Guy Gavriel Kay -- if you were here in my house we'd be sitting down on the floor, with piles of books surrounding us...
Yes, I love him, and one of my fondest SF con memories is of a talk he gave about the Arthurian legend roots of his Fionavar tapestry novels. So erudite. Another author with a similar sense of depth (depth of knowledge of history, depth of roots into legend and literature) but very different writing style is John Crowley. Little, Big is a novel that I get very emotional about. I just love it so much.
Patricia McKillip is not a big series writer. The "Riddle Master" series was a departure for her in that it was a trilogy. That being said, it's my favorite of her works. Others that I like are Forgotten Beasts of Eld (one of her oldest), In the Forests of Serre, and Song for the Basilisk. These are all stand-alones. There are others, but those are a few titles that I can throw your way.
I'm currently reading the last book of a very good trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. The Bartimaeus Trilogy, it's called. Very good, original stuff. First book is The Amulet of Samarkand.
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Yes, I love him, and one of my fondest SF con memories is of a talk he gave about the Arthurian legend roots of his Fionavar tapestry novels. So erudite. Another author with a similar sense of depth (depth of knowledge of history, depth of roots into legend and literature) but very different writing style is John Crowley. Little, Big is a novel that I get very emotional about. I just love it so much.
Patricia McKillip is not a big series writer. The "Riddle Master" series was a departure for her in that it was a trilogy. That being said, it's my favorite of her works. Others that I like are Forgotten Beasts of Eld (one of her oldest), In the Forests of Serre, and Song for the Basilisk. These are all stand-alones. There are others, but those are a few titles that I can throw your way.
I'm currently reading the last book of a very good trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. The Bartimaeus Trilogy, it's called. Very good, original stuff. First book is The Amulet of Samarkand.