MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2540 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: When in lack of Misty... by "Lorna Appleby" 2) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Barbara Hallock 3) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Aurora Dawnstar 4) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Amy Kerry 5) Re: When in lack of Misty... by "Li'nia Stormdancer" 6) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Lish Monahan 7) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Eeyore9051-+AT+-aol.com 8) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Kasebones-+AT+-cs.com 9) Re: When in lack of Misty... by Kenneth Allen Hyde 10) RE: When in lack of Misty... by "Doreen Glynn" 11) other books by Abby Normal 12) Re: When in lack of Misty... by david Goodwin 13) RE: When in lack of Misty... by MDennis460-+AT+-aol.com 14) RE: When in lack of Misty... by "Robert Martin" 15) RE: other books by "Robert Martin" 16) RE: When in lack of Misty... by David Mark Nelson 17) Re: other books by "Lorna Appleby" 18) RE: other books by "Robert Martin" 19) Re: other books by 20) Re: other books by david Goodwin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:23:56 -0800 From: "Lorna Appleby" To: Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <002c01c0abf3$260ef150$f240a8c0-+AT+-backtalk.org> I have a completely off topic question (please don't throw things at me!) Why do books come out sooner in Britain than in North America? -Lorna ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:08:39 -0800 (PST) From: Barbara Hallock To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <23280088.984517719917.JavaMail.imail-+AT+-goochy.excite.com> Alright people, I'me here to run my mouth about good books I guess. I really liked Robert Asprin's MYTH series (they all have myth in the title and are puns, like MYTH Inc. In Action or MythNomers and ImPervections) . There's ten of them altogether, but Robert Asprin gor writer's block or something and never finished the series *pouts*. Another writer I really really like is Tamora Pierce. She wrote several books (is still writing books) about this whole world she created. I'm not sure what the world itself is called but the country she puts most of the stories in is called Tortall. They're all really good books. Zhai'helleva Me _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:14:22 -0800 (PST) From: Aurora Dawnstar To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <21731835.984521662172.JavaMail.imail-+AT+-swirly> > > Patricia Kennealy-Morrison: Her "Keltiad" books have > always been good reads for me. However, I suggest > reading them in their chronological order, not their > published order. So, read "The Copper Crown", "The > Silver Branch", and finally "The Throne of Scone". I second the recommendation, although my personal favorites are the "Arthur" books -- "The Hawk's Gray Feather," "The Oak Above the Kings," and "The Hedge of Mist." Same world, earlier time period. Also Katherine Kurtz has a new one, "St. Patrick's Gargoyle" and Tanya Huff just released a sequel to "Summon the Keeper" called "The SEcond Summoning" Sort of like Di TRegarde with a sense of humor. Aurora _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:01:34 -0800 (PST) From: Amy Kerry To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <20010313230134.60198.qmail-+AT+-web12709.mail.yahoo.com> Heyla listsibs, --- Lorna Appleby wrote: > I have a completely off topic question (please don't > throw things at me!) Why do books come out sooner in > Britain than in North America? The answer is simple, they don't always :) there are some examples of books coming out in the UK earlier (Lynn Flewellings new book and David Eddings latest being prime examples) but there are also cases that books come out much much later in the UK (ie most of Misty's if you don't have access to the net or a store willing to import) I think mostly it has to do with the publishing house authors send their books too, some feel there is an advantage in releasing books early in the UK because they are based over here. In other cases the the author and the publishing firm get together and release a special edition, that's the case with the new Flewelling book, its being released in trade paperback size in the UK early and regular paperback in the states in Oct. Mostly though it does have to do with publishing houses and in some case author preferences. On the book recommendations I agree that Flewelling is well worth the reading, her characters are engaging and she has a good sense of humor. I also love Tanya Huff, her work can range from fantasy in the Quarters books to occult detectives in the blood series and urban fantasy/comedy in the Summoning series (which book two The Second Summoning was just released this month) If you like a bit of horror you might love Poppy Z. Brite, she writes really moody really really really good books based in the south her best are Lost Souls? (no relation to that Wynona Ryder movie) and Drawing Blood Simon R. Green is good if you want a bit of light fantasy, he's become most well known for his Deathstalker series but i can't reccomend them, he is best in my opinion at his fantasy works especially the Hawk and Fisher series and his stand alone book Blood and Honor, he's got a great sense of humor and he develops his characters well Laurell K Hamilton is good if you like urban horror/fantasy she's done the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books as well as the new Meridith Gentry story A Kiss of Shadows Raymond E Fiest is good, especially the colaboratin he did with Janny Wurts that starts with the Daughter of the Empire Mickey Zucker Reichert's The Legend of Nightfall is excellent so is Melissa Michaels Cold Iron and The Daughter of the Rain (somewhat similar to the Serrated Edge books) Kristen Britain's The Green Rider is excellent and has a group of people similar to Misty's heralds as the main characters umm I think I'll stop now I could go on and on, I read too much :D Amy Ferret Friend Lady of All Things Missing, Especially Socks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:15:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <20010314001554.29839.qmail-+AT+-web1202.mail.yahoo.com> Heyla List-Sibs! --- Amy Kerry wrote: >> --- Lorna Appleby wrote: >> I have a completely off topic question (please >> don't throw things at me!) Why do books come out >>sooner in Britain than in North America? > >I think mostly it has to do with > the publishing house authors send their books too, > some feel there is an advantage in releasing books > early in the UK because they are based over here. >Mostly though it does have to do with >publishing houses and in some case author preferences. I don't know if this applies to books like it does computer games and such... With computer/game console games, companies tend to release them first in the countries that are their biggest customers. For instance, most PlayStation games are released in Japan/Korea first, since those are their biggest customers. Then they come over to the US, UK, and the rest of the world. > Simon R. Green is good if you want a bit of light > fantasy, he's become most well known for his > Deathstalker series but i can't reccomend them, he > is best in my opinion at his fantasy works especially > the Hawk and Fisher series and his stand alone book > Blood and Honor, he's got a great sense of humor and > he develops his characters well. I have to agree here! I have all the 'Deathstalker' books, but my faves are his 'Haven' books. Hawk and Fisher are two of my favorite chars out there. Those books are "Swords of Haven", "Guards of Haven" (can't remember off the top of my head which one comes first, but they can both be stand-alone books), and "Blue Moon Rising". There's another book out there, think it's called "Blue Moon", that you may want to read... Got a bit of a surprise when I started reading "Rising", having already read "Blue Moon"... Not to give anything away... hee-hee ===== ---<---<---<----+AT+- Li'nia Stormdancer -+AT+---->--->--->--- Peon to the Powers That Be, Goddess of All Things Possessed, & Caretaker of the Arena of Discussion and Dissention __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:30:33 -0500 (EST) From: Lish Monahan To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: When in lack of misty... Marion Zimmer Bradley is always a good option. Someone probably already said that but I've been racking my brains trying to finish this damn Egyptology paper, so I'v been dumping all distracting emails from my acount without reading them :( And I wholeheartedly suggest Jennifer Roberson. Her fantasy series are wonderful (I like the whole Sword Dancer/Sword Singer/Sword Maker/Sword Breaker sequence especially), but if you want a nice dose of good historical fiction check out her feminist (but not obnoxiously so) retelling of the Robin Hood legend from Marion's point of view - "Lady of the Forest". Robin suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome (ala Vietnam vets) upon his return from the crusades. VERY cool. one last note... for any fellow American resdents on the list... have you seen the ads for the Mists of Avalon movie that's airing on TNT sometime later this Spring? Every single one of the female leads has either won or been nominated for an Oscar. I can't wait! Pax, Eilis ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:48:58 EST From: Eeyore9051-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <2f.123ab25b.27e019fa-+AT+-aol.com> >>Another writer I really really like is Tamora Pierce. She wrote several >>books (is still writing books) about this whole world she created. I'm not >>sure what the world itself is called but the country she puts most of the >>stories in is called Tortall. They're all really good books. It's starts with The Lioness Quartet....The first one being Alanna the fist Adventure. Then they continue with The Immortal Quartet and she is currently writing Protecter of the Small. The Lioness series is about a woman who wants to be a knight but can't cause she is a girl so she dresses as a boy, the immortals are 10 years later and talk about a girl with odd magic.... and the Protecter of the small I'm not quite sure about. Amanda ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:59:01 EST From: Kasebones-+AT+-cs.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <82.81bba28.27e01c55-+AT+-cs.com> Julia- Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is excellent, as is Tanya Huff's Sing the Four Quarters quartet. Another excellent read is David Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean (check my spelling on that!). Anyways, those are all great books, and I hope you'll consider them in your search for quality literature! (There's a lot out there, but it takes time to find it among all the junk!) It's a matter of opinion whether they write in thew same style as Misty, but they're all great books. I'd say Tanya Huff writes most similarly to Misty. A little diversity is always good, right? -KC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:02:29 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Allen Hyde To: Misty Lackey List Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Amy Kerry wrote: > Simon R. Green is good if you want a bit of light > fantasy, he's become most well known for his > Deathstalker series but i can't reccomend them, he is > best in my opinion at his fantasy works especially the > Hawk and Fisher series and his stand alone book Blood > and Honor, he's got a great sense of humor and he > develops his characters well Warning, warning! Don't read these books if you are squeamish about reading about people dying in some inventively graphic ways or otherwise suffering weird and horrible fates. On the other hand, if (like me) you find that the horrific elements just add piquancy to the reading, dive right in. Green is very excellent. BTW, he just published the follow-up novel to the Hawk and Fisher series. It's sort of a bookend to the series, with "Blue Moon Rising" being the other bookend (in this case, the prequel to the series). May the seas be your solace and the forests a refuge for your spirit, Cennydd Councilor of Mist Kenneth Allen Hyde | No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife Univ. of Delaware | between the shoulder blades will seriously Dept. of Linguistics | cramp his style -- Old Jhereg proverb kenny-+AT+-Udel.Edu | A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me //www.ling.udel.edu/hyde/prof/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:56:44 -0600 From: "Doreen Glynn" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: RE: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <412001331425644350-+AT+-earthlink.net> Anne McCaffery (of course) Tanya Huff (summon the keeper is a STITCH) S.L. Viehl (stardoc) Marion Zimmer Bradley (Darkover esp.) Elizabeth Moon (Paksenarrian) David Weber (very good if you like space sci-fi) Kristin Britain (new author) Terry Pratchett (also hysterical) Laurell Hamilton (vaguely like the Di Tregarde stuff or urban fantasy,but very adult) David Eddings (classic!) These are a few of MY favorites just off the top of my head. I could probably think of a few more given time but this will hopefully get you started! I have a wider variety than just fantasy. Be brave! Branch out a little! > [Original Message] > From: Tessa Raethen > To: > Date: 3/13/01 4:52:01 AM > Subject: When in lack of Misty... > > Hello all- > > It's time for my semi-annual resurfacing into the ML mailing group. I > actually just had one quick question that's a tad random, but I'd love an > answer or an opinion from people. I'm suffering for something new to read, > and since our beloved Misty turns out books far too slowly for my impatient > taste (though of outstanding quality), I was wondering if anyone else could > recommend a favorite or two that I could read in the meantime. Are there > any other authors out there that write in a similar style, and with the same > excellence? Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you > > Julia > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > --- Doreen Glynn --- timedancer0624-+AT+-earthlink.net Li ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:59:12 -0800 (PST) From: Abby Normal To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: other books Message-ID: <20010314025912.2579.qmail-+AT+-web4703.mail.yahoo.com> Heyla, These have already been mentioned, but I also feel the need to put in a shameless plug for: Guy Gavriel Kay (my personal favourite is Lions_of_Al-Rassan), Melanie Rawn, Tanya Huff, Terry Pratchett, David Eddings (there are in fact 13 books in the Belgariad/Mallorean series), and Robin McKinley. Aside from those, look up Patricia A. McKillip, Patricia C. Wrede, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander (for younger readers but still ~wonderful~), Ursula K. LeGuin, Monica Furlong, Garth Nix, Sheri S. Tepper (more sci-fi, social commentaries), Jennifer Roberson, Philip Pullman, Brian Jacques, Terry Brooks (the Shannara books), Katya Reimann, Nancy Bard, and Dianna Wynne Jones (again for younger readers but no-one should miss these). I would recommend Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, especially the earlier ones, but not the others. That is, however, simply my personal preference. Midterm sheep to all, Ambermoon Singer of Fire Royal Defender of the Brat __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: 13 Mar 2001 23:27:08 -0800 From: david Goodwin To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <20010314072708.2698.cpmta-+AT+-c005.sfo.cp.net> On Tue, 13 March 2001, "Li'nia Stormdancer" wrote: > > Heyla List-Sibs! > > --- Amy Kerry wrote: > >> --- Lorna Appleby wrote: > >> I have a completely off topic question (please > >> don't throw things at me!) Why do books come out > >>sooner in Britain than in North America? > > > >I think mostly it has to do with > > the publishing house authors send their books too, > > some feel there is an advantage in releasing books > > early in the UK because they are based over here. > >Mostly though it does have to do with > >publishing houses and in some case author > preferences. > > I don't know if this applies to books like it does > computer games and such... With computer/game console > games, companies tend to release them first in the > countries that are their biggest customers. For > instance, most PlayStation games are released in > Japan/Korea first, since those are their biggest > customers. Then they come over to the US, UK, and the > rest of the world. > > > Simon R. Green is good if you want a bit of light > > fantasy, he's become most well known for his > > Deathstalker series but i can't reccomend them, he > > is best in my opinion at his fantasy works > especially > > the Hawk and Fisher series and his stand alone book > > Blood and Honor, he's got a great sense of humor and > > he develops his characters well. > > I have to agree here! I have all the 'Deathstalker' > books, but my faves are his 'Haven' books. Hawk and > Fisher are two of my favorite chars out there. Those > books are "Swords of Haven", "Guards of Haven" (can't > remember off the top of my head which one comes first, > but they can both be stand-alone books), and "Blue > Moon Rising". There's another book out there, think > it's called "Blue Moon", that you may want to read... > Got a bit of a surprise when I started reading > "Rising", having already read "Blue Moon"... Not to > give anything away... hee-hee > > If it helps the 2 books called swords of haven and guards of haven are actually trilogy's they were released seperately first . Blue moon rising is the best one to read first, then read the haven books, you'll soon figure out why, then read Beyond the blue moon , blood and honor is a stand alone can be read anytime, hmm also have to advise if you read the deathstalker series to read the prequel first, twilight of the empire or something the book is called, deals with some things that happen before the deathstalker books start. Also try his shadows rising book , which i loved. dave ------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:38:52 EST From: MDennis460-+AT+-aol.com To: Subject: RE: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <98.11d8dc09.27e0c05c-+AT+-aol.com> on e of my favorites is dale brittain, author of a bad spell in yurt among others. fantasy and magic abound! also they are funny! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:46:39 -0500 From: "Robert Martin" To: Subject: RE: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <000001c0ac8d$326f6020$7201a8c0-+AT+-rmartin1> > The Night Watch sequence is "Guards, Guards"; "Men At Arms"; "Feet of > Clay"; "Jingo"; "The Fifth Elephant"; and "The Truth" (the > last of these > is only tangentially a Night Watch book. I considered "The Truth" to be a stand-alone book kinda like "Pyramids" or "Moving Pictures". The other characters show up but as a sort of cameo appearance. > But of all the books, I have to say that my favorite is "Reaper Man." > It's followed by "Witches Abroad"; "Guards, Guards" and > "Moving Pictures" > on my own list of Pterry bests. "Pyramids" rules...the camels are awesome (let legs equal 4). "Small Gods" was pretty good, too. And I have always had an affinity for "Sorcery" since it was the first Pratchett book I read...had me in stitches for hours. Tristaan (who sometimes takes the form of the Librarian) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:48:41 -0500 From: "Robert Martin" To: Subject: RE: other books Message-ID: <000101c0ac8d$7bc554f0$7201a8c0-+AT+-rmartin1> > These have already been mentioned, but I also > feel the need to put in a shameless plug for: Guy > Gavriel Kay (my personal favourite is > Lions_of_Al-Rassan), Melanie Rawn, Tanya Huff, Terry > Pratchett, David Eddings (there are in fact 13 books > in the Belgariad/Mallorean series), Shoot...I forgot about Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sourceress. But you may want to include The Rivan Codex but that's more like the Silmarillian was for Tolkein... Speaking of which, Tolkein is also a good temporary replacement for Misty. When looking for fantasy to hold you over between books, why not go back to the man who started it all? Tristaan (who will be camping out at the movie theatres come December 19th, 2001) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 07:28:52 -0800 From: David Mark Nelson To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" Subject: RE: When in lack of Misty... Message-ID: <6605DE4621E5934593474F620A14D700270293-+AT+-red-msg-07.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Many of my favorite authors have already been listed, but I can add a few more to the list: LE Modesitt Jr. - The Magic of Recluce series - He turns the whole white magic / black magic world on it's ear... then he goes back and shows the battle from the other view point. A wonderful series of books. Nick Polotta - Bureau 13 series - FBI Agents trained to fight the supernatural/demonic/magical enemies of the world. Before there was Men In Black, there was Bureau 13. Action oriented and very funny series of books Neil Gaiman - Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchitt) - Armegeddon was never this much fun.. Great book! Also, his entire "Sandman" series of Graphic novels. Along the same lines, his "Books of Magic" graphic novel.. Before there was Harry Potter, there were the Books of Magic. David Mark Nelson -----Original Message----- From: Tessa Raethen [mailto:safaenya-+AT+-excite.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 2:52 AM To: David Mark Nelson Subject: When in lack of Misty... Hello all- It's time for my semi-annual resurfacing into the ML mailing group. I actually just had one quick question that's a tad random, but I'd love an answer or an opinion from people. I'm suffering for something new to read, and since our beloved Misty turns out books far too slowly for my impatient taste (though of outstanding quality), I was wondering if anyone else could recommend a favorite or two that I could read in the meantime. Are there any other authors out there that write in a similar style, and with the same excellence? Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you Julia _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:25:01 -0800 From: "Lorna Appleby" To: Subject: Re: other books Message-ID: <010c01c0aca3$5162a580$f240a8c0-+AT+-backtalk.org> >Speaking of which, Tolkein is also a good temporary replacement for Misty. >When looking for fantasy to hold you over between books, why not go back to >the man who started it all? Because while the man was the father of the genre, he's damn boring to read. I'm sorry, anyone who writes 23 paragraphs to describe a field down to the blades of grass and then two sentances for the heros to get across it.. Y'know? I read Lord of the Rings just to so I knew that all three books were as bad as the first and so I could critize in good faith. Thank you J.R.R for starting Fantasy's popularity, but he must have been paid by the word. -Lorna ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:27:31 -0500 From: "Robert Martin" To: Subject: RE: other books Message-ID: <000001c0acac$0dd020f0$7201a8c0-+AT+-rmartin1> > Because while the man was the father of the genre, he's damn > boring to read. > > I'm sorry, anyone who writes 23 paragraphs to describe a > field down to the > blades of grass and then two sentances for the heros to get > across it.. > Y'know? > > I read Lord of the Rings just to so I knew that all three > books were as bad > as the first and so I could critize in good faith. Thank you J.R.R for > starting Fantasy's popularity, but he must have been paid by the word. Probably, yes. :) I do know that he was originally loathe to even publish the works until convinced to do so by his Inkling friends (C.S. Lewis, etc). I have a cassette recording at home of him reading selections from his novels. However, when you get past the logorrhea, it is a well written, well developed storyline with excellent, deep characters. I think it's a perfect example of a well written, well thought out fantasy world, especially when you delve into the Silmarillion and the other supporting works. Anyways, Hollywood will definitely make it more exciting. From the movie trailers I've seen, the silver screen version is going to be AWESOME! Tristaan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:34:02 -0500 (EST) From: To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: other books Message-ID: I so agree! Totally with what Loran is saying. Totally agreeing with ya here ;) Brooke On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Lorna Appleby wrote: > >Speaking of which, Tolkein is also a good temporary replacement for Misty. > >When looking for fantasy to hold you over between books, why not go back to > >the man who started it all? > > Because while the man was the father of the genre, he's damn boring to read. > > I'm sorry, anyone who writes 23 paragraphs to describe a field down to the > blades of grass and then two sentances for the heros to get across it.. > Y'know? > > I read Lord of the Rings just to so I knew that all three books were as bad > as the first and so I could critize in good faith. Thank you J.R.R for > starting Fantasy's popularity, but he must have been paid by the word. > > -Lorna > > > ------------------------------ Date: 14 Mar 2001 11:46:34 -0800 From: david Goodwin To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: other books Message-ID: <20010314194634.16024.cpmta-+AT+-c005.sfo.cp.net> On Wed, 14 March 2001, "Lorna Appleby" wrote: > > >Speaking of which, Tolkein is also a good temporary replacement for Misty. > >When looking for fantasy to hold you over between books, why not go back to > >the man who started it all? > > Because while the man was the father of the genre, he's damn boring to read. > > I'm sorry, anyone who writes 23 paragraphs to describe a field down to the > blades of grass and then two sentances for the heros to get across it.. > Y'know? > > I read Lord of the Rings just to so I knew that all three books were as bad > as the first and so I could critize in good faith. Thank you J.R.R for > starting Fantasy's popularity, but he must have been paid by the word. > > -Lorna J.R.R Tolkien never released any books, everything he wrote was in manuscript form when he died his son christopher tolkien released the books, tis why i've never shelled out £150 for the signed books cos tis the son who signed em not the dad, i'll be honest i think J.R.R would have cut down some on the desc's of stuff like fields etc etc if he'd compiled the books himself. dave ------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2540 **********************************