Fevre Dream
by George R.R. Martin
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Author: George R.R. MartinEdition: Paperback
Published: 2004-09-28
ISBN: 0553383051
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Spectra
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Book Review: A New Take on an Old Genre
Summary: 4 Stars
Delving into the world of steamboats traversing the mighty Mississippi in the late eighteen hundreds, George R.R. Martin steps away from his well-loved Song of Ice and Fire series in the chilling novel Fevre Dream.
In Martin's version of the historical Midwest, most of what traditional folklore has to say about vampires is wrong - in fact they don't even like the term vampire. The superior blood-drinking people of the night are not garlic-hating, cross-fearing, transformed humans but rather they are their own race with their own hierarchy that is threatened when one of them wants to establish peace with humans. Caught in the middle of these affairs is Abner Marsh, a human steamboat captain, who has unknowingly entered into a business partnership with one of the night people.
Fevre Dream was a well-written "vampire" novel. As always, the development of a strong setting and flawed but believable characters makes Martin's work a joy to read. My only complaint was the handling of copious amounts of back story which were lumped into their own chapters. In his later works, Martin more artfully weaves his characters' pasts into their tales instead of including such large chunks of narrative that slowed the pacing of climactic points of the novel.
Overall, though Fevre Dream was a good book that when placed alongside Dying of the Light, Dreamsongs and the Song of Ice and Fire series dramatically demonstrates George R.R. Martin's talent and versatility as a writer.
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When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.Marsh meant to turn down York’s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind’s most impossible dream.
Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire’s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman’s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.
When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn't care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh's dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won't earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh's concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.
Marsh meant to turn down York's offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York's mesmerizing gaze. Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare…and mankind's most impossible dream.
Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire's quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman's dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.
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