jcp.jhu%UDel-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (07/24/83)
From: J.C. Patilla <jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay> I'd like to point out that the title of the second novel (the one which was taken exception to) is "Heir of Sea and Fire" (refering to Raederle), not "Heir of Land and Sea" as someone just wrote. The titles of the other two are "Riddle Master of Head" and "Harpist in the Wind". For an amusing non-sf treatment of a person named Deth/Death, see Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey novels (Peter Death Bredon Wimsey), especially "Murder Must Advertise". I was not entirely satisfied with the Riddle of Stars trilogy, especially the way everything was (or should have been) wrapped up in the end - it turned out to be very anticlimactic. But, I must say for McKillip, that she has managed to incorporate an awful lot of celtic mythology into her work and makes it work. Unfortunately, she left out the celtic humor that should have gone with it. j.c. patilla