I finally read this book and while I loved the social parody of a society that encourages a semi-permanent adolescence (to the point where they don't allow the jangs to be adults with adult responsibilities until "the right time" which seems to be around the year 75) I'm still wondering what the title means. She comes across the inscription and she ( Read more... )

Attlevay everybody,
I'm on a yahoogroup for Tanith Lee, and am glad to be here as well.

Here is some very good and faithful writing from the "Biting the Sun" universe here.
I'm enjoying the story so far, I hope you do too.

The 2008 Eastercon (British National Science Fiction Convention) will be called Orbital. It will be held at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel at Heathrow from 21st to 24th March 2008 ( Read more... )

FYI, I have written several reviews of TL books on Amazon (under my livejournal name), and composed a survey article about TL on Morbid Outlook, and online zine for the Goth crowd.

Tanith Lee is a prolific and talented writer of dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction--though much of her work blurs genre distinctions, and all of it maintains a high literary standard. Born September 19, 1947 in London, England, she first began to be published in the early 1970s and has since built an impressive, varied body of work. All of ( Read more... )

How about a quick survey to get things off the ground?

Name: Helen
Location: North of England, by the sea
First Lee book purchased: The Silver Metal Lover, back in 1988 when I was eighteen. Typically, I fell head over heels with Silver, and also with Lee's writing and vision. I'm still in love with the writing and the vision; less so with the ( Read more... )

While I think that it's cool that The Books of Paradys are coming out in one edition, I find this cover --


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