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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 1196 Views
Book One: The Curse of the Mistwraith. - 25/04/2010 10:22:03 AM 713 Views
Eh it didn't really capture my interest. Her prose is difficult to read - 25/04/2010 04:29:08 PM 648 Views
My brother found that initially but soon got used to it. - 25/04/2010 04:30:13 PM 689 Views
Re: My brother found that initially but soon got used to it. - 09/06/2010 09:29:56 AM 629 Views
- 09/06/2010 09:32:13 AM 736 Views
See, I like these books, but looking back at it, the first book seems... underdeveloped. - 25/04/2010 08:45:27 PM 701 Views
Fair enough. - 25/04/2010 08:48:53 PM 738 Views
Day 2 of Book 1: Up to page 250 or so. - 27/04/2010 10:43:34 PM 644 Views
Re: Book One: Finished - 02/05/2010 12:42:46 PM 738 Views
About that flying below the radar of most readers... - 25/04/2010 05:10:40 PM 867 Views
That's a good point. - 25/04/2010 06:39:09 PM 743 Views
That's interesting. - 25/04/2010 08:27:40 PM 734 Views
Probably something like that. - 25/04/2010 08:38:42 PM 690 Views
That seems unlikely, she is American after all... - 25/04/2010 08:56:53 PM 651 Views
Nah, there has been something strange with her US publisher. - 25/04/2010 09:24:28 PM 657 Views
Ah, makes sense then. - 25/04/2010 09:34:27 PM 743 Views
Okay, I'll bite. - 26/04/2010 02:03:06 PM 753 Views
- 26/04/2010 06:10:19 PM 609 Views
Janny Wurts is great - 16/05/2010 06:48:43 PM 750 Views
Agree with pretty much everything you wrote here. *NM* - 18/05/2010 01:11:06 PM 318 Views
Book Two: The Ships of Merior. - 18/05/2010 01:13:43 PM 663 Views
Finished this today. - 21/05/2010 12:44:58 AM 657 Views
This doesn't have anything to do with the Ships of Merior, but... - 21/05/2010 01:36:54 AM 658 Views
Book 3: Warhost of Vastmark - 30/05/2010 02:23:31 PM 724 Views
Book 4: Fugitive Prince. (Or: Book 1 of the Alliance of the Light) - 07/06/2010 08:13:08 PM 758 Views
Hm. More. - 08/06/2010 03:16:53 PM 657 Views
Re: Hm. More. - 09/06/2010 09:39:06 AM 676 Views
Well, true. - 09/06/2010 09:40:55 AM 758 Views
Also: is it just me, or is Wurts really rubbish at writing about sex? - 24/06/2010 08:03:46 PM 676 Views
She writes about sex?? - 24/06/2010 10:50:20 PM 659 Views
Occasionally. - 24/06/2010 11:00:27 PM 736 Views
Re: Occasionally. - 26/06/2010 11:33:18 AM 666 Views
Re: Occasionally. - 27/06/2010 10:59:48 PM 768 Views
Book 6: Peril's Gate . (Book 3 of the Alliance of the Light) - 10/07/2010 01:00:23 AM 1180 Views

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