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From: lah@ucbmiro.Berkeley.EDU
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Subject: Charles DeLint
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From: lah@ucbmiro.Berkeley.EDU (Commander RYN Leigh Ann Hussey)


Ok, since nobody's contradicted it yet, I will.  DeLint's first book
was *not* HARP OF THE GREY ROSE, though the two stories are rather
alike (minor SPOILER WARNING): Protagonist lives in ordinary generic
Britishy village, events conspire to plunge protagonist into GREAT
ADVENTURES, where s/he meets strange allies, discovers s/he has
mysterious latent powers, and there is a battle with unspeakable
evil.  Despite the sardonic tone of that last, his stuff is VERY
GOOD.  Bibliography follows:

[miscellaneous stuff published by his own press, Triskell, including
the first of the Grey Rose stories]

"The Fane of the Grey Rose", SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS IV (A. Offutt, ed.)
	Zebra, 1979

THE RIDDLE OF THE WREN (Ace, 6/84) [This is the first book]

MOONHEART (Ace, 10/84) [My personal favourite]

THE HARP OF THE GREY ROSE (Donning/Starblaze, 3/85) [Horrible edition,
	good book.  Why must Donning persist in covering their books with
	processed orange peel?]

MULENGRO: A ROMANY TALE (Ace, 10/85) [Would be his best, but for much
	violence -- he makes it unfortunately necessary to the atmosphere.
	Very suspenseful; couldn't put it down.]


I think he's great stuff.  His writing style gets better, tighter,
cleaner all the time, though he persists in starting slowly.

Can't wait for more!

Leigh Ann