I completely agree with you about the value of a book you have to work at but love anyway. And I never know, starting out, if a Jones book is going to be one of those or not. They are tricksy.
I have been to a lot of cons, though not primarily British ones; I wonder if the book works better, really, if you haven't? Not that Diana didn't know what they were like, just that having conflicting experiences might not be the best thing.
I'm delighted to hear that you have worn Tam Lin out temporarily. 8-) I wrote it to be reread.
I have indeed read The Perilous Gard. It was the other book everybody told me I must read if I was writing a Tam Lin novel. I had had some vague thoughts of setting mine in Elizabethan England, but the Pope book was one reason I decided not to.
Do you know about tamnonlinear's Tam Lin site? It's very comprehensive, and I'm pretty sure there's a discussion of The Perilous Gard on it.
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Date: 2011-03-31 02:53 am (UTC)I have been to a lot of cons, though not primarily British ones; I wonder if the book works better, really, if you haven't? Not that Diana didn't know what they were like, just that having conflicting experiences might not be the best thing.
I'm delighted to hear that you have worn Tam Lin out temporarily. 8-) I wrote it to be reread.
I have indeed read The Perilous Gard. It was the other book everybody told me I must read if I was writing a Tam Lin novel. I had had some vague thoughts of setting mine in Elizabethan England, but the Pope book was one reason I decided not to.
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