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Original Title:	The Fade
ISBN:	057507700X (ISBN13: 9780575077003)
Edition Language:	English

The Fade Hardcover | Pages: 312 pages

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Title	:	The Fade
Author	:	Chris Wooding
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 312 pages
Published	:	October 18th 2007 by Gollancz (first published January 1st 2007)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult

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A subterranean world of vast caverns, underground seas, crystalline forests. A civilisation born of darkness, in darkness, protected by shadows. A city of merchants, whose eyes have turned upward to the surface, where the lethal light of day beats down on their world. A conspiracy so vast that it will swallow them all . . . A stunningly original fantasy from a multi-award winning author. With a beautiful baroque world, sharp characterisation and Chris Wooding's trademark insight into the fantasy genre, the dawning of Halflight is an event more than worth waiting for.

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Ratings: 3.87 From 623 Users | 65 Reviews

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Its bloody brilliant and I am never reading it again.

I was walking up and down in the bookstore with the need to read something. The Fade did not catch my eye - neither the title nor the cover seemed interesting. Eventualy, more bored than interested I did look at it. The back cover promised a great conspiracy, but I have learned not to expect too much - it is very hard to write a good conspiracy or intrigue.I had a look at page one to see if I would even enjoy the author's style. The writing was fast paced and I quickly found myself halfway down

Promising setting - not done really that well.Main Problem: It's a world within caves - and it's nearly never dark, it's definitely never claustrophobic (or agoraphobic, by the way), there is no strategic thinking in 3 dimensions (mind you, underground there is not just 4 directions, there's up and down too. Not so with Wooding. It's so not three-dimensional, it's nearly one-dimensional. So to say).Noone who ever was in a real cave can find that haunting experience here.It just gives the overall

Just can't muster the energy to finish a novel about a character I just don't care about, and who seems completely one-dimensional despite her maternal angst patina ... Done now! Too bad, because I've loved Wooding's other work, but 90 pages in and this hasn't grabbed me at all.ETA: Read some other reviews, so I'm giving this another chance. Let's see what happens!Definitely glad I went back and gave this another chance; Orna ended up being a lot more interesting (and not nearly as all-knowing

This is a very interesting book, one which I respect but one which I didn't quite enjoy.THE GOODThe setting is absolutely fascinating. Very briefly, it's set on an alien world where the local humanity-equivalent went underground after their binary stars began to pump out something that vaguely looks like extreme radiation. The societies and species thus created are interesting and memorable, the description of the vistas are gorgeous, everything is just begging for an art gallery or two.Wooding

Couln't finished it, I was too bored.The characters were caricatured. How Orna is so good for being a Cadre women (that is, we don't even know what a Cadre is...)Also, I didn't feel that there was any conflict or trigger to allow the story to make sense. It was like I was reading descriptions all along.Because I don't want to waste time on boring novels while I can use this time for a good one, I have a rule that says that if after 1/5 of the book I'm not intrested, I drop it because it's not

View #1 One Star...I did NOT like it. Why? A four-star author does some great prep work, then writes a two-star story that is almost not good. An insightful author writes some good words and ideas while the story walks a center-line between OK and UNREMARKABLE. Things get better after a while. I am starting to like this...no, I guess I'm wrong...The publisher has used toxic smelling ink or paper, so I am offended by the odor emitting from my 312 page paperback copy, and I see the story is just