![]() I liked that we also get to read Phelan’s thesis, as well but then, I’m always a fan of texts-within-texts like that (see also: my love of the various texts mentioned in The Lord of the Rings).Īs for McKillip’s writing, I found it a bit less dense and dreamlike than usual, and I’m not sure if that’s because I’m used to it now or because it’s genuinely more comprehensible. The twin narratives mostly work for me you slowly realise what the linkages are. ![]() ![]() Archaeologist Jonah Cle, Phelan's father, is also hunting through time, piecing history together from forgotten trinkets. The Bell at Sealey Head (2008) The Bards of Bone Plain (2010) Kingfisher (2016). It’s nice to have a fantasy setting where there’s industry, where there are essentially grad students (trainee bards) and archaeologists (the princess and her team) and that sense of a past, present and future - some fantasy worlds neglect one of the three. McKillip 3.95 2,565 ratings332 reviews Scholar Phelan Cle is researching Bone Plain-which has been studied for the last 500 years, though no one has been able to locate it as a real place. Translation: Der Zaubergrtner German (2006) as by Patricia McKillip. It took me a little while to get the hang of how this world works: there’s cars and trams, but also ancient magic, a bit closer to the surface than it is for us. I love McKillip’s work, now that I’ve got into it I actually found it a bit difficult to pick which of her books to read last night, and ultimately just went with Lynn‘s recommendation. ![]()
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