Member: MichaelSullivan

I thought you might be interested in a series I just finished by David Burrows, [The Prophesy of the Kings Trilogy]. It was a great read.

posted by cweller at 8:15 pm (EST) on May 31, 2009

Michael, I just finished [Avempartha]. I have to say that waiting for Nyphron Rising will prove to be a great challenge. Keep up the great writing.

posted by cweller at 6:51 pm (EST) on May 22, 2009

The Constellations

O CONSTELLATIONS of the early night,
That sparkled brighter as the twilight died,
And made the darkness glorious! I have seen
Your rays grow dim upon the horizon's edge,
And sink behind the mountains. I have seen
The great Orion, with his jewelled belt,
That large-limbed warrior of the skies, go down
Into the gloom. Beside him sank a crowd
Of shining ones. I look in vain to find
The group of sister-stars, which mothers love
To show their wondering babes, the gentle Seven.
Along the desert space mine eyes in vain
Seek the resplendent cressets which the Twins
Uplifted in their ever-youthful hands.
The streaming tresses of the Egyptian Queen
Spangle the heavens no more. The Virgin trails
No more her glittering garments through the blue.
Gone! all are gone! and the forsaken Night,
With all her winds, in all her dreary wastes,
Sighs that they shine upon her face no more.
No only here and there a little star
Looks forth alone. Ah me! I know them not,
Those dim successors of the numberless host
That filled the heavenly fields, and flung to earth
Their guivering fires. And now the middle watch
Betwixt the eve and morn is past, and still
The darkness gains upon the sky, and still
It closes round my way. Shall, then, the Night,
Grow starless in her later hours? Have these
No train of flaming watchers, that shall mark
Their coming and farewell? O Sons of Light!
Have ye then left me ere the dawn of day
To grope along my journey sad and faint?
Thus I complained, and from the darkness round
A voice replied--was it indeed a voice,
Or seeming accents of a waking dream
Heard by the inner ear? But thus it said:
O Traveller of the Night! thine eyes are dim
With watching; and the mists, that chill the vale
Down which thy feet are passing, hide from view
The ever-burning stars. It is thy sight
That is so dark, and not the heaens. Thine eyes,
Were they but clear, would see a fiery host
Above thee; Hercules, with flashing mace,
The Lyre with silver cords, the Swan uppoised
On gleaming wings, the Dolphin gliding on
With glistening scales, and that poetic steed,
With beamy mane, whose hoof struck out from earth
The fount of Hippocrene, and many more,
Fair clustered splendors, with whose rays the Night
Shall close her march in glory, ere she yield,
To the young Day, the great earth steeped in dew.
So spake the monitor, and I perceived
How vain were my repinings, and my thought
Went backward to the vanished years and all
The good and great who came and passed with them,
And knew that ever would the years to come
Bring with them, in their course, the good and great,
Lights of the world, though, to my clouded sight,
Their rays might seem but dim, or reach me not.

- by William Cullen Bryant

posted by theoldman at 12:38 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Oh, by the way, welcome to LT.
:)

posted by MDLady at 7:44 pm (EST) on May 4, 2009

I too was a bit disappointed by Wicked. When I first heard about the book I thought that it was such an original idea, and it was. But the book lacked a "wow" factor for me. I did absolutely love certain parts though. Finding out that Elphaba and Glenda were college friends was a riot to me.
Son of a Witch was a bigger let down. Too many side-tracks for me. It's like having 5 stories going on at once. It was a bit overwhelming. Again, the idea was a great one, but just didn't wow me.

posted by MDLady at 11:57 am (EST) on May 4, 2009

Hi, just saw your response about the Shire and decided to look at your profile. And, thanks to that, I'm gonna have to add two more books to my want list. They look like my kind of fantasy. When I read them I'll review.
Take care,
Cat

posted by MDLady at 9:28 am (EST) on May 3, 2009

Thanks! I learned about your books in Goodreads, fantasy club.

posted by ERice at 4:08 pm (EST) on May 2, 2009