matt@absolut.UUCP (10/11/85)
Brief review: Hughart's _Princess_of_Birds_ is a real winner. It is a tongue in cheek fantasy, set in China. It's humour is broad in places and fine in others. The broad humor is tempered with a basic respect for the characters: these are distinct people, although not all exactly the sort you meet on the street every day. If you've tired of fantasies with badly concocted psuedo-Welsh names, musclebound superknightly heroes, and a cast of ersatz Nazghul and counterfeit Luke Skywalkers, here is an highly original work. matt "Gully Doyle is my name, and Terra is my nation ..." Matt Leo {ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!cfib, decvax!cca}!absolut!matt Absolut Software 617-232-8377 2001 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02146-4227