Well, a medieval bestiary might be more apropos, but I'm not familiar with the contents of them.NG wrote:Lol. Cast of characters from a Star Wars set, Meltintalle?
lys, I recommend The Moonstone. It's the one I read first.
FF, I liked Castaways, but not as a whole--if that makes sense. The first two parts are good. The third part is my favourite, but it's very disconnected from the other two. It would have been a fun read even if it didn't have 'necessary' references to the other two parts in it. It's like Redwall, but with people. It might have been better to just do the first two thirds (which I keep typing up as 'halves' if that tells you anything ) of Castaways, publish Angel's Command and do the third part as separate Christmas gift book or something.
Walter Scott for one. It was a common practice for awhile, so you'll see it often in older books. More recently, Elizabeth Wein quoted The Odyssey at the beginning of every chapter in The Sunbird (which I just reread; I can't remember if she does that in any other of her books. ). I should be able to think of others off the top of my head!!! (I have to admit that after awhile, my favourite part of the Ink books was coming across a quote from a book I'd actually read. And I still haven't read any Isaac Bevis Singer, though I want to after seeing quote after quote from his work at the beginning of each chapter...)Follower of Aslan wrote:What I find interesting is how she quotes other books at the beginning of her chapters. Are you familiar with other authors who do that? I don't think I am...