Iredomi Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Really I'm just curious to see if anyone has read these books, and if so what they thought of them. My first read through I thought they were quite a pleasant distraction from my worries but now rereading them I find them to be quite superb. Prose, world building and characterization are all there and very good. The plot is a bit simple in a way, but it is very much a character driven affair. I think they are some of the most interesting fantasy stories I have ever read but that is my opinion - now what is yours? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iarwainiel I she/her Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Excellent! Another MBT fan! Really, this series is the closest thing I've found to tLoR, albeit in the tween lit category. Cornish published a short story, "The Corser's Hinge," in an anthology - available un the US as an e-book. He has a new book - "Tales of the Half Continent" - coming out in Australia in March 2014. No idea how to get it in the US, but I'm going to find a way. :-) Also, he is publishing draft chapters of a new H-C tale, "Economous Musgrove," on his blog every week or so. He welcomes comments and feedback, so it's like you're helping him hone his drafts (sort of like Brandon's Llamas). Rossamund and Europe do not appear in these new stories, though some former characters do. Hope we can get others on board - it really is a delightful series. For those who aren't acquainted with it yet: MBT is not horror at all; rather, there is a sweetness to the stories, almost an innocence. On the Half Continent, there are real monsters, and a hero who slays one gets tattooed with a couple drops of its blood: the series title is literal. VERY creative use of language, and the illustrations are wonderful - especially the zoomable online map! Highly recommended. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iredomi Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) Yay! This is all stuff I have been closely following and am just as excited for the new H-c book as I am for Words of Radiance. I would like comment on the short story he did I really hope the republished version feels a lot more like MTB because the short story felt quite rushed like it was moving through the motions but has tonnes of potential so I'm super excited to see what he's done with it now he's added more words Also I feel it's classification as children's literature is quite a disservice as it really is very similar in tone to LoTR. More an all ages book in my opinion. But there is dark tone to it mixed with a very whimsical atmosphere they really are a delight to read. Edited February 13, 2014 by Iredomi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iarwainiel I she/her Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Totally agree re: the "children's lit" classification. I actually read a lot of YA/tween lit, as do many of my friends. I find that YA plots and characters can be just as polished and well thought-out as "adult" books, and the books are (usually) shorter so they go faster. Did you find yourself using H-C slang? I know I did - so fun to mutter "Ye daft basket" and confuse one's friends. ;-) For my part, I'd love to see more of the adventures of Atticus Wells (Corser's Hinge hero), and also find out what happened to the rescued girl Violet Grey. After what she went through, I want her to become a teratologist - maybe apprentice to Europe! BTW, I don't think Corser's Hinge is in the new book - I think that will contain 3 new novelette-length stories. But maybe you're referring to something else? I only just found out about that story in the last few months & bought the anthology as an e-book ... was it published before that? - maybe on his blog? Can't keep up! So many books, so little time ... :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iredomi Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) His language is very infectious indeed. "Two stories set in the H-c (one already released in anthology, but now polished and with more WORDS[TM] added) involving new Sundergirdians doing their own thing (by which I mean NOT a sequel of MBT)" This is a quote from Cornish's blog on his upcoming book. The Corser's Hinge is being re-released along with one new story. Edit: "As for Tales from the Half-Continent, it is 216 pages long, has 1 map (recycled from Factotum - please forgive me), 8 character illos but alas, no appendices - it seems I am become too obscure to be allowed such indulgences a second time." Just some additional information from his blog. Edited February 13, 2014 by Iredomi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 I read the title as "Monster Blood Taco." I am now disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iredomi Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 I read the title as "Monster Blood Taco." I am now disappointed That would be a very different book I think but no less awesome haha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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