Posted: March 15, 2000 at 16:53:42: by Gael
: Gael, reading Gryphon's Eyrie without having read the other two Gryphons would be rough. It's pretty explicitly a sequel. I struggled a bit to get through it myself -- maybe because co-authored, maybe because it was one book too many in a thread that wasn't one of my favorites. Though others, as you've heard, do like the Gryphon story. So, do give Crystal Gryphon and Gryphon in Glory a chance. Note that all three use the device of alternating the narrative between Joisan and Kerovan.: Have you read Horn Crown? Though written in 1981, it's actually the entry into High Hallack, the landscape of Year of the Unicorn, Jargoon Pard, the Gryphon books. : P.S. But first, please read all the sci-fi titles so we can solve the short, gray fur mystery .
lol. I've ordered about twenty Norton books in the last week (the internet is a dangerous thing), in part in the hope of finding that gray furred young man I was once so fond of. I'll be sure to let you know if he shows up. ;)
My problem with Griffon's Eyrie didn't have anything to do with its "sequelness." I don't think I got far enough into the book for a plot to surface. The style just wasn't Norton's, and I wasn't too fond of it. I took Michael's advice, though, and have Crystal Griffon coming in the mail. I haven't sought out Horn Crown cause of the date (I've been concentrating on the '60s and '70s), but I guess I'll add that to my list, too!
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