lah@ucbmiro.Berkeley.EDU (10/22/85)
From: lah@ucbmiro.Berkeley.EDU (Commander RYN Leigh Ann Hussey) Ok, since nobody's contradicted it yet, I will. DeLint's first book was *not* HARP OF THE GREY ROSE, though the two stories are rather alike (minor SPOILER WARNING): Protagonist lives in ordinary generic Britishy village, events conspire to plunge protagonist into GREAT ADVENTURES, where s/he meets strange allies, discovers s/he has mysterious latent powers, and there is a battle with unspeakable evil. Despite the sardonic tone of that last, his stuff is VERY GOOD. Bibliography follows: [miscellaneous stuff published by his own press, Triskell, including the first of the Grey Rose stories] "The Fane of the Grey Rose", SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS IV (A. Offutt, ed.) Zebra, 1979 THE RIDDLE OF THE WREN (Ace, 6/84) [This is the first book] MOONHEART (Ace, 10/84) [My personal favourite] THE HARP OF THE GREY ROSE (Donning/Starblaze, 3/85) [Horrible edition, good book. Why must Donning persist in covering their books with processed orange peel?] MULENGRO: A ROMANY TALE (Ace, 10/85) [Would be his best, but for much violence -- he makes it unfortunately necessary to the atmosphere. Very suspenseful; couldn't put it down.] I think he's great stuff. His writing style gets better, tighter, cleaner all the time, though he persists in starting slowly. Can't wait for more! Leigh Ann