Stone Mad, Elizabeth Bear
Stone Mad, Elizabeth Bear
List: $12.99 | Sale: $9.10
Club: $6.49

Stone Mad

Author: Elizabeth Bear

Narrator: Jennifer Grace

Unabridged: 4 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/30/2018

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Readers met the irrepressible Karen Memory in Elizabeth Bear's 2015 novel Karen Memory, and fell in love with her steampunk Victorian Pacific Northwest city, and her down-to-earth story-telling voice. Now Karen is back with Stone Mad, a new story about spiritualists, magicians, con-men, and an angry lost tommy-knocker?a magical creature who generally lives in the deep gold mines of Alaska, but has been kidnapped and brought to Rapid City. Karen and Priya are out for a night on the town, celebrating the purchase of their own little ranch and Karen's retirement from the Hotel Ma Cherie, when they meet the Arcadia Sisters, spiritualists who unexpectedly stir up the tommy-knocker in the basement. The ensuing show could bring down the house, if Karen didn't rush in to rescue everyone she can.

About Elizabeth Bear

Elizabeth Bear was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, a Sturgeon Award, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. She is the author of the acclaimed Eternal Sky series, the Edda of Burdens series, and coauthor (with Sarah Monette) of the Iskryne series. Bear lives in Brookfield, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 03, 2018

Još jedna više nego šarmantna knjižica o steampunk divljem zapadu sa vrlo zabavnom naratorkom. Jedino mi je u početku trebalo vremena da se naviknem na njen govor, sleng, posle toga pravo uživanje za čitanje. Priča koju pratimo je u suštini vrlo jednostavna i generalno više predstavlja samo da začini......more

Goodreads review by Alan on May 17, 2018

Well, that weren't half bad... Don't start here, though. Stone Mad is a slender sequel to Elizabeth Bear's steampunk fantasy Karen Memory, which I read and liked back in 2015. And while Bear does do a good job of refreshing the reader's own memory, I really think you'll want to have Karen and Priya's......more

Goodreads review by Arlene on April 13, 2018

Honestly I was so disappointed in this Karen Memory novella. It’s mostly about Karen and Prius’s first big fight with an illusionist’s wife and mediums thrown in. The book had an unfinished feel to it - what and who were the sisters, what was the mystery at the hotel, and what the heck was the deal......more

Goodreads review by Danika at The Lesbrary on February 28, 2019

I was so excited for this! Victorian spiritualists are my jam. Plus, there are all kinds of cryptids in this world! And an exploration of Karen and Priya's relationship. I unfortunately, I found the plot structure baffling: all the excitement happens in the beginning of the book, and then it seems t......more