[LMB] OT: Historical novels in general

[James]

On 7/31/06, Paula Lieberman <paal at gis.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Allums" <mallums at tyler.net>
>
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> > If you haven't read Barry Hughart's books, hie thee to Amazon, posthaste.
> > They are fantasies, but set in China.  Sort of.  Start with _Bridge of
> > Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was_, it's in paperback.
> > ISBN: 0345321383
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345321383/
>
> They're not set in imperial China, but rather in a similar society, but
> there was a trilogy by Sean Russell I think the author was, published by
> DAW, at least one of them had  a Whelan cover....

Actually the society in these two ( "The Initiate Brother" and
"Gatherer of Clouds" ) is closer to an alternate Japan than China.  It
is the latter which has the glorious mountainscape cover art; maybe
that's why it's listed on Amazon as currently selling ( used ) for
MORE than the cover price was originally ( in 1992 ).  Now I wish I
hadn't traded my copies in during one of my more draconian bookshelf
cullings.

James ( Khavrinen )