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Pamela F. Service

Author of The Reluctant God

35+ Works 1,188 Members 27 Reviews 2 Favorited

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Includes the name: Pamela Service

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Works by Pamela F. Service

The Reluctant God (1988) 192 copies
Stinker from Space (1988) 149 copies
Winter of Magic's Return (1986) 113 copies
Being of Two Minds (1991) 93 copies
Tomorrow's Magic [omnibus] (2007) 89 copies
Tomorrow's Magic [novel] (1987) 62 copies
Under Alien Stars (1990) 54 copies
Yesterday's Magic (2008) 47 copies
Vision Quest (1989) 39 copies
Stinker's Return (1993) 31 copies
Mesopotamia (1999) 26 copies
Storm at the Edge of Time (1994) 20 copies

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Young Warriors: Stories of Strength (2005) — Contributor — 623 copies
Orphans of the Night (1995) — Contributor — 16 copies

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i can't believe i read this book and liked it. i mean, are there unicorns? who am i?
 
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alison-rose | 3 other reviews | May 22, 2023 |
Five chapters in 80 pages. Lots of excellent photographs of artifacts and contemporary living. Downplays the ferocity of the Assyrian empire's expansion. Appropriate for the children's section.
½
 
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themulhern | Nov 6, 2022 |
A pleasant enough YA novel of with a bit of unconventional time travel and some softy (but on reflection really bizarre) gods. Our heroine is typically discomforted by conventional boarding school life and gets the benefit of some divine interference with a young royal also typically discomforted by restrictions and duties of palace life. His expected life is totally trashed and hers gets a boost, but really, it's all OK if the gods are fine with it. Reads OK, but don't think about it too much.
 
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quondame | Dec 2, 2017 |
Very much enjoyed reading this book as a teenager. Even now I enjoy going back and rereading it.

It's certainly and interesting take on the return of Magic and of Merlin to the world after humans cause nuclear winter when the cold war grows hot.
 
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Serenova_Phoenix | 2 other reviews | Jun 27, 2017 |

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