[Artemisia] OT - De Lint

[Dainya of MoonHill]

Thank you! :-)
  Thats 4 recommendations already for this one...so this is where I will start.
   
  Thanks all.
  -Dainya

S CLEMENGER <sclemenger at msn.com> wrote:
  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 
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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 > 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
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Baron's War Favor


No stones from me. I'll take de Lint over the potter books any day of the
week!

Gefjon

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> [mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org]On Behalf Of Stephanae
> Baker
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:47 AM
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> 
> 
> 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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