• A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I’m absolutely entranced by Robin Hobb. After reading the Farseer trilogy I just started the Liveship Traders trilogy and I’m already fully committed.

    In between I tried one of her works as Megan Lindholm: Wizard of the Pigeons. A dive into the mind of a homeless person in Seattle. Somehow it’s categorized as “urban fantasy” but I don’t see it in the fantasy genre at all. Unless you’d count Kafka as fantasy. Not the best comparison but the only one I can think of right now.

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Goodness, I just finished one of her books. Fools Assassin. Somehow I had missed it when it came out about a decade ago.

      Enjoy the live ship books!

      • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        Thanks, I am. Almost living in it rn.

        Fool’s Assassin sounds like elements taken from the Farseer trilogy. I think I read somewhere she returned to that later. Still as good?

        • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Yes, it continues the Farseer storyline many years later. I really enjoyed it. It starts a little slowly (one of those where setting the stage takes a significant part of the book), but it brings back some beloved old characters and shows the progress of time. Very worthwhile IMO. I love Robin Hobb’s writing!

          • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            Yeah so do I.

            The Farseer trilogy books seemed to be a bit more standalone, the Liveship Traders almost one book: I just started the 2nd book and the end of the 1st was hardly more than a chapter ending.

            Have you also read some of her earlier Megan Lindholm stuff?

              • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
                1·
                2 days ago

                OK, thanks for checking it out.

                I might return to that other alias after I read all her Robin Hobb stuff.

                • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  Happy reading! I love the Robin Hobb books, I’ll have to look up her Megan Lindholm stuff once I’m done with my current reading list.

                  • I have a three-part list. Part 1 is what I currently have checked out from the library. Part 2 is what’s on hold or sequels of stuff I’m currently reading. Part 3 is a list on my computer of stuff that would flood my holds list if I added it all right now :)
    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 days ago

      You’re so lucky. Liveship Traders is a real adjustment from the Fitz books. Enjoy them, great stories ahead.

      • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        Thanks.

        Thing is I’d never even heard of that author until someone mentioned her in one of these posts here. I wonder how many more gems in ugly last century fantasy covers there are…