Book 30 Discussion

Sword-dancer

(https://www.goodreads.com/cs/book/show/127645)

Author: Jennifer Roberson

Theme: Swordplay (ie. RPG related, swashbucklers, a good duel, anything you can see Errol Flynn doing.)

Votes: 3

Places to get the book: Amazon Audible

Overall Club Book Summary:

It was better than Ringworld in being less sexist.

"Women are so emotional... I learned that from this book!"

"Didn't realize [the sexism] went on as long as it did"

"Oh the cover!"

"At that time many covers didn't match the books"

Member banter:

AW: I enjoyed this book (Sword-dancer by Jennifer Roberson) much more than one of the alternatives (The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie) which was an entire book of exposition for a long series that I won't continue

DC: Strong recommend for "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik (old stories of Europe retold, eastern European fable stories, taken interesting pieces of and retold)

AR: Second to the recommendation for "Uprooted". It is what happens when a Druid and a Wizard try to compare notes

AW: If you want to get sucked into a series for the characters, and are willing to go over the same ground a few times, read David (and Leigh) Eddings

AW: Suggested reads Belgariad / Mallorean (5 each books in the series) by David Eddings Elenium / Tamuli (3 each books in the series) by David Eddings

MB: Suggestion for next book https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52185082

DM: There’s some interesting looking lists at the end that might make good categories. https://shepherd.com/best-books/sci-fi-where-food-plays-a-defining-role

Media mentioned and/or suggested:

Pawn of Prophecy (Belgariad) by David Eddings (Author): Goodreads Amazon

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36896898-spinning-silver)

The Saga of Recluce Novel series by L. E. Modesitt Jr (https://www.goodreads.com/series/41825-the-saga-of-recluce)

Movie: Falling Down with Michael Douglas (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/)

Author to follow: Naomi Novik