The purpose of this post is to give a quick overview of just who the authors behind that big wave of Epic Fantasy in the 70s-90s that reshaped perceptions of the genre listed as their influences. The hope is it can serve as a stepping stone towards a better understanding of these authors and some […]
(total spoilers) Closer to the Chest, eh? Well, I’ve got some feelings to get off my chest. In fact, while still avowing myself to be a Mercedes Lackey fan, I must admit that the following words are less of a review and more of an exorcism. The reason for this is that a bit over […]
(probably quite a few spoilers) Some reviews are started in the white heat of enthusiasm. Some are started with a sense of “oh crap, is it time to write this already?” And some are started when a friend sees you talking about having ‘feelings’ about a trilogy, and brings to mind a deep disconsolation that […]
(moderate spoilers) The good news is that the three volumes of the Herald-Spy trilogy have enough good and less shared flaws to them to be worth individual reviews. The bad news is that they are still intensely frustrating in places, and that’s no less true of Closer to Home than any Lackey’s other works in […]
(some spoilers) I generally don’t review series as a whole. I like to dig into the little details too much. However, sometimes, it seems the only practical way to do it. In the case of The Collegium Chronicles – Foundation, Intrigues, Changes, Redoubt, Bastion – and its hero Mags, it was because the flaws repeated […]
(Mild Spoilers) Exile’s Valour is the continuation of the story of Alberich (him of Exile’s Honour) as he slides from the role of a weapon in a different sheath to being a more important, well-rounded human, and the human he is advising: Selenay, the newly orphaned new Queen of Valdemar. It’s an interesting little story, […]
(moderate spoilers) Sometimes, a re-read is like visiting your favourite restaurant, or going back on holiday to a place you loved years ago. I love spending time with the books that have entertained me time and time again. But sometimes you re-read and discover a story is now completely at odds with your taste, and […]
You know how it goes. You wake early, feeling unwell. You want something to read while you wait to see if you can fall back asleep, so you go to the shelf and pick something out. Probably nothing too challenging, maybe a reread. Just something fun to pass the time with. I picked Take A […]
(Some Spoilers) Simplicity, they say, is the ultimate sophistication. If so, this is book is very sophisticated. Burning Brightly is a deep cut from the lengthy bibliography that is Lackey’s Valdemar series, a standalone with characters that have little link to any of the many trilogies that make up the whole. It is, as the […]
The Day Two prompt for Wyrd & Wonder – which I’ll stick up a twitter photo for one of these days before I’m too late – was “pop this in your book bag of holding”. Which got me thinking as the Bag of Holding is one of the great iconic magic items from D&D, with […]
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