The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip

Comments

[lampwick]

What reference shows that this is the same world as Riddle-Master of Hed? (Try as I might, I can't make this question sound less hostile, which is not at all what I intended. I never thought this was the same world, is what I mean to say.)

Like you, I loved the lyricism of this book. It was so far above what was published as fantasy in those years.

[heron61]

Wow, I've read all the nominee for that year's Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and they all deserved to win, although I think the Anderson might be the weakest (of an admittedly very impressive lot).

[(Anonymous)]

I found the dreamlike tone of McKillip's later books almost put me to sleep! I couldn't get past it.

-AwesomeAud

[pameladean]

This book basically made me a devoted reader of McKillip forever.

That said, my actual favorite part of this review is the description of Donaldson's mounting "a long-winded, two-fisted assault on the English language". I am still laughing.

P.

[ba_munronoe]

This one moves closer to the top of my to-read pile.

(Well, it's more of a ziggurat nowadays...)

[ethelmay]

I've always bounced off McKillip because of the names. They all look like misprints to me. I realize this is petty of me, but I can't seem to help it. Maybe I could handle them in audio?

[ejmam]

I remember reading this when it first came out and wisely observing how quaint it was that the older woman had a love story. Then I reread it as an actual adult and realized that the "old woman" was barely thirty (was she even thirty?) and perhaps my wisdom was not as profound as it seemed at the time.

A good book on both reads, though.

[viktor_haag]

Interesting how the figure on the cover looks remarkably like much of Emilia Clarke's look in that show everyone loves.

[mindstalk]

I read this today thanks to your review, and enjoyed it. I'd seen McKillip on the shelf since college, but never gotten around to reading her.