I did love Guy Gavriel Kay's trilogy which had a bit of the Guinevere story, but it wasn't the main focus. I can't remember the name of them at the moment...
The Fionavar Tapestry.
t /Bob likes GGK
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
JohnSweden - Apr 28, 2004 10:42:52 am PDT #2445 of 10002
I can't even.
Dani - Apr 28, 2004 11:23:05 am PDT #2446 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Rhiannon - I love The Changeover and have had a huge crush on Soren ever since I first read it ten years ago.
Have you read her Alchemy yet? It sounds very similar in some ways.
Katerina Bee - Apr 28, 2004 11:30:32 am PDT #2447 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I preferred the Scarabae family to Vivia myself. Now let's start a book review campaign on Amazon that will force Tanith Lee's publisher to give us Blood Opera #4, dangitall.
Atropa - Apr 28, 2004 11:31:48 am PDT #2448 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Now let's start a book review campaign on Amazon that will force Tanith Lee's publisher to give us Blood Opera #4, dangitall.
I'm up for it. I have no idea how to go about doing so, but I'm all for it.
Ginger - Apr 28, 2004 11:56:34 am PDT #2449 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The best Arthur book to me, aside from Mallory, is Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset, with Arthur as a chieftain trying to hold civilization together in post-Roman Britain. Rosemary Sutcliff is one of my favorites anyway; her books set me off on my adolescent obsession with Roman Britain. Yes, other children become obsessed with dinosaurs or horses or professional wrestlers. For me, it was Roman Britain.
Rhiannon - Apr 28, 2004 12:08:55 pm PDT #2450 of 10002
"Church, cult, cult, church. So we get bored somewhere else every Sunday. Is this really going to change our day to day life?" Bart - the Joy of Sect
Dani - no, I haven't read that one yet, but I think I may have to pick it up!!
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2004 12:27:37 pm PDT #2451 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
For me, it was Roman Britain.
The Venerable Bede....?
Katerina Bee - Apr 28, 2004 1:49:09 pm PDT #2452 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Katerina's Lame-O Idea for getting publisher attention wrt Blood Opera #4. First, identify the publisher in question. Second, identify this year's releases. Third, post reviews to Amazon about those books, saying, too bad this is not something I really wanted to read, like Tanith Lee's Blood Opera #4, it's a such shame the publisher is too cheap to let us have it.
There's probably a better idea out there; I just haven't tripped over it yet.
on edit: Like visiting the official website: She's gotten a new publisher, and they offer a mailto link:
tanithbooks@egertonhousepublishing.co.uk
deborah grabien - Apr 28, 2004 1:52:44 pm PDT #2453 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Um, one question: is everyone certain this is the publisher's fault?
Because there a couple of writers who have had their readers dangling for years on a series or new book - Mary Gentle is one, I believe, and Melanie Rawn for certain is another - and the responsibility for those is on the writer's not doing it or wanting to do it, and not the publisher.
In Melly's case, it was a family tragedy. I don't know Gentle, so I don't know what the deal was there.
But as much as I hate to admit it (being the writer, not the publisher), sometimes it's the writer's doing.
Katerina Bee - Apr 28, 2004 1:54:00 pm PDT #2454 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I got my info re: publisher and Blood Opera #4 off the official Tanith Lee website. She says they didn't feel there was a market for the book. I feel that I wish to read it nonetheless.
(from 2000)The same is true of the Scarabae Blood Opera. One book remains to be written. It would detail how the murdered Faran and Berenice get their revenge on the monstrous Cain, and how the conflict between Ruth/Anna and Malach is finally resolved - and, a lot more. But so far no one will buy the last volume of this (in fact really bestselling) series.