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The Drawing of the Dark

Tim Powers

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 4410 Users | 303 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Drawing of the Dark
ISBN:	0575074264 (ISBN13: 9780575074262)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1980), Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1980)

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Tim Powers is a mad genius. The siege of Vienna, Vikings, and the Fisher King. Oh, and Merlin, of course. I'm tired, and lazy as hell, so that's about all the plot summary I can muster. On one level this is a book about beer, as might be inferred (playfully) from the title. It's the secret history of what the Ottomans were really after when they marched on Vienna, and a forgotten chapter of Arthurian Legend. This is one of Powers's early novels, and I found it a little more concise than some of his later works. The later books sometimes get a teensy bit saggy or unfocused in the middle (I say that as an ardent fan). Having read most of his work in random order, rather than the order in which it was written, I enjoyed coming to this late because it meant I could watch his first explorations of certain ideas that have become important recurring themes in his later work. The Fisher King, in particular, reappears in several of his other works, including (most notably) Last Call and Earthquake Weather. I think I might have also spotted an embryonic form of the "Jacks" from Last Call. In Powers's later works, the Fisher King loses some of the more overt trappings of Arthuriana, and becomes a more unique Powers construct. His sense of magic becomes much more refined and subtle with each book, but the seeds of his characteristic style are all here. (I say it all the time, but seriously: if magic were real, it would work like it does in a Tim Powers novel.) One of the things I enjoy most about Powers's secret histories is that I always come away wondering just which parts were fictional and which parts really happened. Did a Viking longship really show up on the Danube just before the Siege of Vienna? I'm not sure, but if Powers says so, I'm willing to buy it.

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Title	:	The Drawing of the Dark
Author	:	Tim Powers
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	November 14th 2002 by Gollancz Paperbacks (first published June 1979)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Historical Fantasy

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I forgot how much fun books by Tim Powers are. Id put this one in the same camp as Neil Gaimans American Gods: legendary characters like Merlin, the Fisher King and Arthur/Sigmund meet with Suleiman at the Ottoman Empires siege of Vienna. The plot moves fast and smooth. Always enjoyable.

It's about the Crusades and magic beer. That's going to either sell you on the novel or not.

So I finally got around to reading my first novel by Tim Powers, it being this one. I had read his short story collection a few years ago, and found it interesting enough to read more of his work, but wasn't so bowled over by it. His writing skills seemed better suited for novels.From the Amazon.Com review, here is a rundown on the plot: It is the year 1529 and Brian Duffy, a soldier of fortune, finds himself in Venice. A late-night confrontation with three brothers over a matter of honor

Once again, I fell for the pull quote. This time it was Ellen Kushner who got me.And actually, this started out well enough. The second medieval fantasy in a row (completely by accident), which was an interesting enough setting to intrigue me. And it managed to pull me in for maybe two-thirds of the book. And then... no. I am not on board with (view spoiler)[ reincarnation. And I didn't think I was signing up for a fate of the world good vs evil book, and didn't want it. And the arbitrary

4.5 stars.From the back cover:When Brian Duffy, an aging soldier of fortune, is recruited in Venice by a strange old man to work as a bouncer in Vienna at an inn where the fabulous Herzwesten beer is brewedm everything seems straightforward. But his journey is far from it.Pursued and attacked from all sides, guarded and guided by creatures of myth, Duffy is no sooner in Vienna than the city is besieged by the Turkish armies of Suleiman. And it becomes apparent that Duffy's presence is no

When I was home for Christmas I saw this on the shelf and couldn't help but pick it up and read it. Cost me some sleep even though I was already exhausted. I missed an entire night of sleep reading it. As with anything written by Tim Powers, it's worth your time.Fair warning, if you're looking for a driving plot, this might not be the book for you. But if you enjoy mystery and unique worldbuilding, you're in for a treat....

Man, they wrote them dense, back in the day. There's a lot I enjoyed here--in particular, Brian's disgruntled, determined ignorance in the face of the supernatural--but not quite enough for me to love. The racial politics of the inscrutable Evil Muslim East battling the Good West in a literal clash of civilizations made me raise an eyebrow a bit. And the side plot with the protagonist's love interest was, uh, well, that was a thing that happened. Yep.