God Stalk, by P. C. Hodgell

[rachelmanija]

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[tool_of_satan]

OK, you sold me.

ISFDB says that there is also a collection of stories set in the same world, Blood and Ivory.

[jinian]

If you can cope with extremely poor copyediting, you may wish to read that collection. I couldn't finish it.

[tool_of_satan]

Yeah, I hear Meisha Merlin's copyediting was terrible (there was an earlier, shorter edition from Hypatia, which might be better). It's a moot point since copies appear to be unobtainable for less than $50 and my library system doesn't have it.

[jonquil]

It's really ironic that MM's crappily-produced books are now Valuable Collectors' Items. Fortunately both Hodgell and the Liaden books are being republished at Baen.

My comments over at DW

[jonquil]

http://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/855393.html?thread=10619745#cmt10619745

[thomasyan]

I posted briefly about the 5th book: http://thomasyan.livejournal.com/345457.html

One thing I said was: I don't know exactly why, but I don't care so much about Tori. In all the books, I generally want his sections to be over so that we get back to Jame. I think I'm more curious abuot Yce than I am about Tori.

[chomiji]

I often want to smack Tori in the head and tell him to get a clue. Also, I love Hodgell, but romantic passion is not her strong suit.

[jonquil]

Given the societal setup in the book, who's involved in a romance? The only genuine romances I've seen are between women and their sister-kin. Also, it's pretty clear where Jame is headed, marriage-wise if not entirely romantically.

It just doesn't seem to be a society with any emphasis on romantic love as such; sex, yes, affection, yes, but deep love seems to be reserved for kin.

[estara]

This!

[thecityofdis]

I definitely want to read this now.

[wiredwizard]

God Stalk I really loved. The rest... =shrug= not so much. The anthology I'll get when I can get it at an affordable price if only to be able to mark the series as complete in the book cataloguing software.