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Milkweed Triptych
"A major talent... I can't wait to see more."
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"Mad English warlocks battling twisted Nazi psychics? Yes please, thank you. Tregillis's debut has a white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters-- an unstoppable Vickers of a novel."
—Cory Doctorow on Bitter Seeds
"Ian Tregillis triumphantly concludes his astonishing, brilliant, pulse-pounding debut trilogy, The Milkweed Triptych."
—Cory Doctorow on Necessary Evil
"Tregillis' conclusion of the Milkweed Triptych is the pièce de résistance of the series. Necessary Evil is a perfect marriage of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history."
—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on Necessary Evil
"Darkly fascinating…A thoroughly fascinating conclusion to an imaginative tour de force."
—Kirkus on Necessary Evil
"A cross between the devious, character-driven spy fiction of early John le Carré and the mad science fantasy of the X-Men... Despite the jaw-dropping backdrop and oblique plotting, the narrative is driven by character and personal circumstance...
Grim indeed, yet eloquent and utterly compelling."
Grim indeed, yet eloquent and utterly compelling."
—Kirkus on The Coldest War
"The characters come alive via [Tregillis's] imaginative dialogue and his storyline will keep readers spellbound and on the edge of their seats with an intense sci-fi/alternate history thriller plot."
—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on The Coldest War
"Well-drawn characters and a feel for time and place make this an excellent journey into an alternate Britain."
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"Engrossing... Tregillis ably mixes cold war paranoia with his mythology."
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Wednesday, June 30 2010, 08:43 PM
A few minutes ago, I stepped out into my little garden/patio to dump some spare drinking water into the soil near my peach tree. (The same peach tree happened to be the source of a real Milago Beanfield moment for me earlier this year, namely the Death of the Blossoms.)
I don't wear shoes in the house. But I keep a pair of sandals near both the front and back door for quick trips outside, like checking the mail or filling the bird feeder.
As I stepped into my hiking sandals, something cool bunched up against the toes of my left foot. The left sandal happens to be the one with the loose lining, thanks to its most recent trip through the washing machine. So I didn't think anything of it. But then, as I was about halfway to the tree (all of five feet) it suddenly didn't feel like loose lining at all. A little too cool. A little too. . . wriggly.
So I took off my shoe, and a lizard scampered out. A very dazed and bewildered lizard, but apparently unharmed.
Cute little thing.
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Zoe, Thursday, July 1 2010, 07:14 PM
Lagartijas I think they're called in the Caribbean. Kids there sometimes keep them as pets. Maybe it's your pet garden lizard. They are pretty cute when you get over the fact that they are lizards and they keep the bug population in check.
Lagartijas I think they're called in the Caribbean. Kids there sometimes keep them as pets. Maybe it's your pet garden lizard. They are pretty cute when you get over the fact that they are lizards and they keep the bug population in check.
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ChiaLynn, Thursday, July 1 2010, 11:37 PM
Right to the end, I was expecting it to be a scorpion.
Right to the end, I was expecting it to be a scorpion.
Lagartijas -
Ian, Thursday, July 1 2010, 11:56 PM
I love the lizards here. I think they're really neat. They're still novel to me. I mean-- lizards! In my house! And like you say, they keep the bugs in check. Every lizard I see in the garden has probably eaten a dozen things I'd really rather not see.
They sun themselves on the adobe outside my office window. I get a big kick out of watching them scamper up and down the wall.
I love the lizards here. I think they're really neat. They're still novel to me. I mean-- lizards! In my house! And like you say, they keep the bugs in check. Every lizard I see in the garden has probably eaten a dozen things I'd really rather not see.
They sun themselves on the adobe outside my office window. I get a big kick out of watching them scamper up and down the wall.
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Ian, Thursday, July 1 2010, 11:59 PM
We do think alike. Because the real end to this story, the one I didn't know about when I posted this anecdote, involves nightmares about what very very easily could have been in my shoe instead of a cute and harmless lizard.
Uncute, not-so-harmless things. Hairy, stingy things.
Things that rhyme with "blorpion" and "sparantula".
Holy shit, I'm creeping myself out again.
Right to the end, I was expecting it to be a scorpion.
We do think alike. Because the real end to this story, the one I didn't know about when I posted this anecdote, involves nightmares about what very very easily could have been in my shoe instead of a cute and harmless lizard.
Uncute, not-so-harmless things. Hairy, stingy things.
Things that rhyme with "blorpion" and "sparantula".
Holy shit, I'm creeping myself out again.
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Melinda, Sunday, July 4 2010, 04:58 PM
We're just a regular Wild Kingdom out here. Zander, the huge fat cat was mesmerized by a tiny chipmunk literally dancing on the small stone divider outside the living room window. He seemed more terrified than predatory.
We're just a regular Wild Kingdom out here. Zander, the huge fat cat was mesmerized by a tiny chipmunk literally dancing on the small stone divider outside the living room window. He seemed more terrified than predatory.
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