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The ''Marla Mason'' series is a series of seven books and several short stories written by American author Tim Pratt under the pseudonym of T.A. Pratt. The books are told through the third person perspective of Marla Mason, the head sorceress of the fictional United States East Coast city of Felport. Critical reception for the series has been mostly positive, with Locus placing ''Blood Engines'' and ''Spell Games'' on their 2007 and 2009 "Recommended Reading List" for fantasy novels,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2010/Issue02_RecommendedReadingList.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.locusmag.com/2008/2007RecommendedReading.html )〕 as well as nominating them for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for their respective years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2008.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2010.html )〕 ==Development== Pratt began writing the series shortly after moving to the Bay Area and set the events of the first novel in the city of San Francisco.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/tim-pratt-on-the-side-of-wonder/ )〕 He also said that ''Blood Engines'' "wasn’t intended to start a series, but it turns out I accidentally wrote something in a thriving subgenre."〔 Pratt based the character on a childhood friend of his by the same name and describes the character as "an ass-kicking sorcerer who doesn’t wear a leather catsuit, doesn’t suffer from low self-esteem, doesn’t wallow in angst, and is almost always absolutely certain she’s right... even when she’s dead wrong."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Marla Mason )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/28/the-big-idea-ta-pratt/ )〕 The first four books in the series were published by Bantam Books imprint Bantam Spectra, but after the publisher dropped the series Pratt continued publishing the remainder of the series first through serialized versions and reader donations and then through successful Kickstarter campaigns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bone Shop: A Marla Mason Story )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bride of Death: A Marla Mason Novel )〕 Many of the characters that appear directly in stories or novels starring Marla Mason also appear in other works by Pratt without Mason in them. For example, Bradley Bowman and Mr. Zealand appear in "Down With The Lizards And The Bees" and "Life In Stone", respectively, but Marla Mason does not. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marla Mason」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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