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CA I'm at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, in Orlando, where Guy Gavriel Kay delivered yesterday a very interesting Guest of Honor speech. I'm going to try to try to paraphrase it from memory and sketchy notes, but please bear in ...
Fri, Mar 20 | from Locus Online
Opinion: Guy Gavriel Kay - Beyond This Dark House
Guy Gavriel Kay is one of my favorite fantasy authors. He’s not just a writer, he’s a wordsmith, and his ability to stir deep emotion with one perfectly turned phrase is part of why I love his novels so much. So, I guess it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that his poetry shows the same careful craf...
Fri, Feb 27 | from Fyrefly's Book
The Vikings are coming
Canada The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay. Skillfully blending the mythology of the British Isles and Scandinavia, Kay creates an engrossing historical fantasy set during the reign of Alfred the Great. The lives of Alun ab Owyn, a Welsh prince, ...
Fri, Feb 27 | from Vernon Morning Star
A Song for Arbonne
Set in a world based on the times of troubadour in Provence, A Song for Arbonne stars a group of extraordinary characters who do extraordinary things. As in Tigana, much of the story is driven by men who cannot give up their fixations. Also, Fionavar is mentioned, and there’s a big battle at th...
Mon, Feb 9 | from writingeveryday (WordPress)
Tigana
Last year, when I read Ysabel, I remarked that Guy Gavriel Kay looked like the sort of writer I would like, and that largely turned out to be true. And now I’m noticing that I never got around to talking about his books that I do like. The first of his books to break away from Fionavar was Tigana.
Tue, Jan 6 | from writingeveryday (WordPress)
Opinion: A Post About Anachronism
I’m currently reading Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay. Kay is one of my favorite authors, and Ysabel may be his finest work yet. One aspect of the story that makes it so effective is the constant tension between ancient and modern, past and present. The story itself is an anachronism in its moder...
Mon, Oct 6 | from David B. Coe's Weblog
Review - The Lions of Al-Rassan
I expected to love The Lions of Al-Rassan. After all, it's Guy Gavriel Kay, and my mother wept for hours over the ending. I have to say I didn't cry, but I came close. I'm not sure I agree with the people who say this is his best book, but it's certainly a good one and I'm very likely to come back to it, a...
Mon, Sep 8 | from wilderthan (Livejournal)
Review - A Song For Arbonne
I'm aware that this book supposedly has connections to real history, but I read it as pure fantasy, and loved it as such. Guy Gavriel Kay is rapidly becoming one of my favourite fantasy writers. I love the way he can pack so much into just one book -- I felt as if as much was going on here as in the thr...
Sat, Aug 30 | from wilderthan (Livejournal)
Guy Gavriel Kay - Lord of Emperors
Genre: Fantasy The writing, though…. Oh, the writing! Kay’s a phenomenal writer, of fantasy and of literature and of fantastic literature, able to conjure mature, complex, multi-layered characters, intricate plots, and vivid environments with an elegance that’s difficult to descr...
Mon, Jun 2 | from http
Opinion: Guy Gavriel Kay - Sailing to Sarantium
Review: Sailing to Sarantium falls about in the middle of pack of Guy Gavriel Kay’s work that I’ve read so far, although I’m reserving final judgment until I read the sequel, Lord of Emperors. It’s clear that he’s setting up quite a lot of elements in the first book that are going to pay off lat...
Wed, May 7 | from http
Ysabel
I started reading Guy Gavriel Kay because I had the feeling I was supposed to like him. The Fionavar books looked like just the thing for my Tolkien-warped brain. Well, I hated Fionavar, only making it partway into the second book. It got better once he stopped playing insert-the-Simarillio...
Mon, Mar 10 | from http
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Darkest Road
Genre: Fantasy p. 84: “At the same time, the ambit of his authority - of anyone’s for that matter - seemed always to come to a sharp terminus at the point where Diarmuid’s own wishes began.” - a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope. 23. The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay (1987) The Fiona...
Mon, Feb 25 | from http
Book Thoughts - A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay (#10 of 2008)
I only discovered Guy Gavriel Kay last year. With each book I read, I become more and more impressed. Lyrical prose, complicated plots and a talent for picking fascinating cultures to base his novels on. He can make you smile and then break your heart in the same moment. Highest possible re...
Wed, Jan 16 | from http
A Ray of Light Amid Medieval Darkness
My conclusion is that in a more respected genre “The Last Light of the Sun“, and Guy Gavriel Kay, would receive more recognition for his storytelling talents. This story, along with his other works, is a great work of fantasy fiction. It is a definite read if you are a fan of dynamic, brilliant...
Tue, Oct 9 | from http
What I've been reading
I thoroughly enjoyed Ysabel. Not as much as The Lions of Al-Rassan or A Song for Arbonne, but certainly as much as The Last Light of the Sun. In fact, like the latter, it seemed somewhat simpler than Kay’s earlier work, possibly because both are told primarily from the perspective of adolesce...
Fri, Jun 15 | from 50 Book Challenge
Opinion: The Last Light of the Sun
by Guy Gavriel Kay. The latest pseudo-historical fantasy from the author of Tigana, A Song For Arbonne, The Lions of Al-Rassan, and the Sarantine Mosaic (Kate has nice reviews of these: Sailing to Sarantium and Lord of Emperors).Unfortunately, I have to agree with the first sentence of Mi...
Mon, May 10 | from Blogcritics
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