[Artemisia] Baron's War Favor
Sondra Gibson
sgibson at edulog.com
Thu Jul 26 10:28:29 CDT 2007
I'd agree with Mst. Maire, "Moonheart" is a great place to start on de
Lint's books. It was my first one too.
Gefjon
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org]On Behalf Of
> S CLEMENGER
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:09 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Baron's War Favor
>
>
> Start with "Moonheart," maybe? (I'm partial...that was my
> first one). It's the first in a loose collection of books
> centered around some people and places in Toronto.
> There are also a whole clump of books set in a fictional
> North American city of Newford and surrounding areas--they
> stand alone okay, but there are enough cross-references
> (characters, themes, etc.), that just picking up one,
> randomly, may be a bit like coming into the middle of a
> conversation...
> He also has a small collection of darker fantasy stuff,
> originally written under another name. These are also set in
> the Newford area, but with different characters.
> --maire
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dainya of MoonHill<mailto:dainya at moonhillcraft.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:43 PM
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>
> OK I give.
> I read....ALOT. I have more authors who are on auto buy
> and who are in my "keepers" lists that I could quickly
> mention. I finished Potter 7 last Saturday and have read 4
> other books since then.
>
> So if everyone is raving about de Lint....why have I
> never read even one of his books? I Amazon'd him and boy...is
> he prolific!! I need a good place to start, so would one of
> you de Lint fans please recommend one of his books?
>
> Um...maybe "off list" since I don't want to try anyone's
> patience. :-)
>
> -Dainya
>
> S CLEMENGER <sclemenger at msn.com<mailto:sclemenger at msn.com>> wrote:
> Hey, now....
> I'm a fan of both Rowling and de Lint. An extreme fan of de
> Lint, actually. extreme, extreme. Shares the spotlight with
> Guy Gavriel Kay, in point of fact. Even more beloved and
> influential in my life than Tolkien. Well, maybe equal with
> Tolkien....
> But comparing the two authors, simply because they
> kinda/sorta share a genre, is like comparing peaches and
> cherries, both of which are fruits. They're wonderful, but
> very different withall.
> --maire
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sondra Gibson
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:49 AM
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>
>
> No stones from me. I'll take de Lint over the potter books
> any day of the
> week!
>
> Gefjon
>
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> > From:
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> es at lists.gallowglass.org>
> > [mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org]On Behalf
> Of Stephanae
> > Baker
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:47 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Baron's War Favor
> >
> >
> > Pffft. Definitely cross-geeking. Besides, if we're going
> to cross-
> > geek into urban fantasy, could we please discuss an author
> > who really
> > does it well? Charles de Lint or Tim Powers, maybe?
> >
> > Before you throw stones at me for my anti-Potterism, let me state
> > that I don't think the books are bad (in fact, I like
> Rowling better
> > than Stirling, whom somebody mentioned here recently); I
> just don't
> > think they're all that and get sick to death of the buzz. I
> > will read
> > the 7th one eventually, I imagine. Okay, now I'm ready to
> duck the
> > stones.
> >
> > Belladonna
> >
> >
> > On Jul 25, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Catriona A. Morganosa wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, we had three people here with two copies of the book.
> > > Luckily, one
> > > of them spent the first 24 hours reading it, starting
> at midnight
> > > the day it
> > > came out. My very gracious Lord, Theiron, let me read
> it before he
> > > did. Can
> > > I nominate someone for a Pillar based on that? Or is
> that "cross-
> > > geeking"?
> > >
> > > Stepana Catriona Morganosa, OP
> > >
> > > "Hey, so, are you guys in a play or something?"
> > > "Wait, you can see us?"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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