I may have to read it. She wrote four excellent Regency Romances before switching genres (curse her), but the single non-romance book of hers I attempted was sadly disappointing.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
P.M. Marc - Apr 06, 2005 2:32:07 pm PDT #7338 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Betsy HP - Apr 06, 2005 2:35:09 pm PDT #7339 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
She's also eluki bes shahar, whose Hellflower trilogy is magnificent space opera.
Consuela - Apr 06, 2005 3:44:58 pm PDT #7340 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm still bummed out she never finished the fantasy series she had going. There was a character in it with a litter of Rottweilers he'd named after Dunnett characters. heee.
Betsy HP - Apr 06, 2005 3:54:34 pm PDT #7341 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Now *this* is my kind of review. [link]
There’s a suspense side-plot of sorts involving Richard Runyon, James’s cousin and next in line to inherit the title. Richard wants to be the duke, and he’ll stoop at nothing to get it. And make no mistake, he could not be more villainous short of planting a giant red neon sign on his head that says “PSYCHOTIC VILLAIN HERE” with a blinky arrow that points down, and maybe cueing Darth Vader’s theme every time he walks onto a scene.
Jessica - Apr 06, 2005 5:48:41 pm PDT #7342 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
set in the NY Wiccan/Pagan/Magick scene
Oh, I may just have to read that.
Consuela - Apr 06, 2005 8:51:59 pm PDT #7343 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I read Mary Doria Russell's A Thread of Grace this week. Verdict: brilliantly written, amazingly researched, heart-breaking. If you don't go in looking for the happy, you'll probably be okay.
Nutty - Apr 07, 2005 5:15:12 am PDT #7344 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
he’ll stoop at nothing to get it
In the annals of confusingly funny typoes, this goes right next to the Associated Press's use of "seldomly."
Jessica - Apr 07, 2005 5:28:12 am PDT #7345 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you don't go in looking for the happy, you'll probably be okay.
Which is pretty much true of all of her books.
Amy - Apr 08, 2005 11:20:28 am PDT #7346 of 10002
Because books.
Anybody remember a YA paperback called Victoria (I believe), circa 1970s, about a girls' boarding school? The protagonist was named Dilys, which baffled me as a kid because I could never figure out how to pronounce it, and Victoria was the broody, mysterious ringleader of a clique, and turned out to have a Deep Dark Secret (not that I can remember what it was).
Author's name is what I'm looking for, because when I search under title anywhere, I get bazillions of books about the queen instead.
Kate P. - Apr 08, 2005 11:51:09 am PDT #7347 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
AmyLiz, is this what you're looking for? Victoria is #11 on the list.