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Janny Wurts is great marekj Send a noteboard - 16/05/2010 06:48:43 PM
"Daughter of the Empire" was my first real introduction to Fantasy, other than Tolkein.
I loved the Feist/Wurts collaboration and went on to read "Magician" and of course RJ's "Eye of the World".
I picked up "Mistwraith" and thoroughly enjoyed it! The language Wurts uses in this series is different; more elaborate, perhaps at times even overly so. However, she at least knows the meanings of the words and phrases she uses. Nothing irks me more than authors using words incorrectly; sloppy writing and sloppy editing.
The wait between books is at times too long, but it is worth it. Wurts' characters are well depicted and are very definitely not your common or garden good guy/bad guy stereotype.
If you haven't read her books, do yourself a favour and give them a go.
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Janny Wurts: The Wars of Light and Shadow. Rebekah's reread. - 25/04/2010 10:11:41 AM 1126 Views
Book One: The Curse of the Mistwraith. - 25/04/2010 10:22:03 AM 643 Views
Eh it didn't really capture my interest. Her prose is difficult to read - 25/04/2010 04:29:08 PM 589 Views
My brother found that initially but soon got used to it. - 25/04/2010 04:30:13 PM 622 Views
Re: My brother found that initially but soon got used to it. - 09/06/2010 09:29:56 AM 566 Views
- 09/06/2010 09:32:13 AM 671 Views
See, I like these books, but looking back at it, the first book seems... underdeveloped. - 25/04/2010 08:45:27 PM 632 Views
Fair enough. - 25/04/2010 08:48:53 PM 679 Views
Day 2 of Book 1: Up to page 250 or so. - 27/04/2010 10:43:34 PM 576 Views
Re: Book One: Finished - 02/05/2010 12:42:46 PM 704 Views
About that flying below the radar of most readers... - 25/04/2010 05:10:40 PM 801 Views
That's a good point. - 25/04/2010 06:39:09 PM 679 Views
That's interesting. - 25/04/2010 08:27:40 PM 667 Views
Probably something like that. - 25/04/2010 08:38:42 PM 629 Views
That seems unlikely, she is American after all... - 25/04/2010 08:56:53 PM 588 Views
Nah, there has been something strange with her US publisher. - 25/04/2010 09:24:28 PM 594 Views
Ah, makes sense then. - 25/04/2010 09:34:27 PM 685 Views
Okay, I'll bite. - 26/04/2010 02:03:06 PM 685 Views
- 26/04/2010 06:10:19 PM 547 Views
Janny Wurts is great - 16/05/2010 06:48:43 PM 685 Views
Agree with pretty much everything you wrote here. *NM* - 18/05/2010 01:11:06 PM 295 Views
Book Two: The Ships of Merior. - 18/05/2010 01:13:43 PM 604 Views
Finished this today. - 21/05/2010 12:44:58 AM 624 Views
This doesn't have anything to do with the Ships of Merior, but... - 21/05/2010 01:36:54 AM 599 Views
Book 3: Warhost of Vastmark - 30/05/2010 02:23:31 PM 669 Views
Book 4: Fugitive Prince. (Or: Book 1 of the Alliance of the Light) - 07/06/2010 08:13:08 PM 707 Views
Hm. More. - 08/06/2010 03:16:53 PM 595 Views
Re: Hm. More. - 09/06/2010 09:39:06 AM 615 Views
Well, true. - 09/06/2010 09:40:55 AM 694 Views
Also: is it just me, or is Wurts really rubbish at writing about sex? - 24/06/2010 08:03:46 PM 611 Views
She writes about sex?? - 24/06/2010 10:50:20 PM 596 Views
Occasionally. - 24/06/2010 11:00:27 PM 672 Views
Re: Occasionally. - 26/06/2010 11:33:18 AM 608 Views
Re: Occasionally. - 27/06/2010 10:59:48 PM 704 Views
Book 6: Peril's Gate . (Book 3 of the Alliance of the Light) - 10/07/2010 01:00:23 AM 1112 Views

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