The Apostate <apostate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>Okay lets start a new thread.
>
>I've more or less stopped buying fantasy novels by new authors mainly
>because there seems to be little novelty about them. (ALthough a trip to
the
>local library can find me some new ones.) Is this because there is a
finite
>set of ideas that can be used? Is it that my local bookshop only sells
what
>will sell? Or is it that authors only write what will sell?
>
>What new ideas could be developed? (Blue stones are banned.)
You could try having a browse on Amazon - I've found some
intriguing new authors on there - mostly female, mostly American,
without British publi****ng contracts.
Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy has found it's way right to
the top of my loved books list, but there are plenty of others such as
Deborah Chester and Patricia Briggs. I've also just started Trudi
Canavan's Black Magicians trilogy. She's an Aussie.
Welcome back, BTW, nice to read you again.
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