Ha, catching up I just sent you a b/c note on these, but glad you found
them, Roger.
There are always libraries (I look at the SF & F section of mine & find
literally hundreds of fantasy series I'm pretty sure I won't be
reading...
I am breaking in a new computer so haven't gotten my old files yet
(gotta find my sigquotes). Have much work to do on that today...
Doug
On 12-May-05, at 11:15 AM, Roger Collett wrote:
> Hmm......
>
> Found the Steve Erikson books, don't know how I missed these before.
>
> The R.Scott Bakker are due later this year and early next year in UK
> in paperback, which is all
> I can afford as I buy too many books anyway. Ho hum.
> Will try when they are available I think
>
> Roger
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: Re: The Riddle
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> Haven't come across these in UK Doug.
> Thanks, I'll go looking.
>
> Roger
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: The Riddle
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> Sorry Roger
>
> but I'd want to compare with more interesting (to me, obviously) works
> than those by the Eddings.
>
> There are in fact a lot of good fantasy series out there (as well as
> thousands of not so). I think Alison's is very near the top. I find
> that the other two that are really first rate are much more about war &
> empire, but they are terrific: the ongoing Malazan Books of the Dead by
> anthropologist Steve Erikson & & the Prince of Nothing trilogy by Scott
> Bakker.
>
>
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