[nesfa-reading-group] NESFA Reading Group

[tracy at windweaver.com]

Oh wonderful! That will bring me back to the group. (I'm very selective 
about the books I read). One of the other sci fi/fantasy meetups read 
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld earlier in the year, when I read it for the 
first time. McKillip is a very lyrical fantasy writer, and has a light 
touch.
I'm so glad you chose this book.
Tracy

On 2024-07-05 20:46, Wesley Brodsky wrote:
> The book for 04 October 2024 is:
> Patricia McKillip, "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld" (1974). One of the 
> first modern fantasies to completely ignore the heroic model of 
> everyone from Tolkien to Terry Brooks, without the grunge that some 
> writers think is obligatory these days; the main character is a 
> 3rd-generation wizard who lives quietly on a mountaintop, occasionally 
> using her research to call another unusual sentient animal to her as 
> her predecessors did. Then someone comes panting up the mountain in the 
> midst of lowland chaos to hand her a baby; some years later she gets 
> caught up in the results of that chaos and has to make difficult 
> choices.
> 
> Richard Schwartz is to propose 3 books for November 2024
> Gloria Lucia Albasi is to propose 3 books for December 2024
> 
> Wes Brodsky 
> "It is of the utmost importance that Concepts not trouble you with 
> silliness or complications, unless you are searching for really 
> difficult work."; Giordano Bruno (1582)
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