Fionavar Tapestry to be developed for t.v.

[Kivrin]

Okay, this is really early, but it looks like this project is going forward. Very cool!

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[Haaze]

I'm glad that realms beyond the Middle Earth are being pursued....

[Saul the Heir of Isauldur]

@Haaze Agreed. So much fantasy, why focus on just one? Even if that one is great. The worst they could do is oversaturate media with Middle-Earth and ruin a perfectly good classic.

[Silvana]

Yay. I just bought The Summer Tree :)

[Kivrin]

Don't give up after the first book. The trilogy gets better as it goes along.

[Silvana]

Noted! I have always wanted to read his books.

[Saul the Heir of Isauldur]

@Silvana Likewise! I have what I call the "Guy Gavriel Kay Curse," where I've only gotten to page 100 or so of every book of his I've started. But now that it's going to be adapted, I HAVE to finish Fionavar.

[Silvana]

I read somewhere that one should start the Kay journey with Tigana. Is it correct? The book price has never been affordable so I picked up The Summer Tree instead (which is currently $2.99, btw)

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Silvana wrote: "I read somewhere that one should start the Kay journey with Tigana. Is it correct? The book price has never been affordable so I picked up The Summer Tree instead (which is currently $2.99, btw)"

I don't know about staring, but Tigana is a self-contained stand-alone novel, I really liked its premise, but got bored with the storytelling.

[NekroRider]

Ooohh now this is exciting news! Finally some on screen fantasy news to get hyped up for :D

Silvana wrote: "I read somewhere that one should start the Kay journey with Tigana. Is it correct? The book price has never been affordable so I picked up The Summer Tree instead (which is currently $2.99, btw)"

Well Tigana is his best, imo, but you could start anywhere with his stuff (and you could definitely read Fionavar Tapestry before Tigana). Though you'd want it to be the first published within that particular world. He has a few different series and related stand alones, but they're all pretty separate from one another (beyond specific series/those that take place in specific worlds). But I'd read them in order of publication and then by world.

Edited to clarify.

[Robin P]

Actually the trilogy is my least favorite as it is to me an imitation of Tolkien. I think Kay considers himself a disciple of Tolkien. However, I could see it would be popular on TV because modern young people from our society go into another world (kind of like the show of The Magicians).

The trilogy has the same flaw for me as most of Tolkien, Star Wars, etc., where the bad guys say "I am bad, come over to the dark side with me." The way it works powerfully is that the bad guy says "I am the real good side, those other people are not", and then the hero has a real choice. Kay's later books are much more sophisticated in that way, plus I love how he uses various historical eras but tweaks them with magic. The first one I read was A Song for Arbonne, because the blurb said it was for fans of The Three Musketeers, The Mists of Avalon and I think Lord of the Rings. Those are some of my all-time favorite books and I was hooked on GG Kay from then on.

[Silvana]

NekroRider wrote: "Ooohh now this is exciting news! Finally some on screen fantasy news to get hyped up for :D

Silvana wrote: "I read somewhere that one should start the Kay journey with Tigana. Is it correct? The b..."

thanks for the explanation.