Reading

[msagara]

The new Guy Gavriel Kay novel -- the ARC, at any rate -- arrived yesterday.

Ysabel is a contemporary fantasy set in Provence, and I loved it. I will say nothing more about it then that, except this: I recognized two names, when I had hit page 366, which made me smack the wall -- with my head -- in order to better align the remaining fragments of what might be called intelligence. For me, the book would have read differently* to that point had I actually, you know, caught the obvious when it was introduced. I love it when reading reminds me that I'm stupid.

* in this case, different = better, but betterly is not a word

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

-flings self in a pit and kicks feet enviously-! New GGK! Squee! When does the rest of the world get it?

[msagara.livejournal.com]

The pub date listed on the ARC is February 6, 2007, with a tentative (US) price of 24.95. This is for the US edition. There's usuallly a separate Canadian and UK edition as well, but in general they've all been published at the same time (give or take a day or two), so ... soonish.

[nanne.livejournal.com]

me == green with envy.

When is it supposed to hit bookstores? In a year or so?

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

Ooooh.

What's been your favorite Kay novel, so far?

[msagara.livejournal.com]

What's been your favorite Kay novel, so far?

This one is a hard one, because I liked them all to a greater or lesser degree. I think I would have to go with Song for Arbonne, because I think it's a structurally perfect book. But I also loved Tigana and Lions and the Fionavar Tapestry.

This book takes place in the here-and-now, and for that reason, it starts sooner. By which I mean that there is always a point in a Kay novel at which the narrative suddenly clicks for me, at which the book suddenly wounds me, and from that moment on, I can't put it down. Song for Arbonne didn't click for me until page 125ish, but I tend to read Kay with the certainty that everything I've read so far has meaning, even if it doesn't drag me kicking and screaming into the Story.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I've got to re-read SONG, apparently. It didn't especially work for me, but other people loved it so much that I wonder if I just missed something in it, possibly due to my age when I read it.

TIGANA, OTOH...man. I love that book beyond reason. My husband says it's my favorite book. He might well be right. :)

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

*throws envy tantrum*

Ooooh, Kay, sent in Provence. *covets*

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

set in Provence.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

By coincidence, I started re-reading A Song for Arbonne this morning.

Words cannot contain my envy re Ysabel (although, you know, I'd be just as asquee at the prospect of a preview of House War...*g*).

[mistri.livejournal.com]

For some reason Song just didn't work for me - it never fully grabbed me. Lions (especially) and Tigana, on the other hand, will forever be at the top of my favourite fantasy list.

[keilexandra]

I loved all of GGK's books, but especially the Sarantine Mosaic set - Lord of Emperors is my all-time favorite book.

[msagara.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen "asquee" before -- it works for me, though.

I promise a preview of HOUSE WAR when the editor says the revisions don't suck *wry g*. I kind of found the ending of that book very traumatizing, so the objectivity quotient for that one is particularly low.

[msagara.livejournal.com]

I adored that one as well -- I can't believe I forgot to mention it!

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't think I've seen "asquee" before, either. But, somehow it works, I think.

A preview of HOUSE WAR will be fantastic and extremely welcome, although if you're traumatised by the ending...Be afraid, be very afraid. *g* Won't stop me devouring it with glee, though.

house war and asquee

[(Anonymous)]

asquee does work and am more than willing to be test case for house war(1-10) asquee points?