OT: Vance Autobiography

Craig Brewer · 18 Dec 2008, 01:04 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: cnbrewer at yahoo.com (Craig Brewer)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:04:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) OT: Vance Autobiography
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Very different, but if you like "mystery" sf/fantasy, at least in the sense of starting without a clue and slowly having to puzzle your way toward figuring out what's going on, Steven Ericson's "Malazan Book of the Fallen" series is a fun read. It's a very different kind of read from Wolfe. But if you find yourself at all attracted to the the Robert Jordan/George R. R. Martin 10 book epics, this is the best of the bunch, imo. It has its problems, but I also find that it has its fair bit of puzzling that increases the fun.

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I will second that, on both counts. And add The Deep and Beasts, as well.

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> > It's just probably not the sort of stuff that inspires me to get online
> > and try to hash out what the hell is going on with some other readers.
>  

For that, I would recommend John Crowley, especially _Engine Summer_ and
_Little, Big_.

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