Jagi Lamplighter) made the Kirkus Best SF and Fantasy of 2010.
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2010/
Right up there with Side Jobs by Jim Butcher and a Terry Brooks book!
This was also the only reviewer who did not “get” the idea of mingling modern and ancient characters and speech patterns, and who said it suffered from “Second Book Syndrome” — other reviewers said the book had so many revelations, surprises, and plot twists that nothing was the same at the end as at the beginning.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
