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18 Apr 2003
I finally got around to reading Guy
Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic duology. I'm wondering now why I waited so
long. I first discovered Kay in high school: the Fionavar tapestry moved
me to various emotional responses. While I've enjoyed every book he's
written since, I've always felt that there was something lacking in each of
them. Sailing to Sarantium hooked me within the first few pages and
I'm very glad I was able to pick up Lord of Emperors within seconds of
finishing. I know that they're a couple of years old now, but if you
haven't read them, they're well worth it and I know that they're still in
print. Sorry, no cover scans. I'll try to add them later.
06 Mar 2003
I recently finished reading Stephen Baxter's Mammoth
trilogy - Silverhair, Longtusk, and Icebones respectively, each named for the
main character of the book in question. I don't normally go in for stories told
from the perspective of animals, but I make an unqualified exception for
these. Starting with the principle that the mammoths were intelligent,
Baxter gives them a history, a culture and a religion all spanning eons (their
earliest mythology goes back to just before the death of the dinosaurs). For each of the
books, Baxter tells an interesting story about a critical point in the history
of the Mammoths present, past, and future, in that order. The writing is
tight and the characters are interesting and believable. Two tusks way up.
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