I agree with the love of Tanith Lee at her best. Also, even at her worst, Tanith Lee seldom had Mary Sues.
I suppose Azhrarn comes close as the ultimate evil/dom/cruel/super-sexy bastard. She did come close to a flaw one sometimes sees in fan fiction when
after he died she obviously could not bear to
let him stay dead. But on the other hand
the resurrection was handled so well that
you almost did not notice that letting him
stay dead would have made for a better story
I'm guessing that she fell in love with her
own character in exactly the way that fan fiction writers often do.
The difference with Anne McC, MZB, and Andre Norton is that they actually gave cover credit to their ghosts.
Indeed. I also figured Andre needed the ghosts because, being older than God, she wasn't quite up to the workload.
The first time I ran into an author falling in love with her character was Katherine Kurtz and King Kelson. The Deryni books hadn't been bad up unil the Kelson three, but even as an adolescent I recognized there was an unhealthy relationship there. At times it felt like the author was saying "If I can't have him, no one can!"
At times it felt like the author was saying "If I can't have him, no one can!"
She did eventually marry him off to a nice girl who loves him. And who lives to the end of the book.
The first time I ran into an author falling in love with her character was Katherine Kurtz and King Kelson.
The first time I remember running into this was with Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter. When we meet Harriet Vane, the Oxford educated, brunette, alto, mystery writer who got him? Possibly not that dissimilar to the Oxford educated, brunette, alto, mystery writer who invented him. Not that I begrudge her the fictional happy ending. I'm just sayin'.
Acting as the angel of death for this thread, I just heard that Stanislaw Lem passed away.
If you're the angel of death, did you kill him? And if so, can I interest you in some other promising candidates?
One two three...white cocksuckahs.
We don't have pigs, so must muddle through as far as...uh, disposal, but...
If you're the angel of death, did you kill him? And if so, can I interest you in some other promising candidates?
More to the point is whether there's a planet out there that will unexpectedly bring him back.
