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Jennifer Roberson

Author of Sword-Dancer

71+ Works 15,332 Members 130 Reviews 37 Favorited

About the Author

Fantasy and historical novelist Jennifer Roberson was raised in Arizona and graduated from Northern Arizona University. She has worked as an investigative reporter and copywriter and currently raises dogs. Her best known books are the eight volumes of The Chronicles of the Cheysulai, but she has show more written more than twenty novels. Her three historical novels about the story of Robin Hood, but told from Maid Marian's point of view, were researched when she spent a semester at the University of London. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Jennifer Roberson

Sword-Dancer (1986) 1,209 copies
The Golden Key (1996) 912 copies
Sword-Singer (1988) 905 copies
Lady of the Forest (1992) — Author — 877 copies
Shapechangers (1984) 828 copies
Sword-Maker (1989) 824 copies
Sword-Breaker (1991) 767 copies
Sword-Born (1998) 677 copies
Song of Homana (1985) 627 copies
Legacy of the Sword (1986) 579 copies
Track of the White Wolf (1987) 534 copies
A Pride of Princes (1988) 525 copies
Sword-Sworn (2002) 503 copies
Daughter of the Lion (1989) 500 copies
Shapechanger's Song (2001) 495 copies
Flight of the Raven (1990) 467 copies
A Tapestry of Lions (1992) 441 copies
Karavans (2006) 368 copies
Lady of the Glen (1998) 332 copies
Legacy of the Wolf (2001) 324 copies
Lady of Sherwood (1999) 308 copies
Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic & New Myths (15-in-1) (2001) — Editor, Contributor — 294 copies
Children of the Lion (2001) 268 copies
The Lion Throne (2001) 263 copies
Return to Avalon (1996) — Editor, Contributor; Contributor — 245 copies
Deepwood (2007) 222 copies
Sword-Bound (2013) 122 copies
Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues (1997) — Editor — 112 copies
Scotland the Brave (1996) 110 copies
The Wild Road (2012) 66 copies
Life and Limb (2019) 42 copies
Sword-Bearer (2022) 21 copies
The Golden Key, Part 1 of 3 (1997) 10 copies
Smoketree (1985) 5 copies
Novels of Tiger and Del (1985) 4 copies
Kinspirit 2 copies
Mad Jack 2 copies
Final Exam 1 copy
The Irishman (2012) 1 copy
Skeptic 1 copy

Associated Works

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995) — Contributor — 1,401 copies
Tales from Jabba's Palace (1995) — Contributor — 1,278 copies
Sword and Sorceress I (1984) — Contributor — 695 copies
Irresistible Forces [Anthology 6-in-1] (2004) — Contributor — 595 copies
Sword and Sorceress III (1986) — Contributor — 516 copies
Sword and Sorceress II (1985) — Contributor — 483 copies
Sword and Sorceress IV (1987) — Contributor — 406 copies
Sword and Sorceress V (1988) — Contributor — 363 copies
Sword and Sorceress VIII (1991) — Contributor — 308 copies
Sword and Sorceress XII (1995) — Contributor — 304 copies
DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology (2002) — Collaborator — 304 copies
Sword and Sorceress VI (1990) — Contributor — 304 copies
The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988) — Contributor — 254 copies
Horse Fantastic (1991) — Contributor — 174 copies
Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny (1998) — Contributor — 169 copies
Treasures of Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 143 copies
Spell Singers (1988) — Contributor — 131 copies
Warrior Enchantresses (1996) — Contributor — 107 copies
The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009) — Contributor — 98 copies
Ancient Enchantresses (1995) — Contributor — 82 copies
The Merlin Chronicles (1995) — Contributor — 66 copies
Women Writing Science Fiction as Men (2003) — Contributor — 57 copies
Christmas Bestiary (1992) — Contributor — 51 copies
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume X (1994) — Contributor — 49 copies
I, Alien (1657) — Contributor — 41 copies
Herds of Thunder, Manes of Gold (1989) — Contributor — 38 copies

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Sigh. This book is so dated. It is mired in a kind of second-wave white woman feminist writing where a woman encounters several deeply misogynistic cultures and is constantly being told " a woman with a sword there is no such thing" to which she responds "not only am I a swordswoman, I am the best one." It also doesn't help that these misogynistic cultures are heavily coded to be allegories for non-white peoples and non-white countries trafficking in such orientalist tropes as cannibalism, white slavery (this is actually the crux of the entire plot), polygamy etcetera (and I have to say that this author seems to be particularly guilty of this because even though I enjoy shapechangers! for its pulpy-ness, I do think it is kind of a similarly racist portrayal of indigenous people). I did think that the dynamic between tiger and del is very good because the arc is tiger's and he is allowed to grow out of his misogyny. The problem with every single person being a misogynist is that del's personality gets relegated to constantly telling people that she can do the thing, and it is exhausting. So we don't really get told important things about del by del herself. Instead we have other characters explaining del's backstory. This isn't helped by the fact that this book is entirely Tiger's pov, so we don't really get inner world.… (more)
 
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kittyfoyle | 24 other reviews | Mar 15, 2024 |
Loved it just as much as back in the day.
 
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jazzbird61 | 24 other reviews | Feb 29, 2024 |
Sometimes Tiger was a big, stubborn dumb-dumb, but I still love him.
 
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jazzbird61 | 6 other reviews | Feb 29, 2024 |
Sorcerer-painters frolic in a pseudo-Renaissance Italian city-state. The three authors split the book into three sections, and I liked each section about as much as I like each author. The first section felt repetitious and redundant; the second section combined candy-colored central characters with the wonderfully Machiavellian maneuverings of the villainous protagonist; and the third section was good but marred by wrapping up all the threads introduced in the first two sections. All together, it was...eh.… (more)
 
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proustbot | 11 other reviews | Jun 19, 2023 |

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Works
71
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30
Members
15,332
Popularity
#1,486
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
130
ISBNs
182
Languages
6
Favorited
37

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