Reviews for A new theory of beauty

The average rating for A new theory of beauty based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-29 00:00:00 John Higgins It may interest some to know that Mercedes Lackey put out a cassette/CD called "Sun & Shadow" which does not follow any of her Valdemar books yet is strongly suggested to be a part of the history of Valdemar. You can sample some of the songs on YouTube, although the only place to buy it is from the Firebird Arts and Music website. 1. Valdemar (Espinoza) 2. I Found a Land (Espinoza) 3. Two Young Fools - part I (Espinoza) 8. Sun & Shadow (Lackey-Espinoza) 10. Windrider Unchained (Lackey-Espinoza) (I could not find "4. How Could I Have Known?", "5. Two Young Fools - part II", "6. A Lovely Young Man", "7. Two Young Fools - part III", "9. Meetings", and "11. A Love That".)

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-07 00:00:00 Qwertyuiop Qwertyuiop Ten years ago this would have been an invaluable reference - now, it's totally superceded by the internet. It's still an impressive collection of trivia, interviews, and ancillary fiction, though. The short story is astonishingly unmemorable (which may have been the point - it's supposed to be a story of a totally average Herald, and I suppose it's a handy fill-your-name-in-here tool for dreaming about being Chosen) but the interviews, although not earthshaking, are neat, and the extensive concordance is the sort of thing I'd have happily memorized were I younger and had a shorter to-read list. The funniest bit in the whole volume is the page or two on what websites to visit - good Lord, it wasn't published that long ago and it reads like utter ancient history. (This is a bit of a problem with the whole thing, really, since several more books have been written and it's hardly complete at this point.)