moorel@EGLIN-VAX (08/21/85)
From: moorel@EGLIN-VAX
In response to L S Chabot's post concerning Barry Hughart's _Bridge_of_Birds:
Although I'm not familiar with his works, I've found several books of the same
type of fantasy set in the Orient "that never was". The author's Jessica Amanda
Salmonson, and the books are the Tomoe Gozen trilogy and a new book, Ou_Lu_Khen
_and_the_Beautiful_Madwoman. The former are set in a mythical Japan, and
are the adventures of a female samurai warrior, Tomoe Gozen. The latter book is
set in an equally mythical China, and deals with the courtship of a holy mad-
woman by an ordinary man. Her writing style is elegant and intense, and her
characters are very well developed. If you enjoy this type of unusual fantasy
novel, give these books a try.
Lynne C. Moore (MOOREL@EGLIN-VAX.ARPA)polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard) (08/28/85)
On the lighter side, there's Ernest(?) Bramah's
KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT,
set in a pseudo-China.
--
Henry Polard (You bring the flames - I'll bring the marshmallows.)
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