starring jeffrey overstreet

Starring Jeffrey Overstreet

Over half of January has come and gone, and once again it's time for

the Christian science-fiction and fantasy blog tour.

This month we're featuring Auralia's Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet. A

fantasy tale of an orphan girl who can sculpt colors in a kingdom

where color is forbidden, Auralia's Colors brings together a

fascinating premise and beautiful language.

I'll be doing a full book review tomorrow, analyzing both the craft

and content of this novel, followed by a blog on Wednesday about how a

single premise can spark a variety of stories.

In the meantime, check out Jeffrey Overstreet's website and the posts

by the other tour participants:

Brandon Barr, Jim Black, Justin Boyer, Grace Bridges, Jackie Castle,

Carol Bruce Collett , Valerie Comer, CSFF Blog Tour, D. G. D.

Davidson, Chris Deanne, Jeff Draper, April Erwin, Marcus Goodyear,

Andrea Graham, Jill Hart, Katie Hart, Timothy Hicks, Heather R. Hunt,

Becca Johnson, Jason Joyner, Kait, Karen, Carol Keen, Mike Lynch,

Margaret, Rachel Marks, Shannon McNear, Melissa Meeks, Rebecca LuElla

Miller, Mirtika or Mir's Here, Pamela Morrisson, Eve Nielsen, John W.

Otte, John Ottinger, Deena Peterson, Rachelle, Steve Rice, Cheryl

Russel, Ashley Rutherford, Hanna Sandvig, James Somers, Rachelle

Sperling, Donna Swanson, Steve Trower, Speculative Faith, Jason

Waguespac, Laura Williams, and Timothy Wise

Posted by Chawna Schroeder at 1:49 PM

Labels: CSFF blog tour

2 comments:

Eve said...

Thanks for the linkage. :) Come check out my review.

January 21, 2008 2:22 PM

Rebecca LuElla Miller said...

Good opening to the tour, Chawna. You know I'm looking forward

to your review! ;-)

Becky

January 21, 2008 3:50 PM

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Trade Terms

* ABA: American Booksellers Association (secular books)

* Allegory: A sub-genre of sci-fi/fantasy where many of the events,

objects, and even people of the story are symbolic of something

else, like in Pilgrim's Progress

* Alternate reality: A sub-genre of sci-fi/fantasy that jumps from

our world into another world, like in Narnia.

* Apocalyptic: A sub-genre of sci-fi/fantasy dealing with the end

times or events that resemble the end times

* CBA: Christian Booksellers Association

* CSFF: Christian science fiction and fantasy

* Dark fantasy: a fantasy story heavily into magic, witches, and

occult practices

* Dark story: a story with little or no hope or overwhelming evil

* Futuristic fiction: A sci-fi/fantasy sub-genre based in the real

world, only a long time in the future

* High/Epic Fantasy: Fantasy that completely takes places in another

world with no connection to ours and usually involves events of

potentially catastrophic proportions. Think Lord of the Rings.

* Mid-grade: stories for the "middle" grades, ages 8-12

* Sci-fi/fantasy: a genre reflecting the supernatural or the

fantastical, including science fiction, allegory, high or epic

fantasy, speculative, and futuristic fiction

* Sci-fi: science fiction

* Speculative Fiction: A sci-fi/fantasy sub-genre that takes place

in the real world only a short time in the future and is very

plausible

* Story world: everything that makes up a story's world (politics,

history, geography, etc.)

* Supernatural suspense/thriller: A sci-fi/fantasy sub-genre dealing

with supernatural events and things (angels and demons) in current

times, usually with a very fast-paced plot

* YA: young adults; stories for young adults, ages 13-18

Ratings

* 4.5-5.0 stars: Must Read

* 3.5-4.5: Good Reading

* 2.5-3.5: Debatable

* 0.0-2.5 stars: Skip It

Companions in Creative Crime

* Sharon Hinck's Blog

* Randy Ingermanson's Blog

* Randy Ingermanson's Website

* Brandilyn Collins's Blog

* Karen Hancock's Blog

* Jonathan Friesen's Blog

* Scenes and Beans

* Minnesota Christian Writers

* American Christian Fiction Writers

Need a Book?

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* The Evidence

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* The Return

* The Bark of the Bog Owl

* The Secret of the Swamp King

* The Way of the Wilderking

* Hood

* Scarlet

* Oxygen

* The Fifth Man

* DragonSpell

* DragonQuest

* DragonKnight

* DragonFire

* The Shadow and Night

* Light of Eidon

* Auralia's Colors

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