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It was with these books that I started my trip to this genre and am now a fan and they are still amongst my favourites. Maybe it's because it's first love? Maybe it's because they're just really good. In these books we see this character, Cat, half-human, half-Psion. He is a thief, a drug addict, a nobody, that lives in the slumber of a complex society and who just struggles to survive. He doesn't know anything about his heritage, but his catlike eyes mark him as a half-breed. Troughout the standalone books we see him learn, fight, be used and abused, make bad and good decisions and we see in grow. And through his eyes we witness a violent and complex society, where profit is the main gold. Cat is a wonderfull human being, that keeps struggling to find his place in the world. This is a synopse of Psion (I don't want to put spoilers for the other two) "Cat, a street-hardened survivor, a half-human, half-alien orphan telepath, is arrested and given a choice: he can submit to training to develop his latent psychic abilities, or he can be shipped offworld as an indentured laborer. Although he doesn't really believe he could be anything special, Cat chooses to take part in the training, and is swiftly drawn into a world of interplanetary intrigue. Vinge once again shows she can write sweeping science fiction and give it a human element. This tough, gritty tale of an outsider whose only chance for redemption is as an undercover agent for an interstellar government that by turns punishes and helps him, is as fresh and powerful today as it was in 1982" http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780765303400-0

I saw the movie in theater while I was in the middle of reading the book. I was amazed at how well Tom Cuise interpreted Lestat. It was exactly as I was imagining him. Still, Interview isn't my favorite. I prefer Lestat and Queen of the Damned. I mean, she made me be in favor of canibalism while reading the book (!!), and that isn't small. And I'm not in favor of canibalism...usually! LOL Anyway, I also recommend the Mayfair Witches. I think it would make a good serie.

Ok, ok, I had to add a new post. I've finished reading Wizard's First Rule and in truth it has a great endending. The last chapters are amazing, so they leave you with a very good impression of the book. So, regardless of the first 3/4 of the book that didn't impress me, the last 1/4 makes me remember the book in a good light and say that I liked it.

yeah... but there's things not related, too. I wouldn't have put there, but it's not my call...

That's the book I'm reading!! To be honest, I expected it to be better. It seems this inspired the tv serie "Legend of the Seeker" and the first reviews of the show all were saying it was bad because the books were so amazing!... Well, I'm reading it, but I'm still not amazed. In fact, sometimes it's a little boring and has flaws. I hope it gets better, because I already bought the second one... And I hope Gookind stops making the Confessor Kahlan cry all the time, since she is suposed to be one of the strongest woman of that time.

I can't see why a guy wouldn't like them, but I'm not a guy. I truly believe these are a good reading for everyone. My first encounter with K. Armstrong was with "Haunted" and I was won by it. Too bad it wasn't the first book of the series, because it had spoilers for the previews books. I follow her books religiously, now, and have them all. She also writes a lot, which is great. I don't have to wait forever until a new book comes out.

I don't think so. I just checked his website and it may seem that way at first, because there is a fourth book - Across the Wall - in the Abhorsen section (The old kingdom section), but once we see what's it about... I don't understand why it's there at all. It says "Across the Wall brings together an eclectic mix of Garth Nix's writing spanning several years. etc, etc". So, it's just some novellas and stories compiled, not related to the Abhorsens.

I liked the trilogy. It was a very interesting world and I was quite captivated by Daemon Sadi and his family and that sick, twisted society he lived in. I especially liked the way Daemon, this scarred and cold man, a slave with immense power taht could not be unleashed without great cost and suffering, could find himself living his lost childhood with young Jaenelle. That was te part I enjoyed the most. Anne Bishop still continues to release other books in the "Realms of the Blood" and I admit I still buy them as soon as I see them, but they're never quite as good as those three. By this time she should have killed some important character already. In not doing so, it's becoming extremely predicable. I've also read "The world of the Fae" by Anne Bishop, and it was disappointing.

I didn't know he had a new book. I had such a good time reading Bartimaeus Trilogy that I, too, have high expectations for this next book. I don't know when I'm going to read it, but I'll keep an eye on it.

Sure, I've read them. I liked it a lot. I tought it was a pretty cool ideia, the bells and the different gates to the underworld. The Abhorsen could control them, but only at an extent, not entirely. There were rules to follow and they couldn't be altered. It's been a while since I read them, so the details are kind of fuzzy, but there were animals made of ancient magic, weren't there? The strories had a nice arc that ended well and was pleasently written.

Well, fantasy, that would have to be Juliet Marillier with the Sevenwaters Trilogy. But I also worship the series "The Snow Queen" and the "Cat series" by Joan D. Vinge. In fact, Cat is the best character ever! I've never read any books as much as I've read those.