The first book was, like you said, basically fan fiction. But the last was on par with Lions of Al-Rassan.
Isn't part of the problem with the first book that bringing contemporary characters (okay, to the extent that one can still consider the eighties contemporary... ) into a fantasy setting always looks somewhat silly until they've adjusted? And it might certainly contribute to the "fan fiction" impression as well.
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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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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It was his first work, of course...
04/05/2010 06:13:17 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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