"Just sitting here watching our barren lives pass us by...

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Oh, look, a cockroach."

Can we do that thing where you give me a subject and I list TOP 5? Please? Because I'm bored, and needs should definitely be met. As long as it doesn't require ointments the next day.

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[margotlefaye.livejournal.com]

Didn't know about the website, or the movie. That's fabulous! I love that book, but then, I love most of his books. I'm not as fond of his first literary effort, the Finovar series, but even there, you can see the potential he has. Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, The Lions of Al-Rassan are just achingly beautiful work. I have three more of his books on my shelf that I haven't been able to get to, because of too much else on my plate right now, but I dearly, dearly love his style, which kind of defines "lyrical" for me.

If you like his works, have you tried George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series, which starts with A Game of Thrones? I also used to adore Tanith Lee, and can't recommend Night's Master the first book in her Flat Earth series, enough. It's an erotic, adults only, Arabian Nights for adults. She wrote a lot of novels I loved in the 70's and 80's, but I kind of lost track of her in the 90's, when she started going in a direction with one series that I couldn't quite get into. That said, I understand she's coming out with a sequel to one of my favorite books by her, The Silver Metal Lover which will be called something like Metallic Love which I'll have to read on princple.

Thanks for the details about the other books. I"ll have to check them out.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Agree about Fionavar. I'm guessing the other three on your shelf are the Sarantium Mosaic and his latest, Last Light of Heaven (or something). They aren't as good as Tigana and Lions (esp LLoH), but they're alright.

Thanks for the heads up on Martin and Tanith Lee. I've heard of them both, and have been meaning to read Lee forever. Night's Master sounds particularly interesting--thank you!

[margotlefaye.livejournal.com]

Yep. Those are the ones on my shelf. And, Lee at her best is extraordinary. If you only read one book she's written, it should by Night's Master because I don't think she's ever been better, though arguably, she has often been just as good.

And while I haven't gotten into a lot of Martin's work, the Game of Thrones hooked me, my spouse and our child on the series.

In the sciene fiction/fantasy genres, have you ever read Roger Zelazny? What about Glen Cook?

In Historical Romance, have you read Roberta Gellis and as you are a Jane Austen fan, have you read Georgette Heyer?

So many books, so little time...

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for all the recs. No, I haven't read any of the authors you mention--I've been turned of of sci fi/fantasy for quite a while, as it began to seem like there was nothing good left to read. I think I just got lazy in my hunt for good authors, so I'll definitely check out your recs.

On the historical front, I have been meaning to read Georgette Heyer . . . and I'll check out Gellis. Thanks again!