jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (Diaz) (06/18/85)
Tanith Lee is a British writer who leans to sword/sorcery and fantasy (excellent writing, I might add.) However, about a year ago, I acquired a copy of her book THE SILVER METAL LOVER, and loved it. I have seen lists of titles by her that might be in the same genre (ie, not s/s); in particular, DON'T BITE THE SUN, and SAPPHIRE WINE. I haven't been able to find them! Has anyone read them? How were they? Jean Marie Diaz "Never play leapfrog with an unicorn."
stever@cit-vlsi (07/09/85)
From: stever@cit-vlsi (Steve Rabin ) "Don't Bite the Sun" and its sequel "Drinking Sapphire Wine" form the best science fiction love story I've ever read. Actually this is also the only science fiction love story I've read. Lee also has a gothic SF novel - "Lycanthia". It is a sequel to the farcical "Anna Medea" in her latest anthology, "The Gorgon". My reaction to "The Gorgon" was mixed. This collection has two of Lee's best short stories (Meow & Sirriamnis), but it also has many stories which I found rather slow and boring, and several with a bad pun for a title. Also, I had read Sirriamnis before, in "Unsilent Night". Of all Tanith Lee's books, my favorite is "To Kill the Dead", which happens to be a ghost story. One image that blows me away is the brash male hero/villain/thief at the door with the roto-rooter/well rope/spell and the withdrawn female protagonist behind the window shades hoping he will go away soon. Some of these books are very sexually emotive. Lee also plays games with my concept of "parent". -s
jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR) (07/09/85)
> "Don't Bite the Sun" and its sequel "Drinking Sapphire Wine" > form the best science fiction love story I've ever read. > Actually this is also the only science fiction love story > I've read. I have THE SILVER METAL LOVER by Lee, which I consider the best SF love story........... ;-} However, I tried to order DON'T BITE THE SUN and DRINKING SAPPHIRE WINE a day or two ago, and my friendly local bookstore has never heard of it! Help! Is it out of print? > Lee also has a gothic SF novel - "Lycanthia". It is a sequel > to the farcical "Anna Medea" in her latest anthology, "The Gorgon". Are you sure? I read LYCANTHIA a while back, and I just bought THE GORGON. I don't remember any similarities between the novel and any of the short stories. Actually, a lot of her work is in the style of LYCANTHIA. As I think I've pointed out before, she is primarily a sword/sorcery writer. Try her first novel, BIRTHGRAVE. -- AMBAR {the known universe}!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand "You shouldn't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance."
friedman@h-sc1.UUCP (dawn friedman) (07/10/85)
> From: stever@cit-vlsi (Steve Rabin ) > > "Don't Bite the Sun" and its sequel "Drinking Sapphire Wine" > form the best science fiction love story I've ever read. > Actually this is also the only science fiction love story > I've read. > > Some of these books are very sexually emotive. Lee also plays games > with my concept of "parent". > > -s She does have some rather strange ideas, including a rather heavy- handed insistence on male-female polarity. And have you noticed her brother-and-sister villains? Maybe not -- but see "Day by Night" and "The Silver Metal Lover". The latter is not a bad love story at all; and a friend once told me that the mother-daughter relationship in it should tell me something ( --)). More on sexuality in SF, or is that too dangerous for a relatively mild-mannered newsgroup? dsf (Shacharah -- of course!) -