RIP Patricia McKillip, and also Story!
May. 20th, 2022 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soniaI adored "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld" and the Riddle-Master series. I liked some of the books that came after that, but the appeal faded as I started to recognize the recurring themes and the characters seemed more vague and interchangeable. I'm taking note of people's favorites and might go back and find them. (Library card is on the list for this weekend!)
As I noted in a comment to someone's memorial post, I realized when I came back to "Forgotten Beasts" as an adult that Sybel was not a nice person, or at least not acting ethically all the time. I wonder what I would think of the book now, having acquired more compassion for people's difficult choices and adaptations, and still wanting people to act ethically all the same.
Along that same theme, I think I had readvaznetti's lovely story "The Crown of Hed before (rec'd in 2014), but it resonated differently than I remember, especially around big moves. Highly recommended for spot-on characterizations and a thought-provoking woman-centered story. Via cofax7 and vaznetti.
As I noted in a comment to someone's memorial post, I realized when I came back to "Forgotten Beasts" as an adult that Sybel was not a nice person, or at least not acting ethically all the time. I wonder what I would think of the book now, having acquired more compassion for people's difficult choices and adaptations, and still wanting people to act ethically all the same.
Along that same theme, I think I had read
vaznetti's lovely story "The Crown of Hed before (rec'd in 2014), but it resonated differently than I remember, especially around big moves. Highly recommended for spot-on characterizations and a thought-provoking woman-centered story. Via cofax7 and vaznetti.
