tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2962382790731079664..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Another world, another time, in the Age of Wonder...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2420072426249561802010-12-19T07:32:42.830-05:002010-12-19T07:32:42.830-05:00Random book suggestions, none of which precicely f...Random book suggestions, none of which precicely fit your criteria, but are close, or in one case, covers something nobody else covers.<br /><br />The Way of Wyrd - Brian Bates<br />Christian priest becomes the apprentice to a celtic sorceror, I don't recall timeframe, late roman I think. Kind of an odd one, but interesting.<br /><br />The Great Thirst - Willam R Duggan<br />A greatly enjoyable read about south africa during the boer war era, seen from the eyes of an african tribesman.<br /><br />Wolf of the Plains - Conn Iggulden<br />Probably the most mainstream on this list, about Genghis Khan, first in a series... absolutely riveting read, I went through the rather thick book(700ish pages) in a single sitting, about 6 hours or so.Mikaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894602732468692375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44540405389501093862010-12-19T01:14:45.525-05:002010-12-19T01:14:45.525-05:00New Jovian Thunderbolt,
I will see your Clan of t...New Jovian Thunderbolt,<br /><br />I will see your Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel), and raise you one Valley of Horses - which I enjoyed best of all of them (I quit with Shelters of Stone, just in case she kept dragging . . um, . . writing more in the sequence.<br /><br />Wasn't it Gear that wrote the prehistory counterpart in North America?<br /><br />Tam,<br /><br />I know, I have mentioned Leo Frankowski before, and 12th century Poland isn't anything like pre-bronze age. Kind of a takeoff on a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Twain) - is Frankowski's Cross Time Engineer and the following novels. A guy with a backpack of seeds brings on the industrial revolution a few centuries early, complete with bunny clubs (Pink Dragons).<br /><br />Now, if you will excuse me, I am in the middle of re-reading Patricia Brigg's Moon Called. <br /><br />Enjoy!Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67289578130432806062010-12-19T00:49:13.639-05:002010-12-19T00:49:13.639-05:00You could try S M Stirlings "Island in the Se...You could try S M Stirlings "Island in the Sea of Time". First of 3 where the Island of Nantucket and the USCG training ship Eagle go back to the time of Odysseus...Bob Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12808146608622646422010-12-18T22:40:01.737-05:002010-12-18T22:40:01.737-05:00Might not be quite the period you're looking f...Might not be quite the period you're looking for, but here's a good time to suggest 'Lord of the Silver Bow' by the late David Gemmell. Well done trojan story (first of 3 or 4 - he died in the process of writing the last one). Highly recommended. <br /><br />Another good historical series, 'the Oathsworn' viking/Rus novels, first one is 'The Whale Road.' Robert Low.<br /><br />Finally, The Latro books by Gene Wolfe. Premise is a Latin soldier gets wounded at 'the Hot Gates' and cursed by a Greek Goddess, he loses his memory every day so he writes everything important on a scroll daily - we piece his life together from the scroll. Latro in the Mist + Soldier of Sidon. Highest recommendation, there's really nothing like these.Carl Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844035161507270432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85316321376514945822010-12-18T15:24:28.335-05:002010-12-18T15:24:28.335-05:00How about a story about the time when the First Ca...How about a story about the time when the First Cat walked into an Egyptian farming village and announced "Things are going to be a bit different around here from now on"?<br /><br />And then dropped his butt on the ground, stuck a back leg straight up in the air so he could lick his privates, simply because he could.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35422666097348803042010-12-18T15:18:55.130-05:002010-12-18T15:18:55.130-05:00Take a look at Sam Barone.
I picked up no. two in...Take a look at Sam Barone.<br /><br />I picked up no. two in his three book series set in 2500bc mesopotamia.<br /><br />Was a good and fast read, I plane on eventually getting the other two.GuardDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622236339096746029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42120331508096917312010-12-18T14:28:52.180-05:002010-12-18T14:28:52.180-05:00Have you read Andre Norton's Time Traders?Have you read Andre Norton's Time Traders?TheAxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328271483659507053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60825920818804643472010-12-18T13:14:03.640-05:002010-12-18T13:14:03.640-05:00Another world, another time, this land was green a...Another world, another time, this land was green and good until the crystal cracked.ExUrbanKevinhttp://www.exurbanleague.com/misfiresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72991739454542698022010-12-18T10:54:13.112-05:002010-12-18T10:54:13.112-05:00Robb, roland,
My work here is done. :DRobb, roland,<br /><br />My work here is done. :DTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59359160761549766782010-12-18T10:48:36.291-05:002010-12-18T10:48:36.291-05:00yeah, what Robb said.yeah, what Robb said.rolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24550208493903677832010-12-18T10:09:04.339-05:002010-12-18T10:09:04.339-05:00Great... Now I have this stuck in my head.
THANKS...Great... Now I have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rpVnP7sMKo" rel="nofollow">this stuck in my head</a>.<br /><br />THANKS.Robb Allenhttp://blog.robballen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61042662341842920522010-12-18T09:40:43.964-05:002010-12-18T09:40:43.964-05:00At least you can use the information you gather be...At least you can use the information you gather being a history geek to have a conversation with..... someone. <br /><br />Imagine having that space in your head stuffed with the mathematics of N dimensional geometers as it pertains to the movement of objects in virtual space. Only six people on earth understand it, and they ain't speaking to one another. The geeker you go, the lonlier it is.oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83307888805935200392010-12-18T09:34:06.148-05:002010-12-18T09:34:06.148-05:00Clan of the Cave Bear doesn't count for Dawn o...<i>Clan of the Cave Bear</i> doesn't count for Dawn of Civilization fiction does it? I'll sit back down now.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23649362316973691932010-12-18T09:33:16.016-05:002010-12-18T09:33:16.016-05:00There's always Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died...There's always <i>Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died,</i> by Harry Harrison and Leon Stover, but I wasn't particularly impressed by it.<br /><br />I haven't worked my way back that far, though: I have just gotten to where I like classical-period and later Bronze Age historical fiction (<i>Gates of Fire, The Imperial Governor, Eagle in the Snow</i>).Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31852239452569593342010-12-18T08:40:24.119-05:002010-12-18T08:40:24.119-05:00Sigh, Borepatch beat me with another suggestion. I...Sigh, Borepatch beat me with another suggestion. I was coming to suggest "The Source". It's "episodic", so characters are only important for their episodes, which don't really interact, so it feels like a book of novellas rather than a normal Michener novel.jetfxr69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26141720150985846542010-12-18T08:24:29.052-05:002010-12-18T08:24:29.052-05:00I haven't run across any with good characters....I haven't run across any with good characters. Both Mitchner's "The Source" and Rutherfurd's "Sarum" don't dwell on long on the old times, which might be good because neither can really make good characters.<br /><br />Then again, I find I read a lot less fiction these days. I may try your suggestion, though - it might be a lot more up my ally.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.com