"Om im, lend me your knife."

[rolanni]

I'm reading Hellspark again; can't remember how many times I've read it since it was first published, back in the late '80s. It's one of my comfort books, along with Pride and Prejudice, The Witches of Karres, Cotillion, and The War for the Oaks.

So -- what are your comfort books?

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[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I am quite stunned and amused...I think every single author or series I've used as comfort books at one time or another has been mentioned, except BRIDE OF THE RAT GOD by Barbara Hambly is a comfort book, and KIM by Kipling...And even my own occasionally, especially NIGHT CALLS and KINDRED RITES.

But Austin, Heyer, Bellairs, Bull's War, Bujold, Lee & Miller, Eddings, Rowling (first three stand out), Tolkien, McCaffrey, McKinley...ah, has anyone mentioned Patricia McKillip's works? Her Riddlemaster series and Cygnet books, especially...and The Forgotten Beasts of Eld I think it was, a perfect jewel of a book. And Witches of Karres, Howl's Moving Castle, the Barry Hughart books...

Yes, I am amused, and find it interesting that people whom I suspect have a wide age difference are naming the same books.

Clearly, it's time for me to read Hellspark and The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Mary Stewart _Thoryhold_ & _Touch Not the Cat_

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[elbales]

Ah! Another person who likes Bride of the Rat God! That's not one of her more popular books, is it? It's a hoot. And I share your love of McKillip. She's one of only a handful of writers whose books I buy in hardback.

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Ah! Another person who likes Bride of the Rat God! That's not one of her more popular books, is it? It's a hoot. And I share your love of McKillip. She's one of only a handful of writers whose books I buy in hardback.

Barbara has actually got an idea for a sequel--they go to China for a film. But right now she's getting paid to write historical mysteries and such. There are a few of us out there--I've mentioned it on panels, and gotten several pleased gasps from the audience.

I used to buy Pat in hardback, too, but I'm pretty broke right now. I have to find them remaindered. I've missed the last two (depression, alas, slows buying books.) So I need to watch for them! I even bought her mainstream novel and her SF.

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[elbales]

Which mainstream?

We've got the SF title on our shelves, as well. :)

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[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Which mainstream?

I've always thought of Stepping From the Shadows as her mainstream...Pat said something once that made me believe some of it was autobiographical (perhaps more than the average amount in a fantasy novel!)

It feels closer to magic realism than her other works. It's time for me to find it and re-read it (I know I have more hardbacks than what are out--a couple boxes are still hidden away....)

She's being very prolific lately--I think I'm four behind, counting the latest release and the next scheduled.