it's often simply a matter of some books not being released or at least not widely available in a given country. Wurts has gotten some attention in Belgium and the Netherlands because of her cooperation with the wildly popular Feist - my library has her Cycles of Fire trilogy besides obviously the Empire trilogy. But even so, I can't remember ever seeing any book of this series in any bookstore or library in here. I read part of the first book while in the US at some point, where the libraries, at least the good ones, have dozens if not hundreds of SF&F books and series that simply aren't available here in Belgium.
What the reasons are why a series like this doesn't get any attention in here, and others do, who can say... one might suppose that only the bestselling and most popular series get sold on smaller markets like Belgium's, but that's not true either - currently there seems to be a fantasy hype and all kinds of junk that I've never heard of and that's never been discussed on this board, which says at least something about its lack of notability, gets sold in local bookstores (plus some German fantasy that might be big in Germany for all I know, but not in the Anglo-Saxon world if it's been translated at all).
I guess I kind of went off-topic a little there... I'm afraid I can't add much to the discussion of the books, though, having not even finished the first book - I would've, I liked it well enough, but I probably had to go back to Europe or something, I don't remember now.
What the reasons are why a series like this doesn't get any attention in here, and others do, who can say... one might suppose that only the bestselling and most popular series get sold on smaller markets like Belgium's, but that's not true either - currently there seems to be a fantasy hype and all kinds of junk that I've never heard of and that's never been discussed on this board, which says at least something about its lack of notability, gets sold in local bookstores (plus some German fantasy that might be big in Germany for all I know, but not in the Anglo-Saxon world if it's been translated at all).
I guess I kind of went off-topic a little there... I'm afraid I can't add much to the discussion of the books, though, having not even finished the first book - I would've, I liked it well enough, but I probably had to go back to Europe or something, I don't remember now.
I have never seen a Wurts book in any of the stores I frequent. And it's been a while since I've hit up a library, but I only recall seeing the Empire trilogy.
There's a lot of material out there, so unless someone has a reason to go looking...
Janny Wurts: The Wars of Light and Shadow. Rebekah's reread.
25/04/2010 10:11:41 AM
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Book One: The Curse of the Mistwraith.
25/04/2010 10:22:03 AM
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Eh it didn't really capture my interest. Her prose is difficult to read
25/04/2010 04:29:08 PM
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My brother found that initially but soon got used to it.
25/04/2010 04:30:13 PM
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See, I like these books, but looking back at it, the first book seems... underdeveloped.
25/04/2010 08:45:27 PM
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About that flying below the radar of most readers...
25/04/2010 05:10:40 PM
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That's a good point.
25/04/2010 06:39:09 PM
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That's interesting.
25/04/2010 08:27:40 PM
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That seems unlikely, she is American after all...
25/04/2010 08:56:53 PM
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It is possible for an American not to sell well in her own country. *NM*
25/04/2010 09:12:36 PM
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Just finished reading Stormed Fortress, after waiting YEARS for it to come out in the US
05/05/2010 06:17:58 PM
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I bought that a couple of weeks ago, hence the reread. I hope it's better than Traitor's Knot *NM*
18/05/2010 01:12:08 PM
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Book Two: The Ships of Merior.
18/05/2010 01:13:43 PM
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Finished this today.
21/05/2010 12:44:58 AM
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This doesn't have anything to do with the Ships of Merior, but...
21/05/2010 01:36:54 AM
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Book 4: Fugitive Prince. (Or: Book 1 of the Alliance of the Light)
07/06/2010 08:13:08 PM
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Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
24/06/2010 07:56:36 PM
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Re: Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
26/06/2010 11:27:57 AM
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Re: Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
27/06/2010 10:59:17 PM
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Re: Book 5: Grand Conspiracy (Book 2 of the Alliance of the Light). Little thoughts.
30/06/2010 08:06:37 AM
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Also: is it just me, or is Wurts really rubbish at writing about sex?
24/06/2010 08:03:46 PM
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She writes about sex??
24/06/2010 10:50:20 PM
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Occasionally.
24/06/2010 11:00:27 PM
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Book 7: Traitor's Knot - The crappiest near ending in the world. Perhaps.
18/08/2010 06:43:04 PM
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