Wish to Read List

[scriva]

VanderMeer, Shriek - An Afterword
Abercrombie, The Blade itself
Berg, Revelation
Butler, Xenogenesis (there is a book that contains all three parts)
Gemmell, Lord of the Silver Bow

I want to buy all of these, but right now I could afford only one. It's a hard choice.

Edit: later this day: After the first round of thinking about the premises and getting

Comments

[niamhotoole]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS, I missed Lord of the Silver Bow.

I'd recommend buying Lord alongside Shield of Thunder at least though, so if you have money only for one, then it's back to Abercrombie.

[scriva]

I missed out on buying Lord of the Silver Bow when I bought Carol Berg, Transformation, but it looked interesting. I always liked Andromache as a character in the Ilias. Does she only figure in the first book, or does she, against Iliad canon, survive the war?

[niamhotoole]

The war's only in the third one, which I'm putting off reading. Andromaque is one of his best characters of all times, as he portrays her. And she has a prominent place, particularly in Shield.

[scriva]

Oh, that's interesting. The only bad thing is that Aeneas is a main character. I never quite liked him. I hope he is more interesting in Gemmell's version than in the known stories about him.

[niamhotoole]

He certainly is, interesting. No doubt about that. (The Illiad isn't particularly followed; there are differences and surprises)