The Alchemist eBook Paolo Bacigalupi JK Drummond
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Magic has a price. But someone else will pay. Every time a spell is cast, a bit of bramble sprouts, sending up tangling vines, bloody thorns, and threatening a poisonous sleep. It sprouts in tilled fields and in neighbors' roof beams, thrusts up from between street cobbles, and bursts forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more--until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines and empires lie dead, ruins choked by bramble forest. Monuments to people who loved magic too much.
In the paired novellas, The Alchemist & The Executioness, award-winning authors Tobias Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi explore a shared world where magic is forbidden and its use is rewarded with the axe. A world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses a little magic, and someone else always pays the price.
In the beleaguered city of Khaim, a lone alchemist seeks a solution to a deadly threat. The bramble, a plant that feeds upon magic, now presses upon Khaim, nourished by the furtive spellcasting of its inhabitants and threatening to strangle the city under poisonous vines. Driven by desperation and genius, the alchemist constructs a device that transcends magic, unlocking the mysteries of bramble's essential nature. But the power of his newly-built balanthast is even greater than he dreamed. Where he sought to save a city
and its people, the balanthast has the potential to save the world entire--if it doesn't destroy him and his family first.
The Alchemist eBook Paolo Bacigalupi JK Drummond
This book is a part of a pair of books about the same alternate reality, the companion volume being "The Executionist", by Tobias Buckell. In this world which seems to resemble medieval Europe in our reality, the practice of magic by anyone is forbidden. The use of magic could result in your execution. This is because the more magic is used, the more the thorny brambles grow and thicken, surrounding the town.The bramble can't be cut back and is resistant to fire. There seems to be no way to stop its growth. Soon, access to the one bridge that connects to the outside world may be cut off. Most of the citizens are capable of a little magic and don't hesitate to use it for simple things like quickly boiling water for cooking or bathing. They all individually make the excuse that "just this little bit won't hurt."But, it does hurt and the bramble thickens more day by day. Enter the alchemist. He has found a way to kill the bramble. The problem is.... it uses magic. So if he goes to the leader to tell of his discovery, he could free the city and/or face execution. How he resolves that is the focus of the last two thirds of this novella. You'll have to read it to find out. If you are a fan of this author, as I am, you may find yourself wondering why he chose to partake in this duology. It is not his best work, but it is good, fast reading and does hold the reader's interest. One does not have to read the companion volume for this one to make sense. It works as a stand-alone.
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The Alchemist eBook Paolo Bacigalupi JK Drummond Reviews
I was really getting into this story, the fascinatingly designed world, and the father/daughter/partner characters when the book ended! Boo! After reading the Wind-Up Girl and LOVING it, I expected more from Paolo Bacigalupi. Very interesting parallels between the world we are making out of our greed and future possible ramifications. Great dystopian setting, just way too short and unresolved to be great.
I have been wanting to read this book for quite awhile now. I ordered it on and had just begun getting into the story when I realized I was already at the 50% mark. I guess with all I had heard about it I expected more but I still enjoyed the book. The story is fantasy and heartbreaking. Lots of great quotes and ideas to reflect upon even after reading.
Our book group chose The Alchemist...by Paulo Coelho...and I downloaded this one by mistake...but what a nice mistake. I thoroughly enjoyed the fantasy and characters, the issues could be representative of things society struggles with. I then went on to read The Executioness ...same setting... different author. Thoroughly enjoyed that one as well, themes of loss, personal struggles and growth for women and a society. Left me thoughful.
I really enjoyed this and The Executioness. I bought this when looking for more of Paolo Bacigalupi's work after I read Windup Girl. My only question now is - these are several years old now - has there been more written about this world?
Not bad, as long as it remains a novella. The idea of magic being deleterious to the environment but people being unable to stop using it, even though they know the consequences, rings quite true. The efforts of the hero to find ways of solving the problem, ie. healing the environment, without giving up magic, one can sympathize with. The way authorities appropriate his invention and use it against offenders was an acceptable twist. The fact that they start a genocide, however, stretches the imagination. Why would the rulers of a country bent on restoring agriculture to fend off starvation start by killing off the labour force ?
Very nice hard-cover with great art work --- for my collection...but expensive for the size (especially since I purchased both this, and its companion Novel "The Executioness.") Speaking of -- This is a review of both in one --- and I will publish this review under both books.
Interesting world and characters are introduced. Good story telling/writing. Though I prefer the verse and writing in The Alchemist over The Executioness. Both read like great introductions to two very intriguing charactres, that hopefully are developed into a major joint Novel. (The problem these societies face --- "The Bramble" --- is only introduced...so plenty of drama left if the writers choose to return to this world)
However, this is really not even a Novella- - more just a short story/Introduction to a world and two main characters -- one in each story.
This new fantastical world is very unknown still -- but seems an interesting world steeped in mythology and magic, that seems to feed of of Eastern Mythology. However, magic was over-used, and a blight has taken over the land -- an Organic "Bramble" that feeds off of magical energy, is virtually unstoppable, and is deadly is choking out the world...one great civilization at a time.
As mentioned above -- "Bramble" is still ravaging the world at the close of these books, so very possibly the opening for something with more scope and depth.
We come to a kingdom much like that of Sleeping Beauty. We heard of the gentle slumber of the palace. But what of the deadly growth of bramble in the world. The tendrils shed hairs that captured a people into deadly stillness.
This is a lovely fable of a land choked by its own excess, and the father giving all to save his daughter, and perhaps an empire.
Jhandpara was once a land of magic and wonder. Wizards flew on carpets, children never sickened, the land was rich and fair. But each spell brought a root of poisonous bramble that came to ensnare great swathes of the kingdom and poison the people into deadly sleep.
What does one do when magic saves us but continues the deadly bramble? Where does the truth lie between magic and alchemy. What would you do with the deadly spread of the sleeping death. The alchemist is a man first. The character is complex and his task even more so. The doomed kingdom is intriguing, this is a short lovely story of magic and love.
This book is a part of a pair of books about the same alternate reality, the companion volume being "The Executionist", by Tobias Buckell. In this world which seems to resemble medieval Europe in our reality, the practice of magic by anyone is forbidden. The use of magic could result in your execution. This is because the more magic is used, the more the thorny brambles grow and thicken, surrounding the town.The bramble can't be cut back and is resistant to fire. There seems to be no way to stop its growth. Soon, access to the one bridge that connects to the outside world may be cut off. Most of the citizens are capable of a little magic and don't hesitate to use it for simple things like quickly boiling water for cooking or bathing. They all individually make the excuse that "just this little bit won't hurt."
But, it does hurt and the bramble thickens more day by day. Enter the alchemist. He has found a way to kill the bramble. The problem is.... it uses magic. So if he goes to the leader to tell of his discovery, he could free the city and/or face execution. How he resolves that is the focus of the last two thirds of this novella. You'll have to read it to find out. If you are a fan of this author, as I am, you may find yourself wondering why he chose to partake in this duology. It is not his best work, but it is good, fast reading and does hold the reader's interest. One does not have to read the companion volume for this one to make sense. It works as a stand-alone.
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