Ptolemy
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A.A. Attanasio:
Hi! I'm new to Goodreads, but you're one of my favorite authors! The Dragon and the Unicorn is one of my favorite books ever and I can't wait to finish the series (I'm getting The Wolf and the Crown for Christmas). I was wondering what your favorite book is? Also, if there was one book I would recommend to you (you don't actually have to read it), it would be The Mask of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer.
A.A. Attanasio
I'm heartened to know you enjoyed my take on King Arthur's parents. >The Dragon and the Unicorn< was my first foray into Roman Britain, a bygone realm of pastoral beauty that we still remember in our nursery rhymes.
>The Mask of the Sorcerer< meets us in an astutely observed fantasy domain with such vivid mythic contours (including an underworld journey!) that my memory of it remains lucid though I read it last century.
My favorite book? After a lifetime (I'm 73), I'm still enthralled with a collection of short stories I first encountered as a young teen, Lord Dunsany's >The Gods of Pegāna.< If it's unfamiliar, you can find it online at Project Gutenberg. Every time I crack open that book, the peculiar charm of those otherworldly tales enfolds me like a narcotic dream.
>The Mask of the Sorcerer< meets us in an astutely observed fantasy domain with such vivid mythic contours (including an underworld journey!) that my memory of it remains lucid though I read it last century.
My favorite book? After a lifetime (I'm 73), I'm still enthralled with a collection of short stories I first encountered as a young teen, Lord Dunsany's >The Gods of Pegāna.< If it's unfamiliar, you can find it online at Project Gutenberg. Every time I crack open that book, the peculiar charm of those otherworldly tales enfolds me like a narcotic dream.
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Asra Nolan
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A.A. Attanasio:
Hi stupid question about The Last Legends of Earth did it come out in hard back with a cover of an infinity symbol? I ask because I remember reading it as a large book (I have a horrible memory on some things) with that cover and starting with her being loaded into the machine. By the way loved the book and why was it taken off of Amazon for Kindle??
Brian Kehler
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A.A. Attanasio:
I truly enjoyed your work as a teenager back in the 1990's. They were hugely influential to how I see the world: ecstatically and with intentional wonder. I remember feeling about ten years ago that you seemed to have fallen off the SF/F proverbial "map." Is there another "great work" in the offing, like the Radix books? Or have you moved on to other ambitions? Either way, a thousand thanks for your stellar work!
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