Into the Green, Undead and Unpopular, Tea with the Black Dragon and To Ride a Rathorn

[samvara]

Into the Green by Charles de Lint. This is kinda tricky to talk about as I don't know how I feel. I say 'yes' to reading it and enjoyed it but am having my usual post de Lint moment where I am lost for words.

Undead and Unpopular by Maryjanice Davidson. Book five in the series and losing it's charm. Needs a new plot device. It's hard to read about stupid people.

Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy. I enjoyed it, but an older heroine who sits in zazen and a computer hacking component dates this story quite firmly. The finest character is Mayland, a dragon slowly losing himself as he struggles to come to terms with human philosphy and human love.

To Ride a Rathorn by P.C. Hodgell. I am so hooked, from the first page this incredible world has me filled with love. I adore the complex richness, the way they know the last of the earth tremors must be dying down because the catfish have started coming back down out of the mountains. I love the incredibly integrated slide between boundaries of animate and inanimate, living and dead. I love how the heroine is carrying incredible power and yet still remains accessible.

Comments

[strangedave.livejournal.com]

Tea is set in a particular time quite definitely. FWIW the computer stuff is quite accurate for the time. Though I would have thought zazen was less dated for those that take the practice seriously - not all Californians are slaves to spiritual fashion. There is a sequel, Twisting the Rope, with more Mayland.

The Damiano books are my favourite of hers, though I admit I haven't read much more recent books.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I've just found out the Damiano books also come in a convenient omnibus so I might finally purchase them.