[Book Reviews] Japan and Ireland, both fictional and factual

[thewronghands]

Massive book review post.

Comments

[jhetley]

I'm glad you liked THE SUMMER COUNTRY. I have other books out . . . (PlugPlugPlug)

[thewronghands]

[laughs] Wow, small Internet. Now I'm glad that I liked it so much; it must be fascinating and yet odd to read the opinions of strangers on your work.) Yep, I've wishlisted "The Winter Oak" for my next paycheck. Thanks for writing such an enjoyable novel.

[jhetley]

I didn't find your post by myself -- wolfshaman pointed it out to me. Yeah, finding random mentions can be ... odd. I hate to think of all the bad crits out there that nobody mentions because that wouldn't be, you know, friendly?

[thewronghands]

I think people are actually less likely to hold their tongues if they don't expect the affected party to ever see it. Were I talking to Laura Rowland, I'd have probably been a little more tactful in expressing my opinion about the color associations. ("Did you intend some symbolism by that? It has some pretty unusual connotations." rather than "Hey, you're so wrong.")

Either that, or I tend to know politer folk than average. [grin]

[hammerforge]

It is not technically celtic fantasy, but might I reccomend the Mythago woods series by Robert Holdstock? It borrows somewhat from Celtic Myth, but I would describe it more as Jungian Fantasy...

[joxn]

I recommend Guy Gavriel Kay's The Last Light of the Sun -- good Celtic/Anglo-Saxon/Norse fantasy. Also, I recommend all his other books except the Fionavar Tapestry series, which is very different (you might say, more juvenile) and not to my taste.