BARD@MIT-XX.ARPA (07/02/85)
From: Bard Bloom <BARD@MIT-XX.ARPA> > 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? They were very good. (I can't help you find them; you certainly can't have _my_ copies.) The ``** spoiler warning **'' key on this terminal is broken, so I can't describe the plot. (The title of the second is _Drinking_Sapphire_Wine_, which may make it a bit easier to find.) It's about as much science fiction as _The_Silver_Metal_Lover_, or as her other sf books (_Sabella_, _Day_By_Night_ (?), _Electric_Forest_, and perhaps others I can't remember): light on the science (i.e., extremely advanced science, equivalent to domestic magic, but all in the background), heavy on things that certain of the flamers here would approve of: writing style, characterization, and so on. All of them are worth reading. Pax VAXque vobsicum Bard -------