jj@alice.UUCP (11/06/85)
I cannot avoid commenting on the reccommendation for the Saberhagen "N'th Book of Swords" (1<=N<=3). They are followups to another, very good book called "Empire of the East". The premise of the book is very SF (not Fantasy) even though the book reads as a good Fantasy. (I will say no more, I don't believe in major spoilers.) Along the same lines, "Heiro's Journey" and "The Unforsaken Heiro" by Sterling Lanier are also "man in the rubble" books that aren't quite so glooooooomy and hopeless as most of the genre. Both sets of books hold to the premise that man's beliefs and actions DO matter, and that chaos, while rampant, is not necessarily king. -- TEDDY BEARS ARE SHY, SAVE A POWDERMILK BISCUIT FOR THEM. "When Eddie said he didn't like his Teddy, you knew he was a no good kid!" (ihnp4;allegra;research)!alice!jj