Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar

by Mercedes Lackey (Editor)

Other authors: Nancy Asire (Contributor), Richard Lee Byers (Contributor), Brenda Cooper (Contributor), Larry Dixon (Contributor), Rosemary Edghill (Contributor) — 10 more, Sarah Hoyt (Contributor), Tanya Huff (Contributor), Mercedes Lackey (Contributor), Fiona Patton (Contributor), Kate Paulk (Contributor), Mickey Zucker Reichert (Contributor), Kristin Schwengel (Contributor), Stephanie Shaver (Contributor), Judith Tarr (Contributor), Michael Z Williamson (Contributor)

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Series: Valdemar : Anthologies (4), Valdemar: Publication Order (stories 4), Valdemar: Chronological Order (stories)

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"Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar is an ancient land where the peace is kept by a very special corps of protectors: the Heralds. Chosen from all across the kingdom, from all walks of life, and at all ages, these unusual individuals are Gifted with abilities beyond those of normal men and women. They are Mindspeakers, FarSeers, Empaths, ForeSeers, Firestarters, FarSpeakers, and others who are uniquely suited to protect their realm. South and Chosen by mysterious horselike Companions, they are trained to be emissaries, spies, judges, diplomats, scouts, counselors, and even warriors. Bonded for life to the Companion who chooses them, the Heralds of Valdemar ride patrol throughout the kingdom preserving the peace and, when necessary, defending their land and monarch."--p. [4] of cover.… (more)

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I like the books Mercedes Lackey writes, she is good at creating a believable world and people to populate it. While her writing is not the strongest I do find it engaging ang and enjoyable. I like a series I can live inside of and her books are ones that have characters I feel invested in and a world I believe could exist. (

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romsfuulynn | Apr 28, 2013 |

Some good stories based around the Valdemar series, but nothing really spectacular. Curious as to why this was released now, but guessing it has something to do with the new Foundation novel. (

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Krumbs | Mar 31, 2013 |

This series of collections has falling into a steady rhythm - familiar contributors, mostly familiar stories. It's good, solid Valdemar stuff, and Heralds are particularly well-suited to episodic stories.

The title story by Lackey is worth a note - it is, of all things, a Scooby-Doo pastiche. It's dreadfully irreverent, and kind of note-perfect. I thought it was moderately hilarious, although I would not like it to represent a trend. (

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JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 |

I picked this up when Tanya Huff mentioned in her Livejournal that she and her partner had stories in the anthology. Valdemar will always be a guilty pleasure for me. :) I think there were more Herald-centric stories in this one than in the last collection I read, but that's fine. There were a few that seemed shorter than normal, that was disappointing, but I'm a novel-lover first and foremost, and still getting used to stories told so quickly. I loved Huff's piece, it had some meta commentary about story telling. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Lackey, Mercedes	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Asire, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Byers, Richard Lee	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cooper, Brenda	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dixon, Larry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Edghill, Rosemary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hoyt, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Huff, Tanya	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lackey, Mercedes	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Patton, Fiona	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paulk, Kate	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Reichert, Mickey Zucker	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schwengel, Kristin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shaver, Stephanie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tarr, Judith	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williamson, Michael Z	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Jody A.	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Simner, Janni Lee	Contributor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Herald Elyn refrained from tearing her hair out.

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"Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar is an ancient land where the peace is kept by a very special corps of protectors: the Heralds. Chosen from all across the kingdom, from all walks of life, and at all ages, these unusual individuals are Gifted with abilities beyond those of normal men and women. They are Mindspeakers, FarSeers, Empaths, ForeSeers, Firestarters, FarSpeakers, and others who are uniquely suited to protect their realm. South and Chosen by mysterious horselike Companions, they are trained to be emissaries, spies, judges, diplomats, scouts, counselors, and even warriors. Bonded for life to the Companion who chooses them, the Heralds of Valdemar ride patrol throughout the kingdom preserving the peace and, when necessary, defending their land and monarch."--p. [4] of cover.

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