Tales from the Flat Earth Night's Daughter

by Tanith Lee

Hardcover, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

Nelson Doubleday, Inc. (1987), Edition: Book Club

User reviews

LibraryThing member ragwaine
I reviewed Night's Sorceries (the collection of short stories set in the Flat Earth world) separately and it got 4 stars. The review below is for "Delirium's Mistress" which I give 3 stars.

Many years ago, a friend of mine suggested the Flat Earth books from Tanith Lee. I immediately fell in love
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with the first three books and Tanith Lee became one of my favorite authors. I tried to collect everything she wrote. I'm kind of a slow reader and she was a fairly prolific writer, so I figured I'd never catch up. Then she died and it was sad, but there was hope that I might read everything she had written. BUT then I started not enjoying her writing. Most of the stuff I read from her now I either find extremely boring, or I love it. But none more than those original 3 Flat Earth books. I was really hoping that this 4th book would recapture the magic, but it fell short. The style was the same, but it seemed to drag and just wasn't as engaging.

Maybe it's me that has changed. I mean it has been probably 30 years since I read the original trilogy. Maybe I should go back and read them again, but I worry about ruining the memory of loving them.

NOTE: These books have nothing to do with QANON conspiracy theories. So if you got excited when you saw the words "Flat Earth", I suggest you go back to YouTube and do your "research" there.
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Original publication date

1987

Physical description

8.3 inches
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