While tuning my lute, I heard "The Apostate" <apostate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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say...
> What new ideas could be developed? (Blue stones are banned.)
OK, if I had any new ideas I'd be a fantasy writer :-> As far as new
authors go, I can thoroughly recommend Jennifer Fallon. Her first series,
The Har****ni trilogy starts out seeming pretty reminiscent of Eddings,
but develops into something different. She's just published a prequel
trilogy which is great, too (starts with Wolfblade, I think). Her other
series, the Second Sons trilogy (starts with The Lion of Senet) is
terrific, and is much darker and Machivellian in nature. It has more
convolutions than a bowl of spaghetti and is really interesting in that
you begin to doubt the intentions of all sides of the struggle and wonder
with whom your alleigance as the reader should lie. It's excellent- and
pretty original, really. I know the Har****ni trilogy has been published
in the UK- not sure about the rest. She's an Aussie author.
I have to say that I've really turned right away from fantasy
lately,limiting my purchases to the few tried and tested authors. I'm
reading more non-fiction and more crime- I've jumped on the forensics
bandwagon, I'm afraid.
That said, I'm finally getting around to reading Terry Brooks' Voyage of
the Jerle Shannara trilogy because I was about to get all three for under
AU$20 in ebook for my Palm.
Jeh :-)
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