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05-23-2003, 12:14 PM | #1 |
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The Fionavar Tapestry
Anyone read this trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay?
(who BTW was one of those who helped Chris Tolkien on the Silmarillion)
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05-24-2003, 09:44 PM | #2 |
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I haven't. Plainly it's fantasy, and you think it's good. Is it a recent release, and what's it about, basically?
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05-29-2003, 07:08 PM | #3 |
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me neither what is it about"??????????
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06-10-2003, 12:09 PM | #4 |
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Basically these five teen from Toronto are at a lecture and afterwards invited to meet the speaker, who turns out to actually be a mage from Fionavar where they are to be taken for the king's 50th anniversary. It sunds dumb but is actually very cool. There's basically an evil lord who escaped from his entrapment, and thee are arthurian elements as well. It's very good. It is actually a Trilogy
1) The Summer Tree 2) The Wandering Fire 3) The Darkest Road All published late 80's. It was published as one book in 1993 or 1996. (3 posts to 1000)
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07-08-2005, 11:59 PM | #6 |
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Fionavar is weak
I've read everything fantasy that Kay has written and I have to say that the Fionavar series is easily his worst work. His other books, almost all stand alones, are great, particularly Song for Arbonne, Lions of Al-Rassan (gonna be a movie soon), Sarantine Mosaic, and Tiganna. They're more pseudo-historical novels with a little fantasy mixed, but they're all great for plot, economical poetic writing, and super characters. Kay is one of my favorite writers which makes me wonder why I read anything after starting with the Fionavar books. They really are not that good. I'd rate them a 3 out of ten.
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But then Fionavar is his first work. What's more, at the time it was published, there wasn't a lot of good fantasy out there, a lot of derivative stuff, a few things stuck out, but not much. It was good for its day. |
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07-13-2005, 12:03 AM | #8 |
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Even considering that, I can't give Fionavar more than a 3. It lacks so much of what even his second novel had. And in a way, its highly derivative. Think Amber, Terry Brooks's magic kingdom books, even Thomas Covenant, and others, all series falling before Kay's Fionavar and similar in nature. It's just not that original or even entertaining. The characters weren't very well drawn, which is an aspect of his later work that keeps me coming back. Tigana was a much better work with a lot more to offer the reader. It was, however, his first work, as you say. That being said, Last Light of the Sun was a big disappointment after Sarantine Mosaic.
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08-11-2003, 05:04 PM | #9 |
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sounds good
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09-15-2004, 10:30 AM | #10 |
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It is...I just re-read it...in awe once again...so powerful...
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09-23-2004, 10:20 AM | #11 |
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I've read Tigrana by Kay, liked the theme and characters, especially the villain-guy () and it was overall nicely done. Considered trying the Tapestry for a while, but haven't found it anywhere.
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09-23-2004, 11:18 PM | #12 |
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Really? Hmmmm...tried Chapters? They'll probably have it...if theres one in your area...
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09-24-2004, 11:39 AM | #13 |
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That is, the library or the book-stores I've looked in don't have it. They probably have it on Outland (a store which has the greatest collection of Fantasy I've seen), but right now I'm supposed to save money.
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