willard@spock.UUCP (Bill Brickman '88 ) (05/05/85)
Hall, Wallingford, CT.)
Well, thanx y'all ! I had to go and get all da info meself !
I hope someone out there in net will read this and actually try one of
Liz's books. They are right along the line of the Xanth novels, and both
Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffrey recommended the book (not to me of course)
to the entire public. (It's on the front cover.) I thought these books
were intertaining and not so super deep. Not that I don't like super
deepness...
Oh well... it looks like I'll have to write a ** SPOILER ** to get you
interested in her books. (For you in the audience who don't want a good
book ** SPOILED **, you better close your eyes now !)
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_T_h_e _H_a_r_e_m _o_f _A_m_a_n _A_k_b_a_r
This book takes place in the Far East. In ancient days... of magic
and Sinbad and djinns... y'all know what I'm talking about. A woman
named Rasa (the narrator) is chosen by Aman Akbar to be his wife. She is
whisked away from her barbarian world (Europe presumily) and placed in
the estate of Aman Akbar (by the Djinn he owns) She finds out through
stealth and cunning (She is a Barbarian, after all) that Aman has been
wife collecting and now has three- Rasa, Aster, and Amoilian. Then his
mother plagues him to marry his cousin who is in the "care" of our
villian The Emir. He , being a wife collector, decides that with the
help of his djinn, he will steal her away. In the process he gets turned
into an ass, which causes problems for his wifes, who must turn him back
into a husband they can control with their womanish wiles. Their
mother-in-law comes with them, causing their lives to be filled with
curses, lectures, and boredom. Until of course they find out that Aman's
enemy, The (boo hiss) Emir now has the bottle of the djinn. This causes
more magicial problems, as you would think. Along the way, they pick up
a headcloth of a saint which allows them to speak to animals (including
their husband), a quest for a lemon (for the disciple of that saint),
and a magic carpet (What mid-east legend would be without one ?). They
have to go though shape-changers, crocidiles, bitigers(two tigers in
one), and a very angry King (of age thirteen with 23 wives). They win
out in the end, as in all her books.
The other of her books are all in a series (unless some of you can
find somemore of her works):
Song of Sorcery - a hearth witch, a minstrel, and a unicorn go
on a search for the witch's half-sister in
a land of gypies, dragons, and iceworms.
The Unicorn Creed - The hearthwitch Maggie, her minstrel and her
unicorn go on a quest for information as to
why the unicorns are all dispearring
Bronwyn's Bane - The hearthwitch's half sister's daughter
goes on a quest to end the the curse put
on her at birth (to tell only lies)
and save a unmagiced land from death
The Christening Quest - (Not yet out) Bronwyn's baby, who she
promised to some magic merchants to stop her
curse, is about to be sent to them when
Bronwyn decides she wants to keep it. The quest
is for the babe (I guess ?).
Thanx for the attention,
Willard 'n' the rats