Comments on Susan Lohrer: Review: In the Garden of Iden

Ooh, I like happy endings. Thanks, Bettie. I'v...

2011-02-16T08:37:14.290-07:00

Ooh, I like happy endings. Thanks, Bettie. I've read the first three books of the series so far, and I'll be sure to read the others.

I love Kage Baker, and In the Garden of Iden is st...

2011-02-15T22:47:32.265-07:00

I love Kage Baker, and In the Garden of Iden is still one of my favorites.

Spoiler Alert -- there is a happy ending to Mendoza's romance, but not until the end of the series. And it's kinda weird. -- End Spoiler

It was a free read I downloaded (legally, of cours...

2010-11-18T14:31:42.075-07:00

It was a free read I downloaded (legally, of course) way back before I had an e-reader. I was collecting e-books with the intent of one day having an e-reader.

Previous to this book I'd made it partway through a couple of romances and some literary fiction, and I wanted something different. So I tried it. The cover was obviously SF, but I didn't find out about the cyborgs until the main character had already enchanted me, and by that time I was hooked.

In the Garden if Iden was published in 1997.

And though it's a SF novel, it's set in sixteenth-century Spain and England, so it has that special something that historical novels have to offer.

Curious. If SF and Cyborg aren't your thing . ...

2010-11-18T13:45:53.540-07:00

Curious. If SF and Cyborg aren't your thing . . . how did you happen to be reading it? Just wondering. They're not mine either, but you made it sound pretty enticing. Is it a recent publication?