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Elizabeth Hand finally! Very good! |
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11-26-2012, 09:13 PM | #34 |
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Another Hand fan? I seriously danced around the house when I saw these. I even petitioned her personally to get her books out in eForm promising her I'd buy all of them.
I think this purchase of Winterlong was my third. I adore her writing. She does have a few issues with conclusions in her books, but the journey is a special experience. |
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There's also a non-associated collection of hers I noticed the other day that I also hadn't seen, so buildng up! |
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This was after getting all of the Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine titles I did not already have. As well as Robert McCammon. And stuff from Martyn Waites, and Jonathan Carroll. And most of Nicola Barker's titles. Quote:
Still mulling over Elizabeth Hand's stuff. I have been so bad, I don't know if I should stop now or just go on and be a bit "badder" and get her titles as well. I suspect I will opt for the latter. Edit (later): Okay, I was "badder." Can't wait to start reading these. Last edited by Indio777; 11-26-2012 at 10:55 PM. |
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Me, too.
ETA: OMG! I'm glad I followed that link in case I missed any. They have that David Housewright trilogy I wanted to try for just $4.99! http://www.amazon.com/The-Holland-Ta...I2OFOMVH4GG447 Last edited by Critteranne; 11-26-2012 at 11:23 PM. |
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Probably too late, but if you don't have them already would recommend some of the Barbara Hambly titles. They are a bit old (from the 80s?), but decent fantasy. I have all of them in paper and read them several times.
Darwath Trilogy might be best place to start. Windrose Chronicles aren't bad either, nor the Sun Wolf and Starhawk books. Oh, I think they are all good, if you can stand a bit of "romance" in your fantasy. Normally I don't care about that too much, but it's low key in her books. |
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Bought every Jonathan Carroll and James Ellroy title. Coincidentally, I had a hardcover copy of Carroll's Glass Soup arrive today. On the fence about some of the Nicola Barker books. Haven't read anything by her, but they sound interesting enough. Since you brought it up, I may have to pull the trigger. It's also tough deciding on what to do about all those Dubus books. |
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Exhausted now. I popped back in to get a couple of prize winners and other classics:
The Good Earth The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie The Color Purple The Keepers of the House Also scooped up two more Barbara Vines. That's it!! No more!! I can't believe how undisciplined I was ... and how much I enjoyed it. |
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well, the prices have popped back up at amazon.
just in time, my gift card balance was shrinking fast... |
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Thanks for the suggestions- they reached me too late, unfortunately. I did download the first in the Darwath trilogy as a sample, but then read about it being a bit dark and hopeless, so I decided against it. I can take a bit of darkness, and a tiny bit of cruelty if need be, but can't continue reading unless I see light at the end of the tunnel. |
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So the nature of the "bad guys" makes the books kind of horror and well as fantasy. But they do prevail, although it takes three volumes. But I liked it. Some predictable things, but some not so. The way the "bad guys" are defeated and why they attacked in the first place are interesting. And some nice character development. Her two-book series that involves a dragon is much "lighter." First book is Dragonsbane. Yeah, I know, yet another fantasy about dragons. But she adds enough new elements to make it interesting. And still a bit of romance. So if these are on sale again, might consider trying that. I'm just glad that her books are available as ebooks, as many of them are out of print. Although she is still writing. She basically switched from fantasy to mystery awhile back with her Benjamin January series. The protagonist is a Creole in early nineteenth century New Orleans. But I see she has recently put out some more titles in her James Asher series. Again nineteenth century, this time in England. Asher is an academic who is also a spy for the British government who ends up working with vampires. Yeah, I know yet MORE vampire books. But her first ones in the series were written years ago (80s?), well before the current vampire craze. I thought they were quite good. Perhaps the more recent titles are in response to the vampire craze. I haven't read them, so no idea as to how good they are. Sorry to wander off topic, but I kind of like this author. . Hopefully her stuff will be on sale again soon. |
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