On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Wayne Morrison <tewok@storm-monkeys.com> wrote:
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson. royaldragon@gmail.com said:
> 3. Silverthorn by Feist. Finally working my way through the riftwar books.
> I'm not totally sold, honestly. They feel like fairly typical 15year old
> boy books to me, and I'm annoyed by how every woman in them fits neatly
> into a stereotype in a way I probably wouldn't have been if I'd read them
> as a teen like everyone else did. But they're entertaining enough to keep
> going. And I'm told the woman thing gets better in later books?
I read the first Riftwar book -- Magician, I think. It wasn't bad, it wasn't
great. With the other dimension scenes, I kept thinking that it somehow felt
like Barker's Tekumel/Empire of the Petal Throne RPG. Several years later,
I heard that Feist wrote his stuff based on an RPG a friend was running,
which coincidentally was based on Tekumel/EPT.
Hah! I hate it when that happens. Well, when it's something I'm enjoying. I say that though, and many of my early stories were steeped in Gaiman and De Lint, so I guess we all do that to some degree.
I've read Barker's "Man of Gold" and "Flamesong" and loved them. I can't
say they don't have the female stereotypes because I never read them with
that in mind. Also, I don't recall how sensitive I was to stereotypes when
I read them. But the world-building is fantastic, and it's not a generic
medievelish fantasy setting.
Hm. Perhaps I shall check them out. Thanks. I think a LOT of fantasy from that sort of era written by men is like that, alas. I blame Tolkien. I do think things have gotten better in recent years.
Jax
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