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I need something to read. I'm really in the mood to read something Robin McKinley-ish, but I've already read most of her stuff. Does anyone know of similar stuff I could read?
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Come to think of it, I do have lots of homework I could be doing... Nah, I'd rather read fiction. Posts: 4174 | Registered: Sep 2003
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I have no idea who Robin McKinley is, but I just finished a pretty good, non-OSC book. Spandau Phoenix, by Greg Iles. It's set in Germany and South Africa circa 1987. (before the wall came down)
It's very much a thriller/page turner. It was probably the most violent book I've ever read, though not in a gory way, just details about murder, since this deals with some pretty nasty characters.
FWIW, I found it from my library.
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I always thought Patricia McKillip was similar to Robin McKinley. Not THAT similar, but if I was in the mood for books by one of them, I was definitely in the mood for books by the other. I like her older books, especially her trilogy, and Fool's Run.
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I recently read "To All Your Scattered Bodies Go" by Phillip Jose Farmer. It was interesting, most for it's bizarre premise. As is usually the case, the following books in the series drop off in enjoyability, but it's worth reading.
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Robin McKinley just wrote new book called "Sunshine." I just finished it last night and it's really good. It is definately an adult book though, and darker than all her other ones. It's adult for other reasons too.
Have you read Tamora Pierce? You could try "Alanna: The First Adventure" really corny name, but it's a great book.
"Dealing with Dragons" by Patricia C. Wrede is always good.
That's what I can think of now. Give me time and I'll come up with more.
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Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising" series.
The best way to read them is slightly out of order, simply because the first book is so dreadfully dull you'll never make it through: 2. The Dark is Rising 3. Greenwitch 4. The Grey King 5. Silver on the Tree 1. Over Sea, Under Stone
You could perhaps read OSUS right after DiR, but that's up to you.
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Theca, I always thought the same thing. Eruve, you could try the Shadow series by Chris Claremont. They are the Willow continuation, and I love them. Good fantasy.
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quote: "Dealing with Dragons" by Patricia C. Wrede is always good.
I second this one. It's a quartet, and I actually started rereading them all yesterday. I'm lost in nostalgia for the first time I read these, when they were all new, but it's still so much fun to reread. They're really great.
They're light, and easy, nothing to think about, and they're so much fun! Posts: 7877 | Registered: Feb 2003
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I've been looking for some new authors to get into. I went to the bookstore (well, several). I hate running through my fav list of writer's and realizing I've read through all their output and have to wait for something new. clearly, time to expand my reading horizons.
a real strong favorite of mine in recent years has been Auster. Can anyone recommend something along those lines, or completely different but engaging?
I think I've devoured my lit-class favs and all the sci-fi standbys.
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I wholeheartedly second Tamora Pierce - all of her Tortall books are incredible. I didn't like the Circle of Magic books as much, but they're still good.
Garth Nix is an awesome YA Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer. His trilogy: Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen is innovative and fascinating. His Keys to the Kingdom and The Seventh Tower series are great, too.
Also, Robin McKinley and her husband, Peter Dickinson, collaborated on a book of short stories: Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits.
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I'm rereading Trickster's Choice. I think it's the best book she's written.
SPOILERS
Though I don't understand why Aly's in love with Nawat. I didn't like either of Kel's guys either. She needs to go back to guys like Jon and George, now they were good love interests.
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Jennifer Robersons books were good, at least the Sword books. (Sword Dancer, Sword Singer, Sword Maker, Sword Breaker, and the last one whose name escapes me.) They were good first person narritives, and they were fun to read.
McKinley and McKillip have alway seemed very similar to me as well. Thet are easy reads, but very well plotted and written. The Riddlemaster of Hed and Heir of Sea and Fire were great, but one of my favorite books of all time was the concluding book A Harper in the Wind (all by McKillip)....and The Blue Sword was great too (McKinnly).
But I love Kay, particlarily his Fionovar Tapestry books, and Tigana. They are very well writtten, and he has a talent of saying just the right thing at the right time so that it rings in my head for days....
Kwea
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Fallow: Have you read any of the Laurell K Hamilton books? They are really diffrent, but I really enjoyed them. The first one is called Guilty Pleasures, and there are about 10 of them now (if you include her Farie series, set in the same world), and they get better and better. Not your usual fantasy, more of a combination of genres.
Auster? Is that the author, or a character in the books? What's the first books' title?
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