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5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta Read This!, March 12, 2002

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This review is from: Valentine (Hardcover)

Seriously. Perfect title: I bought it for my girlfriend; she loved it so much she made me read it. The prose is so erotic, well, it sparked up our relationship a bit (like "91/2 Weeks"). Shepard's knack for telling detail and precise insight combine to provide an experience of both breathtaking description and emotional impact. This guy writes like a demon and you should read him ASAP.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dream lover, March 10, 2002

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This review is from: Valentine (Hardcover)

A beautifully written little book about love and the illusion of love. Shepard's lyrical yet emotionally precise prose illuminates the mysterious process of the weathers of the heart by choosing to isolate his lovers in a town itself isolated by hurricane whose reality is in question. Is it all a dream, a story the narrator is telling to a woman for whom he longs, or an actual record of a moment in "a serial affair?" Whatever the case, VALENTINE reads like the essence of a love affair, the distillation of a dream. Its intensity and luminous clarity is obviously the product of a man in love--a very talented man named Lucius Shepard.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A story of romance and love lost in Florida, June 5, 2002

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It's hard to easily classify this title: part novel, part fantasy, is this story of romance and love lost in Florida, where a hurricane brings an unusual reunion with a lost love. A series of strange circumstances involves them in frightening possibilities in this unusual story.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A review of the book.
The fascinating thing about Lucius Shepard is how he generates debate between intercolutors and the heat of argument. Read more

Published on June 20, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars At least get your facts straight
The guy who didn't like this book much writes as if he had some knowledge of Shepard and his work...but he gets most of it wrong. Read more

Published on May 11, 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Partial return to form
I was surprised to see a new novel by Lucius Shepard as I had thought that he had retired some time ago. Read more

Published on September 3, 2002 by jay12345

5.0 out of 5 stars Virtuoso not bozzo
I loved it. This is my all time favorit book right now. It is so exciting to see Lucuis back writing. Read more

Published on June 29, 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars A diamond in the rough
A powerful book, though it owes an obvious debt to Tony Daniel's seminal masterwork, "Canoe". Where Daniel guides, Shepard follows.

Published on March 1, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars stunning accomplishment
What a revelation! Equal parts wit, heart and a sure-handed prose of both dazzling elegance and muscle. This is what we talk about when we talk about love. Read more

Published on March 1, 2002 by BobbyF

5.0 out of 5 stars Futility of the heart's desire
Shepard is a master of the human heart. He knows it's rhythms and movements. While others deal in vast unatainable panoramas he delves into the human soul. Read more

Published on February 7, 2002 by Gunter E. Swain

5.0 out of 5 stars An erotic fantasy for grownups
Shepard is a fantasist in the sense that Marquez is. He fully explores his characters by projecting the subconscious dimension of their conflicts onto the setting. Read more

Published on February 6, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars steamy with substance
Wow. Shepard's short, electrifying tale is sort of a Bridges of Madison County for people with a brain: sexy and smart, it's a tale of obsessive passion... Read more

Published on January 30, 2002

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THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT EXIST only for a matter of days, sometimes only for hours, not lasting long enough to be named or even recognized for what they are by their temporary citizenry. Read the first page

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New York, Grub's Nest, Ski Ball, Baby Huey, Anna Malloy, Fort Myers

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