The tree bit was in the first book, if memory serves...
Jacob Send a noteboard - 04/05/2010 01:47:33 PM
Which I agree was when we first see Kay's intent to craft an emotionally gripping story that just so happens to be a high fantasy. The tree scene was a powerful one, especially the montage of flashback scenes and the song that play around it.
The Fionavar Tapestry... wha-wh... what just happened?
- 04/05/2010 08:49:04 AM
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Surely you realized it was going to pack a punch when the whole tree thing started.
- 04/05/2010 10:26:17 AM
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The tree bit was in the first book, if memory serves...
- 04/05/2010 01:47:33 PM
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The tree seemed a bit stilted to me. Kay was still struggling with his writing there, I think.
- 04/05/2010 06:13:51 PM
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Melodrama is what happened. *spoilers*
- 04/05/2010 03:26:29 PM
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Which beautiful people?
- 04/05/2010 06:09:15 PM
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- 04/05/2010 06:09:15 PM
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It was really the whole Jennifer/Guinevere storyline that got heavy handed
- 04/05/2010 06:42:43 PM
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I've never read that trilogy
- 04/05/2010 04:29:35 PM
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You could get through them in an afternoon. They're quite small books.
- 04/05/2010 06:03:36 PM
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Weren't it great?
- 04/05/2010 04:45:12 PM
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I've never seen an author improve so visibly and rapidly.
- 04/05/2010 06:06:52 PM
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i loved that series. it was very impactful... glad you enjoyed it. *NM*
- 04/05/2010 05:15:32 PM
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I have never read a single GGK book, but
- 04/05/2010 05:18:53 PM
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I think you might enjoy some of his
- 04/05/2010 06:23:35 PM
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Yeah. I'd recommend people new to Kay start with his later works, which are good throughout. *NM*
- 04/05/2010 07:04:26 PM
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I couldn't get past the first part. I gave up on it withing 50 pages or so. Are you saying it gets
- 05/05/2010 12:05:42 AM
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It improves continually throughout the first book. Drastic improvement occurs in the second.
- 05/05/2010 03:14:56 AM
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it's been 15 years since I read this series...
- 05/05/2010 11:59:35 AM
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You missed the reference? Really? *mild spoilers for Ysabel & Fionavar*
- 05/05/2010 02:43:36 PM
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