tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post128020270734364517..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: A History of Epic Fantasy - Part 12Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-26007039684424801782015-09-28T09:58:04.575+00:002015-09-28T09:58:04.575+00:00What about Katharine Kerr? I started reading her ...What about Katharine Kerr? I started reading her Daggerspell series back in the 80s and it was refreshing to have a female lead character plus other women getting on with their lives (although I didn't see it like that at the time, looking back I'm sure that was one of the reasons that I loved the series so much). And UNLIKE certain other authors this lengthy and intertwined series actually wrapped up very satisfactorily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-31363618928643769532015-09-23T18:44:26.234+00:002015-09-23T18:44:26.234+00:00Mercedes Lackey should have gotten a mention. She ...Mercedes Lackey should have gotten a mention. She was initially a little later than this period (first publishing in 1987), but then I added Melanie Rawn (1988) so I should have put Lackey in as well. I might amend the article, actually, since it wouldn't work to put her in later and I haven't read her books, so could devote a whole article to her (although her huge sales and profile might warrant such).<br /><br />Marion Zimmer Bradley I struggled with, mainly because her most notable contribution to fantasy was more of a historical novel. But she probably warrants a mention.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-74826740040828496392015-09-22T20:59:11.533+00:002015-09-22T20:59:11.533+00:00You neglected to mention Marion Zimmer Bradley and...You neglected to mention Marion Zimmer Bradley and Mercedes Lackey, two huge female voices in the fantasy genre.Chris Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973510218830922850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-4219896330219867862015-09-21T21:04:23.160+00:002015-09-21T21:04:23.160+00:00Oh, that was the Empire trilogy. Wurts and Feist d...Oh, that was the Empire trilogy. Wurts and Feist drew on Chinese and Japanese politics for the feudal structure of the Tsurani Empire.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-3018505240010740962015-09-21T11:43:11.060+00:002015-09-21T11:43:11.060+00:00Hey Wert!
When I read the cliffhanger in your last...Hey Wert!<br />When I read the cliffhanger in your last post I was wondering which major female player wrote about "Chinese politics".<br /><br />Thinking of "oriental fantasy" none of the works that came to my mind would match with the necessary criteria:<br />- Lian Hearn's <i>Tales of the Otori</i> are too recent and set in Japan, not China<br />- The <i>Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox</i>, set in "an Ancient China That Never Was" was written by male author Barry Hughart<br />- Aliette de Bodard's <i>Xuya</i> universe stories are too recent and mostly SF<br />- <i>Imperial Lady</i> by Andre Norton & Susan Shwartz is not exactly a key work of epic fantasy<br />- Jessica Amanda Salmonson's <i>Ou Lu Khen & the Beautiful Madwoman</i>, though published in the mid-80s and set in China is even more obscure than Norton's and Shwartz's collaboration<br /><br />So, I still wonder which work you were referring to. Is it the Tsurani culture in Wurts' collaboration with Feist? But this isn't based on China, either, I think.<br />Or did you have <i>Earthsea</i> in mind? I guess not as it's neither focused on political machinations nor really based on China but -if I remember correctly- rather (vaguely) in Indonesia...Jenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623941508503788134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-20931230136978488732015-09-21T09:13:47.382+00:002015-09-21T09:13:47.382+00:00Great news on the expanded version, I'll be wa...Great news on the expanded version, I'll be waiting!MAurohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360712224447254495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-73027228397595061292015-09-20T14:45:39.721+00:002015-09-20T14:45:39.721+00:00Yeah, I don't think this quite worked out the ...Yeah, I don't think this quite worked out the way it should have done. It was mainly because the chronology reached the mid-1980s which was when the likes of Rawn and Wurts broke through, then I needed to go back to Kurtz because I'd missed her out first time around when she was actually pretty important, then I realised it had naturally come together as a female-oriented post. But maybe that wasn't a good enough reason to do it.<br /><br />The blog posts are very much a work-in-progress/draft so this structure won't be repeated in the final version. I'll include the female authors alongside the male ones as they appear.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-25461172394383322592015-09-20T03:08:42.513+00:002015-09-20T03:08:42.513+00:00Why stick all the women here? The narrative so far...Why stick all the women here? The narrative so far has seemed somewhat thematic but mostly chronological & heavily slanted towards men. You've got a number of women in this part that aren't really linked chronologically or thematically except that they happen to be women writing up to the time you've come to, it seems?Jonahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-22261755654904722392015-09-19T22:39:06.924+00:002015-09-19T22:39:06.924+00:00My understanding is that Melanie Rawn is writing t...My understanding is that Melanie Rawn is writing the third EXILES book right now, since she finished the GLASS THORNS series. Certainly that was the plan a year ago.<br /><br />As for a collection of the articles, yes, an expanded book version is now in the planning stages. I will release it either way, but my agent is actually shopping a (massively expanded) version to publishers. If none bite, I'll certainly e-book it.<br /><br />An expanded version is quite exciting. I'm thinking of adding a timeline, articles for many authors, more thematic elements. Of course it'll be better edited, as well.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-53969581826241004842015-09-19T20:39:46.878+00:002015-09-19T20:39:46.878+00:00Loving this series, Adam! Once you are finished, y...Loving this series, Adam! Once you are finished, you ought to consider putting all these Parts together and putting them on Amazon as an eBook.<br /><br />I think you're doing a great service, especially because there seem to be a lot of younger fans who don't know the history of the genre, and I think you need to know where you've been to understand where you currently stand.<br /><br />This was an especially important installment, reminding everyone of some important female writers who have been sadly overshadowed by their male counterparts. As the genre and its fandom continue to grow in diversity, hopefully the authors you mentioned here will be remembered and mentioned more often.ThoreausGhostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-59268968754716658642015-09-19T19:49:39.096+00:002015-09-19T19:49:39.096+00:00What's up with the Exiles Trilogy? Is it going...What's up with the Exiles Trilogy? Is it going to be written? Why hasn't it been finished yet considering all the books she's written since the last one?<br /><br />I just read a little bit about it and it sounds awesome, but I'm not going to pick up the first book until I know it'll get finished.Silenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07993032553304002056noreply@blogger.com