Outside of a Dog: Bull, Emma: Territory

TerryL

TerryL wrote on July 12, 2007 at 9:03 AM:

I am eagerly looking forward to this. I love secret histories and historical fiction/fantasy when it's done right.

I also recently read _Freedom & Necessity_ and loved it. I haven't read anything else by Ms. Bull, but I am beginning to assume that most of what I liked about the book were due to her since I have tried reading several of Mr. Brust's books and while they are ok, they didn't have the spark and style that I so enjoyed in _F&N_.

I wonder if some old friends might make a walk-on in _Territory_ or its sequel given their plans for residence at the end of _F&N_?

Kate

Kate wrote on July 12, 2007 at 9:45 AM:

TerryL: I'll be interested to hear what you think of Bull's solo novels. [*]

And your suggestion hadn't even occured to me! I didn't spot anyone but I wasn't looking, either.

[*] My favorite is _Finder_, which is urban fantasy; many people seem to like _War for the Oaks_, which ditto, better, but I think _Finder_ is a more polished work. OTOH _War_ has very good playing-in-a-rock-band bits.

The others are _Falcon_, which is peculiar SF that I really ought to re-read, and _Bone Dance_, which is post-apocalyptic fantasy with a really interesting narrator that I think is underrated.