Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!nsc!pyramid!pyrnj!topaz!SUTHERLAND From: SUTHERLAND@TL-20B.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Books by Robin McKinley Message-ID: <3911@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 16:13:48 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3911 Posted: Fri Oct 4 16:13:48 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 04:46:18 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 18 From: Dean Sutherland Robin McKinley has written two books which readers of fantasy would be well advised to check out. They are "The Blue Sword" and "The Hero and the Crown". Unfortunately, they have been marketed almost exclusively as children's books. Both are available in hardcover from Greenwillow books, "The Blue Sword" is also available in paperback from Ace(???). "The Hero and the Crown" is the latest Newberry award novel. "The Blue Sword" was a Newberry Honor book several years ago. Both books deserve to reach a much wider audience than they have been marketed to. I would recommend these books to anyone who enjoys fantasy. They are VERY good. I tried writing a review, but I found that I could not do the books justice. I would therefore like to ask some kind, eloquent person (perhaps one of the Leepers?) to read and review these excellent works. Dean F. Sutherland