Reader Question: Judith Tarr

[rolanni]

This question was buried in the comments of the last thread.  I can't choose my favorite Tarr book.  Who can suggest a good place for Claire to start?  It would probably be helpful to give a non-spoilerish synopsis, and/or why you particularly like this one, rather than just titles.

Question: What is your favorite Judith Tarr novel? I've never read any of her work. the one she's writing now sounds great.

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[estara.livejournal.com]

Those three have already been re-released at Book View Cafe, by the way! Just to cut down on the wear of your copies ^^.

The other Hound and Falcon are supposed to become ebooks this summer. She also has released Ars Magica there - and a boatload of free short stories to read. And her non-fiction compilation Writing Horses.

[estara.livejournal.com]

OH right, and A Wind in Cairo - my favourite horse-based book of hers, even though the male protagonist starts as an entitled asshole of the highest order.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

OMG, yes! I haven't read that one in ages, but it's so much fun.

BVC also has Death and the Lady, which is set in the same world as Alamut and the Hound & Falcon trilogy. LOVE that story, oh, so much! IIRC, the short story Persepolis is also set in that world ... and yep, it's up on BVC as well!

[saraidh.livejournal.com]

I would also highly recommend A Wind in Cairo, which has been one of my favorites for ages, and has the advantage of being a single book, so not a committment to a series.

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

I think that'd be my rec as well. Partly *because* the male protagonist starts out as an entitled asshole. The solution to his behavior is really well handled.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

I still have the paperback reading copy of Lord of the Two Lands I bought years ago to spare my hardcover. Need to get a new one for Alamut, though.