is the most amazing thing. it's my go-to filler reading, okay?
(also, I can't wait for May! when I can start reading normal things again! and possibly writing! Yay!)
I've been saying this too much - but Mr. Eliot was right. April is the cruellest month, even if not for the reasons he gives.
Anyway, case in point - The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay.
It's like he wrote it because he wanted to write a Wheel of Time + Other Generic Swords and Sorcery Fantasy mashup. Without any real originality, either. And with high levels of predictability. It's not like he even has an excuse, okay? He wrote it in 2001, by which time Wheel of Time was pretty cult. He couldn't have been catering to those fantasy nerds with limited fantasy worlds without having read Wheel of Time. So what's with the good v. evil story with the tapestry weaving as the tapestry will? I mean, did you forget that you also wrote Tigana? Which is crazy awesome?
But because I'll take a (good) 14000 page series with a Dark One anyday, I think it was imperative for me to invest time and energy into a similar series by an author I love.
I'm basically saying that because he's awesome (yes he is) I just hadta read it alllllllll. So sue me.
(also, I can't wait for May! when I can start reading normal things again! and possibly writing! Yay!)
I've been saying this too much - but Mr. Eliot was right. April is the cruellest month, even if not for the reasons he gives.
Anyway, case in point - The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay.
It's like he wrote it because he wanted to write a Wheel of Time + Other Generic Swords and Sorcery Fantasy mashup. Without any real originality, either. And with high levels of predictability. It's not like he even has an excuse, okay? He wrote it in 2001, by which time Wheel of Time was pretty cult. He couldn't have been catering to those fantasy nerds with limited fantasy worlds without having read Wheel of Time. So what's with the good v. evil story with the tapestry weaving as the tapestry will? I mean, did you forget that you also wrote Tigana? Which is crazy awesome?
But because I'll take a (good) 14000 page series with a Dark One anyday, I think it was imperative for me to invest time and energy into a similar series by an author I love.
I'm basically saying that because he's awesome (yes he is) I just hadta read it alllllllll. So sue me.
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