Rediscovery: Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott

[james_davis_nicoll]

Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott

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[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

I remember liking this, some time ago (mumble mumble years mumble). I suspect the misogyny would be even more annoying now, though I appreciate Scott's reasons for writing the setting that way.

[martin-wisse.livejournal.com]

You got two [insert link]s in that review that still need links.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I am having problems with the site so that will be fixed tomorrow.

[carbonel]

As long as you're fixing things, there's a "principle" in footnote 2 that should be "principal."

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I think the saves took.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

For a while there it was not only not saving but erasing everything I had inputted.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

I like most/all of the Scott I've read. I should look to see what I've missed.

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Hi, James:

Just want to say I've been enjoying all your books reviews and I'm using them to compile a reading list for the summer. I'm especially pleased to see so many books by female authors, and through your translation series be introduced to writers I'd never heard of.

[asyouknow-bob.livejournal.com]

Huh. I've liked all the Scott I've read (including "5/12...") - yet somehow never noticed that there were sequels to this. (thanks for the information.)

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Damn you, James, costing me money again! (Read the first book decades ago, didn't know about the sequels, have now grabbed them all as ebooks ...)

[awesomeaud.livejournal.com]

Me too. I haven't read any of the books before, but I definitely want to now!

[awesomeaud.livejournal.com]

Yeesh! It's only $3.12 at Kobo - so I bought it. :)

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

At the time this was published, it was my favorite novel, and remained so for several years.

I reread it within the last year. It's dated, but not as much as I'd thought.

For me, as someone who'd always wanted two husbands, it made me perk up, because it was the first time I'd seen that represented in fiction. True, it starts as a marriage of convenience, but it doesn't remain one.