Re: Libram

[Robert Bannister <robban@xxxxxxxxx>]

mike.j.harvey@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


> I particularly dislike that kind of fantasy novel which has a glossary
> in the back. Maps turn me off too. Greg Benford is my kind of SF writer.

I do like maps. The fantasy novels that don't have them almost always 
cheat with their geography, which is not to say that those with maps 
don't too sometimes. I am amazed how many authors apparently confuse 
east and west.

What irritates me is all the apostrophes in the invented names, although 
pseudo-Celtic ones annoy me even more. Oh, and I nearly forgot: 
pronunciation guides. Katherine Kerr is a good example: in all her early 
novels she gives erroneous examples of the T/D contrast.

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Rob Bannister