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Sparrowhawk, in case you answered me once before, I missed it... but this is a good thread to repeat the question. Are you named after Ged in Earthsea?
I've liked Robin Hobb's books (especially the Liveship Traders series, for the most charismatic pirate king Kennit), Jean Auel's Earth's Children series (for her amazing - at least apparent - accuracy on the prehistoric era), the Earthsea series and LeGuin's other scifi books. I just recently re-read Lathe of Heaven and it was a brilliant depiction of how having the means doesn't secure the end.
As for more realistic writing, I love Trotsky's My Life - An Attempt at an Autobiography. Fiction - Alexandre Dumas is quite interesting (The Three Musketeers, its sequels + other works on the French monarchy).
And for its pure entertainment (and endurance) value, I give you one name: Margit Sandemo. Some you who are from Norway, Sweden or Finland might know what I'm talking about.
I've liked Robin Hobb's books (especially the Liveship Traders series, for the most charismatic pirate king Kennit), Jean Auel's Earth's Children series (for her amazing - at least apparent - accuracy on the prehistoric era), the Earthsea series and LeGuin's other scifi books. I just recently re-read Lathe of Heaven and it was a brilliant depiction of how having the means doesn't secure the end.
As for more realistic writing, I love Trotsky's My Life - An Attempt at an Autobiography. Fiction - Alexandre Dumas is quite interesting (The Three Musketeers, its sequels + other works on the French monarchy).
And for its pure entertainment (and endurance) value, I give you one name: Margit Sandemo. Some you who are from Norway, Sweden or Finland might know what I'm talking about.
