mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) (03/19/86)
In article <294@hyper.UUCP> mark@hyper.UUCP writes: >Here, however, are some real authors who write fantasy: > John Myers Myers, "Silverlock" - light but deep - **** > Charles de Lint, "Moonheart", others - magic in modern day Canada > ? Macavoy, "Tea w/ the Black Dragon" - *** > name??arg!, "Dragon Bane", the Dark series, "Ladies of Madrygan" -*** THe last is Barbara Hambly, who is also Barbara Mertz (sp?) and at least one other name. Also, it's R. A. McAvoy. MZB's "Lythande" stories are clearly fantasy, but unfortunately there's no print object which collects all of them together, and they still appear variously in Thieve's World books and in F&SF. Darkover is not nearly so well-written, and as a series has gone on a bit too long, in my opinion. Robin McKinley is another name I should mention. I happen to have _The Door in the Hedge_, which is all fairy stories; I know there are others as well. I've never been entirely convinced by John Myers Myers. I find I like the older stuff better. _The Moon's Fire-eating Daughter_ I found to be beyond suffering through; the Ultimate Plan which Drives Everything is obvious from Page 1, but it reads rather like _Creatures of Light and Darkness_ as rewritten by Spider Robinson and James Joyce in collaberation. C. Wingate