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Can anyone recommend which Tim Powers novel I should read next?
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Just finished "The Drawing of the Dark" and dug it.
Usually I can get an idea from Amazon as to where I should go next, but he seems so universally liked I'm having trouble.
Any recommends?
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The Anubis Gates.
The best of the lot, in my opinion. If you like Powers, you might also like Iain M. Banks.
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The Anubis Gates is my favorite of his, and I just finished Declare, as well, which was great.
Same sorts of things: world history mixed with his own version of the paranormal and magic. For me, he never gets too overboard with the fantasy half of his books. I love it.
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Can you still feel?
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I never finished Last Call, but my wife loved it.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Thanks for the advice!
I think I'm going to do "The Anubis Gates" first, and save "Last Call" for my next plane ride to Vegas.
At least with "The Drawing of the Dark", I totally agree Powers hit just the right blend of history and fantasy.
The two other things that I found most notable were how he made his 16th century characters seem like normal, modern people, with nary a hint of the "ye olde". Likewise, though swordplay is often a hefty component of fantasy, I don't ever think I've read a fantasy novel where you actually get a feel for the thought process of a master swordsman.
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