Books by A. A. Attanasio and Complete Book Reviews
A. A. Attanasio, Author . Prime $27.95 (153p) ISBN 978-0-8095-5698-4
In this lyrical fairy tale from fantasy veteran Attanasio (The Crow: Hellbound
), geeky teen Chester "Chet" Hubert must rescue flame-haired daydreamer Flannery Lake from the Otherworld, when all he really wanted was a date. Flannery's...
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A. A. Attanasio, Author Broadway Books $25 (496p) ISBN 978-0-385-26393-1
The latest novel by Attanasio ( Radix ) partakes of elements of both fairy tale and high-tech science fiction. Billions of years in the future, long after the extinction of humankind and of the planet Earth, humans have been resurrected as pawns in...
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A. A. Attanasio, Author Ticknor & Fields $19.95 (422p) ISBN 978-0-89919-409-7
Fans of adventure yarns may relish this blend of fantasy and historical fiction if they take to the author's baroque, tinted prose and lush imagination. Jaki Gefjon, son of a native Borneo woman and a Dutch sea captain, starts life as witch-doctor's
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A. A. Attanasio, Author HarperCollins Publishers $23 (500p) ISBN 978-0-06-017965-6
This vivid tale of revenge, faith and love set during the rule of England's Richard I moves from Wales to a tumultuous Europe unsettled by the Crusades to intensely colorful Palestine and back. Arrogant Guy Lanfranc assumes control of the family...
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A. A. Attanasio, Author HarperCollins Publishers $22 (234p) ISBN 978-0-06-017740-9
This literary modern fantasy by the author of Wyvern wraps the trappings of Wicca, or witchcraft, around the classical myth of the god who takes a human wife. The orderly life of small-town bookkeeper Sigrid Lindo is turned upside down when the moon
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A. A. Attanasio, Author HarperPrism $16 (528p) ISBN 978-0-06-109297-8
Overuse of Arthurian materials in current genre fantasy would pose a challenge for any novelist, but Attanasio develops a noteworthy, unique cosmology. Known for science fiction (Radix) as well as for the Arthurian (Kingdom of the Grail), he...
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