Four of the books/authors you've recced belong to my most favourite books and authors too! *________* I didn't put the same books in my own list (which I've done and will post... shortly. Whatever that might mean ^^"), but that's more because - well, there are so many OTHER books that also had an influence on me. ^^"
But, yes! Dragonsong (and Dragonsinger, which I liked even better, because I loved the idea of the harper's guild), belong to my favourite Pern-novels. ^-^ Actually, as I grew older, I started to like those books even better than the dragonrider-focused books, because they depicted the life of ordinary people and not heroes. But since I read Dragonflight 33 times before my fifteenth birthday, I'm pretty sure that it tops the list of "books that they with you". ^^"
And I absolutely agree with you and Flange about Kel being awesome BECAUSE she's normal. &hearts Also, I absolutely love her no-nonsense approach to life with all those boys around her (and especially life with both Owen and Neal in it, who always did their best to get themselves into trouble by talking - one of my favourite scenes in the series is when Owen notices her boobs and asks her when she turned into a girl XD).
Actually, I think we definitely both love awesome women, because I absolutely LOVED "Monstrous Regiment" too! It's such an amazingly witty book and like a lot of PTerry's fiction it just feels real to me. I always imagine that country to be like one of those European states/areas that have been in wars for so long and that really has the kind of problem that the book's about. (Btw, have you read "Thud"? Even though it's different, it somehow hit me in a rather similar way to MR.)
And continuing with strong women, you have a novel by Ursula LeGuin on your list! *__________* I adore her as a writer and an awesome woman and I'm pretty sure that her "Left Hand Of Darkness" (my absolute favourite by her) did more to shape my view on sexuality than any other book ever did.
I don't really know most of the other books, except by hear-saying, but most of them sound really, really awesome too, so I might check them out some time. ^-^
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Date: 2009-06-11 09:40 pm (UTC)But, yes! Dragonsong (and Dragonsinger, which I liked even better, because I loved the idea of the harper's guild), belong to my favourite Pern-novels. ^-^ Actually, as I grew older, I started to like those books even better than the dragonrider-focused books, because they depicted the life of ordinary people and not heroes. But since I read Dragonflight 33 times before my fifteenth birthday, I'm pretty sure that it tops the list of "books that they with you". ^^"
And I absolutely agree with you and Flange about Kel being awesome BECAUSE she's normal. &hearts Also, I absolutely love her no-nonsense approach to life with all those boys around her (and especially life with both Owen and Neal in it, who always did their best to get themselves into trouble by talking - one of my favourite scenes in the series is when Owen notices her boobs and asks her when she turned into a girl XD).
Actually, I think we definitely both love awesome women, because I absolutely LOVED "Monstrous Regiment" too! It's such an amazingly witty book and like a lot of PTerry's fiction it just feels real to me. I always imagine that country to be like one of those European states/areas that have been in wars for so long and that really has the kind of problem that the book's about. (Btw, have you read "Thud"? Even though it's different, it somehow hit me in a rather similar way to MR.)
And continuing with strong women, you have a novel by Ursula LeGuin on your list! *__________* I adore her as a writer and an awesome woman and I'm pretty sure that her "Left Hand Of Darkness" (my absolute favourite by her) did more to shape my view on sexuality than any other book ever did.
I don't really know most of the other books, except by hear-saying, but most of them sound really, really awesome too, so I might check them out some time. ^-^