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Originally published 2009 Editor Peter B. Olson | 3.9/5 Goodreads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Similar Jo Walton books, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature winners, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lifelode is a 2009 fantasy novel by Jo Walton, published by NESFA Press, with an introduction by Sharyn November.
Contents
Setting
In a land where the rules governing thought, magic, and even the flow of time are dependent on how far east or west you are, Taveth (who has the power to see present, past, and future all superimposed) is the housekeeper at Applekirk Manor in the Marches, just far east enough for small magic to work.
Reception
Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, and was included on the "honor list" for the 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award.
Paul Kincaid described it as "ingenious" and "a huge novel on a small scale", and compared its portrayal of everyday life continuing even in the presence of "something amazing" to W.H. Auden's Musée des Beaux Arts.