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kateelliottTonight's is a variety post
1: who is attending WFC?
2: I just saw this fabulous jacket quote from David Drake, writing about the Crossroads trilogy:
Kate Elliott's Crossroads series has the feel and color of a John Ford western. The characters are both believable and larger-than-life, and there's plenty of action.
I gotta say, I don't at all mind being compared to a John Ford western.
3: Good readings:
Lamentation, by Ken Scholes. Just finished this and fortunately, since I'm touring with him, I won't have to lie and say "omigod I just didn't have time to read your book, dude." (well, okay, usually when I say that it's because I didn't actually have time, but you know what I mean . . .) Instead, I can quite truthfully say how much I enjoyed Lamentation, a solid and entertaining fantasy novel that deftly tackles some difficult subject matter and which is particularly impressive as a debut novel with strong, assured writing and no seams showing as some first novels have. I'm looking forward to the sequel, Canticle.
The Prefect, by Alastair Reynolds. Science fiction, kind of space opera, kind of not. This is just plain a good novel, by a good writer, who knows what he is doing and who makes the journey engrossing. Also: the entire story in one volume! I'll definitely read his next book, House of Suns, when it comes out in paperback.
I read a couple of other books, too. I think I mentioned them already. I have missed several. Oh well.
Let me know if you'll be at WFC. I need to know who to look for (and who to avoid! *g*)
1: who is attending WFC?
2: I just saw this fabulous jacket quote from David Drake, writing about the Crossroads trilogy:
Kate Elliott's Crossroads series has the feel and color of a John Ford western. The characters are both believable and larger-than-life, and there's plenty of action.
I gotta say, I don't at all mind being compared to a John Ford western.
3: Good readings:
Lamentation, by Ken Scholes. Just finished this and fortunately, since I'm touring with him, I won't have to lie and say "omigod I just didn't have time to read your book, dude." (well, okay, usually when I say that it's because I didn't actually have time, but you know what I mean . . .) Instead, I can quite truthfully say how much I enjoyed Lamentation, a solid and entertaining fantasy novel that deftly tackles some difficult subject matter and which is particularly impressive as a debut novel with strong, assured writing and no seams showing as some first novels have. I'm looking forward to the sequel, Canticle.
The Prefect, by Alastair Reynolds. Science fiction, kind of space opera, kind of not. This is just plain a good novel, by a good writer, who knows what he is doing and who makes the journey engrossing. Also: the entire story in one volume! I'll definitely read his next book, House of Suns, when it comes out in paperback.
I read a couple of other books, too. I think I mentioned them already. I have missed several. Oh well.
Let me know if you'll be at WFC. I need to know who to look for (and who to avoid! *g*)