Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Oh, so sad! I really enjoyed all of her work, although the Peters novels were far more fun.
I remember one of them, written in the early 70s, had a line about the character meeting a man who was the most attractive man she'd seen since she watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
She was always very entertaining, although I burned out on the Amelia Peabody books after five or so.
Ray Bradbury on sale for Kindle today:
Whoo! Time to go grab October Country, Death is a Lonely Business, and Lets' All Kill Constance! But dammit, From Dust Returned isn't in the sale.
Consuela, thanks for the Cold Magic mention--I'm currently on the second one, so unless she does something weird and unforgivable, I'm in for the trilogy.
I do find Bee somewhat unbelievable. I have no idea how a person achieves the expressions or voices she's reputed to have. And good lord, did she rush to infodump at the end of the first one. All the better to get you close to the cliff she'll be hanging you off of!
Yay, ita. I really enjoyed them, although I was less interested in the Spirit World than many people. I do really enjoy Elliott's world-building, and her interest in how societies change.
If you like these, I really encourage you to pick up the Crossroads trilogy--they start with The Spirit Gate, and are fantastic epic fantasy with gods, magic, multiple cultures, war, death, and giant eagles that carry our heroes around. They're really good and excellently plotted. [deleted rant about why Jordan & Martin get all the attention while women epic fantasists like Elliott, Wells, & Sherwood Smith are ignored]
I was enjoying Elliott until my favorite character got kicked in the teeth one too many times. I know this stuff happens in epics, but I reserve the right to be petty and shallow about my pleasure reading.
Looks like Kate Elliott is embroiled in a Twitter conversation about worldbuilding and privilege, and it's really interesting. I'm going to have to add her to my to-read list. The Crossroads trilogy seems more up my alley than Cold Magic.
well me too. Loved that and plan to read her books now.
Thanks for discussing the books here. I'm going to go buy some.
Vicky Blitz could sometimes be very very funny, at her best as funny as Peabody.
Thanks for discussing the books here. I'm going to go buy some.
Yay! And if y'all trust my judgment, do go find Martha Well's Cloud Roads, which has a deadly-but-woobiefyable lead, incredible world-building, bizarre but oddly endearing alien cultural structures, and a matriarchal society--oh, and nearly everyone is a flying shapeshifter.
So. Cool.
Also, the lead, Moon, is basically John Sheppard, but with wings. If you like the laconic loner who underneath it all just really wants a family.
ETA: you can get the whole Raksura trilogy on Kindle for $20...