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[mishalak]

Oh wow. A really good Fab Five and comic book cross over fiction. This has a lot of attention and rightly so.

Oh and a fellow livejournal person has some nice art up on her site http://bishonenworks.com/ There is even some that isn't yaoi or shounen-ai. Some.

Last up I'm going to try to track down some Guy Gavriel Kay books on the recomendation of aiglet.

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[thette.livejournal.com]

You know, that was lovely!

Re: Linkie Time

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked the links. Everything better now that you're back with the BF/fiance?

Re: Linkie Time

[thette.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, much better.

It was wonderful. Saturday, we had an almost computer-free day with each other!

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

I receommend almost everything the man has ever written, so here are the short descriptions, so you know what to find...

The Fionavar Tapestry: This trilogy I didn't like as much as the rest of his stuff, although since I'm a raving fangirl, that doesn't sau much. I think it was the first thing he ever wrote, and it smacks of "let's write up a D&D campaign." (Norse mythology.)

Tigana: It's very heavy, but oh so pretty. It's about the power of names, and love. (Celtic mythology.)

A Song for Arbonne: This is where his mature work starts. It's about whether history triumphs over loyalty, and the power of beauty to inspire heroism. (Medieval Europe.)

The Lions of Al-Rassan: This one's my favorite. It's about religion, and prejudice, and politics, and love. (They're all about love, somehow.) (Medieval Europe again.)

Sailing to Sarantium (and sequel, whose name I can't remember): I've only read these once, so all I remember about them is that they're based in a mostly-Byzantine or early Roman culture.

He's got some new stuff coming out, but I'd go with Tigana or Arbonne or Al-Rassan depending on what you're in the mood for.

Re: Kay novels

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

I felt the problem with Fionavar was that it felt like he "seasoned" it with mythology. Hmm, what shall the mythic portion of this chapter be? I know, we'll hang a guy on a tree. It's not all Norse, remember, there's Arthurian and a bunch of Celtic stuff in there too.

Tigana is probably my favorite, but as it's set in what is clearly a pseudo-Italy, I'm not sure exactly what in it is Celtic. One of the things I liked best about it is that not everybody in it gets a happy ending. And the very, very end is slightly ambiguous.

Re: Kay novels

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

Well, when I wrote that post I was fresh off back-to-back readings of Tam Lin by Pamela Dean and Tigana, so I was probably seeing Celts in the woodwork.

Now that I'm slightly more objective about it, I think what made me think of it as Celtic was the way the magic in it works. It is "Italy," though, you're right.

Re: Kay novels

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

Dean's Tam Lin is one of my very favorite fantasy books. I sure wish I had it in hard cover, because my old pb is falling apart!

Re: Kay novels

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

Danger: I have friended you.

Okay, it's not very dangerous. At all, in fact. But I thought I'd mention it.

Re: Kay novels

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I've been being very boring recently, and unless you're interested in long and involved discussions of RPG theory, I'll probably continue to be boring for a good long while. Other than that, welcome, and enjoy!

(Sorry about the late response, my timebinding has been atrocious recently.)

Re: Kay novels

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

You didn't even have to explain anything as (a) I was not expecting a response and (b)I probably would have assumed the anti-spam software ate it anyway! :-)

Re: Favorites

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I think I might start with The Lions of Al-Rassan. I'll bet the libarary has it. Now all I have to do is make time to stop by the library.

Re: Favorites

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

Did you ever manage to find it?

Re: Favorites

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I did and I enjoyed it, but I know a lot about history so I knew how it would come out and that spoiled some of the suspense for me. (And I'm tagging posts tonight.)

[armoire-man.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing us to the Fab Five Fic. It's great. I think you'll like Guy Gavriel Kay, although I haven't read any of his stuff for a decade. I have not commented on your posted story because I haven't had time to sit down and read it with the attention it deserves. Maybe tonight.