Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > The last time this came up, I mentioned that I first heard about > Brust from the folks at rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan . > Which Hobb book did you read? Her Farseer and Liveship > trilogies are noticably different in tone and viewpoint. I read a Liveship book after reading this review from a web page of my brother's: http://www.science-fiction-review.com/ship%20_of_magic.htm