A few things from the previous Books thread:
Booky, thanks! The idea that the Keys to the Kingdom series
takes place in the future makes complete sense, especially in light of the evidences you gave.
Interesting, DiGs. I actually hated most of the characters in
Inkspell.
Elinor, Darius, and Maggie's dad were my favourite characters, so that's a plus, then. I guess I shall still just have to see about reading the last book.
Mel, about
Spellhunters/
Knife:
I see. The idea of lesser genius just kind of fizzling out is kind of sad, even if more cheerful and reasonable than the idea of going mad.
Yeah, he may have. Of course, he tried to commit suicide right AFTER Knife showed up, so...
And we've already sorted out that there ARE other fairies (male ones, too!), from what you said about the next book.
Well, I guess I don't pay as much attention to world view if it's not obvious (Nix's was a lot easier to pick up on). I'm not really sure; I didn't read in-depth enough to critize/pick apart her worldview. I didn't find anything objectionable in it.
But, on the subject of world-building, Anderson was fine but I prefer N. D. Wilson.
I did like
Runaway Ralph well enough, but I never got into
The Borrowers.
Ooh! What are you thinking of
Princess of Glass so far? *coughs* I didn't pick up on the literary name.
Then again, I've never read that book, so...
I haven't scrutinized either the new or old Bayern covers in detail, but I prefer the old ones.
Mara, I think I may have heard of
No More Dead Dogs before---it sounds vaguely familiar.
I shall have to look it up.
This thread:
Nice intro, Kate!
Ooh, DiGs, that library sounds cool!
equustel, I'm glad you're liking
Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl. I may have to see if my library will be getting it in---probably not, but I can always check.
I really like his 100 Cupboards series; if you haven't read it, I'd recommend it. And
Leepike Ridge is good, too.
Jo, have you read any books by Wilson?
Adeona, is it just the idea of the polytheistic gods that bothers you? Because, as Booky and you have pointed out, some of the theology is remarkably sound.
Personally, the gods and goddesses don't bother me, but that might partially be because I find Greek (and other) myths rather interesting. And, it's not a 'real' world, so the polytheism really doesn't bother me when the lessons that come out of it have so much truth to them. Does that make sense?
About the other thing that bothered you:
Like Booky said, I think the age gap is more 4-5 years, and it just feels like more because Gen acts so young and Attolia acts so old.
I'm
still waiting for
Mockingjay.
Good news, though: The library has ordered a 3rd copy and I've gone down from #11 to #2 on the list.
I'm really, really hoping to have it before the library closes for Labor Day, but we'll see. *is anxiously waiting* I keep stalking the library site to see if I'm getting any closer to getting it.
I also had my other hold come in yesterday:
Lord Sunday. I actually finished it today and, while it wasn't what I was expecting, I thought it was a pretty good end to the series.
First off, Suzy is still my favourite character.
One thing I liked was Arthur's struggling against the 'hero complex' or whatever it's called.
In most other cases I can think of, the heroes won't admit that it's messing with their mind until it's too late/they've actually hurt someone.
I had accidentally stumbled across the fact that it was really the Will that was killing off all the trustees beforehand, which I was rather sad about.
That said, it actually made sense: if the Will was strictly legal et al, then killing off the treacherous trustees was perfectly logical.
I didn't agree with Nix's worldview (the Architect is tired, the Will of the Architect is kind of evil, the Will of the Architect is to destroy everything, the Architect is dead and destroyed all creation with her, there is a new Architect, etc.), but it was rather interesting to read.
I guess the implication is that Arthur went back to earth and had a pretty happy and long life before he found out he wasn't really mortal?
I loved the ending with Suzy and Art sitting there, having tea and biscuits.
I was glad that Suzy finally got the chance to 'grow up' a little, though I've no doubt she'll still be the same old Suzy. I'm guessing she matured about to 21, or however old Art appeared to be, so that they stayed peers.
And, you know, 'creating' another Arthur helped resolve the issue of which world to stay in.
*coughs* I know there was tons more I wanted to say, but I forgot it.
Booky, Mel, anyone else who's read it, do you want to add/discuss something?