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I went to a talk today by Robin Hobb (alias Megan Lindholm, alias whatever her real name is if it isn't Megan Lindholm), largely in the hopes that I would be miraculously introduced to [livejournal.com profile] rivendellrose, which, since my arguable-at-best extraversion did not extend to buttonholing strangers and asking them if they were named Jen, or possibly Rosalind, did not occur. The talk itself was mildly interesting, though it served largely to remind me that I know perfectly well how to become a published writer, and know just as well that I'm not going to make any serious attempt to do so, since my ambitions feature various perks such as a reliable salary and academic conferences in foreign climes. I did finish a green wool hat for [livejournal.com profile] nobu, and start another, which will be larger and therefore hopefully feltable.

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Date: 2004-04-19 09:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sildra.livejournal.com
Robin Hobb (alias Megan Lindholm, alias whatever her real name is if it isn't Megan Lindholm)

Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden. She doesn't put her real name in her books at all (I had to look it up on on the internet), although the (fairly new) book of hers that I happen to have on hand does list both pseudonyms in the "About the Author" section, which seems a little bit odd... I'll have to check and see if her older books do that.

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Date: 2004-04-19 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sildra.livejournal.com
I haven't read any of the Lindholm stuff--it's all out of print in America, and thus rather hard to find--but I've heard it's rather less epic. Most of it is stand alone novels. I do read epic fantasy, although the epic-ness of it bothers me sometimes, and Robin Hobb is definitely my favorite epic fantasy writer. THis is partly because her books tend to be character driven, and partly because her books are considerably less epic than most epic fantasy, despite sometimes being as long (although she does confine them to trilogies, which fewer and fewer authors seem to be doing these days).

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Date: 2004-04-20 12:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aelfgyfu.livejournal.com
I have a tendency to be more likely to pick up a book that is book something in such and such series, just because it insures more books to come so my reading is not limited to a mere two hours. The most frustrating thing in the world to me is reading something, wanting more, and not being able to get it. Hmm. I guess I am quantity over quality. Oh well. :-)

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Date: 2004-04-19 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeotheseas.livejournal.com
Oh man--I love Robin Hobb! (I think I've mentioned this before...)

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Date: 2004-04-20 10:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aelfgyfu.livejournal.com
I am a fan of the Liveship books. I think I either own them all or my dad and I together own them. Never got into the Fool and Assassin ones as much. Maybe I should re-try them though - it probably depended on the mood I was in when I read them.

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