Pevel

From France, outside of special cases like Houellebecq or Werber, works are only trickling out in English translation: a new collection from Jean-Claude Dunyach, a fantasy novel by Pierre Pevel ...

MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part II) 2009

This latter fact is not unproblematic, incidentally -- by including badass female characters such as the Baroness Agnès de Vaudreuil, Pevel seems to think he is entitled to unload the sort of sexist claptrap that used to be, and I suppose still largely is, a feature of the sub-genre's representation of its female characters.

Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Roberts 2010

This is a group of brilliant swordspeople, including the heroic Antoine Leprat (‘Tony the Twit’ in English); the half-dragon Saint-Lucq (confusingly, not actually a saint in this tale), Ballardieu (whose name is presumably a SF in-joke by Pevel, modelled on the ‘Clapton is God’ graffiti) amongst others, under the leadership of grizzled old Capitaine La Fargue (‘Captain Fog’ in English).

Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Roberts 2010

Pevel has worked out that the trick with this kind of adventure is to take a historical milieu and not change more than necessary – so barring the dragons, this is a very effective and enjoyable evocation of early 17th century Paris, in all its smelly, bustling glory, as well as a pacy and joyous historical romp.

Archive 2009-12-01 Jeff C 2009

Pevel has worked out that the trick with this kind of adventure is to take a historical milieu and not change more than necessary – so barring the dragons, this is a very effective and enjoyable evocation of early 17th century Paris, in all its smelly, bustling glory, as well as a pacy and joyous historical romp.

Today in Fantasy: December 17, 2009 Jeff C 2009

In fact, Pevel keeps the reader guessing about that right through the book, as various characters are pulled in different directions and even the apparent heroes' loyalties are sometimes murky.

The Cardinal's Blades by Pierre Pevel Adam Whitehead 2009

The first round of David Gemmell Legend Award voting is over, and I was surprised to learn that both THE GATHERING STORM and WARBREAKER have made the short list (going up against THE CARDINAL'S BLADES by Pierre Pevel, EMPIRE: THE LEGEND OF SIGMAR by Graham McNeill, and BEST SERVED COLD by Joe Abercrombie).

Gemmel Nominations, Audible Tournament, Suvudu Cage Match + Updates mistborn 2010

The whole book, in fact, is prodigiously, momentously clichéd; but so energetically, so forcefully does Pevel inhabit these clichés, and with such aplomb, that you don’t mind.

Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Roberts 2010