The Birthgrave - Revision history

Lquilter: la saga

2007-05-16T04:29:20Z

la saga

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	* 2004 J'ai Lu, ISBN 2-290-33826-5, 1042 pages, Illustration Vincent Gaigneux; includes ''The Birthgrave ; Vazkor, son of Vazkor ; Quest for the white witch (1975)		* 2004 J'ai Lu, ''La Saga d'Uasti'', ISBN 2-290-33826-5, 1042 pages, Illustration Vincent Gaigneux; includes ''The Birthgrave ; Vazkor, son of Vazkor ; Quest for the white witch (1975)

	==Reviews==		==Reviews==

Lquilter: editions

2007-05-16T04:28:58Z

editions

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	'''The Birthgrave''' is an influential fantasy novel by [[Tanith Lee]].		'''The Birthgrave''' is an influential fantasy novel by [[Tanith Lee]].

			==Editions==
			* 1977
			* Daw
			* 1984 J'ai Lu
			* 2004 J'ai Lu, ISBN 2-290-33826-5, 1042 pages, Illustration Vincent Gaigneux; includes ''The Birthgrave ; Vazkor, son of Vazkor ; Quest for the white witch (1975)

	==Reviews==		==Reviews==

Lquilter: covers, emdashes

2007-05-16T04:26:49Z

covers, emdashes

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			[[Image:Lee-TheBirthgrave-1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|125px\|Cover of an English edition]]
			[[Image:Lee-SagadUasti-1.jpg\|thumb\|right\|125px\|French edition, ''La Saga d'Uasti'']]

	'''The Birthgrave''' is an influential fantasy novel by [[Tanith Lee]].		'''The Birthgrave''' is an influential fantasy novel by [[Tanith Lee]].


	==Reviews==		==Reviews==
	The Birthgrave is a remarkable sword-and-sorcery barbarian princess novel. The barbarian princess, a member of a Lost Race, has all the same attributes of numerous other barbarian princesses: she seems to crave submission to men, she is often contemptuous of other women. And yet, this protagonist ultimately discovers that she is complete on her own, that her desires for cruel dark men are part of a warped childhood, and that -- oddly -- although she is of the Lost Race, she reclaims her humanity. Very strange. And although hugely different in so many ways, ''The Birthgrave'' also reminds me of ''[[The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You]]'', [[Dorothy Bryant]]'s almost metaphysical utopian novel. In ''The Birthgrave'', however, you go along thinking that the character is a barbarian Lost Race princess -- very interesting, quite well done, albeit with Tanith Lee's now-trademark darkness -- but nothing very interesting. And then at the end the heroine understands herself. She understands herself through a rather [[deus ex machina]] method, which is unfortunate, but the resolution is nonetheless very satisfying and somewhat surprising. -- Chaotically reviewed, LQ 3/27/2001		The Birthgrave is a remarkable sword-and-sorcery barbarian princess novel. The barbarian princess, a member of a Lost Race, has all the same attributes of numerous other barbarian princesses: she seems to crave submission to men, she is often contemptuous of other women. And yet, this protagonist ultimately discovers that she is complete on her own, that her desires for cruel dark men are part of a warped childhood, and that — oddly — although she is of the Lost Race, she reclaims her humanity. Very strange. And although hugely different in so many ways, ''The Birthgrave'' also reminds me of ''[[The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You]]'', [[Dorothy Bryant]]'s almost metaphysical utopian novel. In ''The Birthgrave'', however, you go along thinking that the character is a barbarian Lost Race princess — very interesting, quite well done, albeit with Tanith Lee's now-trademark darkness — but nothing very interesting. And then at the end the heroine understands herself. She understands herself through a rather [[deus ex machina]] method, which is unfortunate, but the resolution is nonetheless very satisfying and somewhat surprising. — Chaotically reviewed, LQ 3/27/2001

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Lquilter: review

2007-04-22T02:51:57Z

review

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			==Reviews==
			The Birthgrave is a remarkable sword-and-sorcery barbarian princess novel. The barbarian princess, a member of a Lost Race, has all the same attributes of numerous other barbarian princesses: she seems to crave submission to men, she is often contemptuous of other women. And yet, this protagonist ultimately discovers that she is complete on her own, that her desires for cruel dark men are part of a warped childhood, and that -- oddly -- although she is of the Lost Race, she reclaims her humanity. Very strange. And although hugely different in so many ways, ''The Birthgrave'' also reminds me of ''[[The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You]]'', [[Dorothy Bryant]]'s almost metaphysical utopian novel. In ''The Birthgrave'', however, you go along thinking that the character is a barbarian Lost Race princess -- very interesting, quite well done, albeit with Tanith Lee's now-trademark darkness -- but nothing very interesting. And then at the end the heroine understands herself. She understands herself through a rather [[deus ex machina]] method, which is unfortunate, but the resolution is nonetheless very satisfying and somewhat surprising. -- Chaotically reviewed, LQ 3/27/2001

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2007-02-27T01:59:46Z

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'''The Birthgrave''' is an influential fantasy novel by [[Tanith Lee]].

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