On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > The recent comments on Mieville got me thinking.... > Which new author (first published in the last couple years) > do you think is most likely to become a great? > > I'm really impressed by Jo Walton (I already mentioned she's > one of the three names I buy in hardcover). Check your local > libraries for her King's Peace/King's Name duology (Arthurian > fantasy with a few twists). Her most recent _Prize in the > Game_ isn't a bad starting point either (gives the backstory > of a few characters before they show up in the other books; > well, half the backstory: she's still writing _Breaking the > Ward_). [That reminds me: I still haven't written my > discussion of the similarities between _Prize in the Game_ > and _Paths of the Dead_.] Have to agree with the Jo Walton. Other faves are Jacqueline Carey (author of _Kushiel's Dart_, _Kushiel's Chosen_, and the upcoming _Kushiel's Avatar) but only read those if masochism doesn't bother you. Also liked Karin Lowachee, _Warchild_. Good sci-fi. That's all that's coming to me right now... ****** NyteMuse "Call her life unnatural, feel her undead breath. Color her black for sorcery, color her gray for death." AIM: NyteMuse139 / ICQ: #21966269 (NyteMuse) MSN: NyteMuse / Yahoo!ID: NyteMuse http://www.crowfire.com