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FROM: "Jeffrey, Denise B" <[removed]@education.tas.gov.au>
REC'D: 1/22/02, 3:32 PM

I have an email message from a client who has asked for readalikes for the fantasy author Robin Hobb. Unfortunately, I don't have any details about any specific aspects of Robin Hobb's writing that the client enjoys, but I will be very pleased to receive your suggestions.

Thanks,

Denise

Denise Jeffrey,
Senior Librarian (Selection),
State Library of Tasmania,
91 Murray St.,
Hobart 7000

Phone 61 3 6233 7049
Fax 61 3 6233 7506
Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 1/22/02, 4:04 PM

These might work:

Bertin, Joanne.
Bradley, Rebecca.
Britain, Kristen.
Kerner, Elizabeth.
Klasky, Mindy.
Marcellas, Diana
Marillier, Juliet.
Modesitt, L.E.
Patton, Fiona
Stevermer, Caroline.
Walton, Jo.
Wells, Martha.


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
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>>> [removed]@education.tas.gov.au 01/22/02 03:20PM >>>
I have an email message from a client who has asked for readalikes for the fantasy author Robin Hobb. Unfortunately, I don't have any details about any specific aspects of Robin Hobb's writing that the client enjoys, but I will be very pleased to receive your suggestions.

Thanks,

Denise

Denise Jeffrey,
Senior Librarian (Selection),
State Library of Tasmania,
91 Murray St.,
Hobart 7000

Phone 61 3 6233 7049
Fax 61 3 6233 7506
Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/22/02, 4:14 PM

At 08:20 AM 1/23/02 +1100, you wrote:
>I have an email message from a client who has asked for readalikes for the
fantasy author Robin Hobb. Unfortunately, I don't have any details about
any specific aspects of Robin Hobb's writing that the client enjoys, but I
will be very pleased to receive your suggestions.
>
>Thanks,

>Denise Jeffrey,
>Senior Librarian (Selection),
>State Library of Tasmania,
>91 Murray St.,
>Hobart 7000

I've not read her books (though my wife is reading one right now, I
believe) but since Robin Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm, I
would think your client would want to check out Lindholm also--though
I gather they are different sorts of books.

Here's the author talking about her work as Lindholm

http://www.robinhobbonline.com/megan/biography.html

and about her work as Hobb

http://www.robinhobbonline.com/robin/biography.html

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Molly Williams <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 1/22/02, 7:47 PM

From the David Gemmill page:
"Robin Hobbs'Assassin/Liveship Trilogies are similar to the writing
of David Gemmill or David Eddings, with the same in-depth detail.
Personally I found the Liveship trilogy to be superior to the
Assassin one. There is romance, adversity, buckles being swashed
left right and centre! A definate must read for any Gemmell fan!"

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams
Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
[removed]@adelphia.net

Jeffrey, Denise B wrote:

> I have an email message from a client who has asked for readalikes for the fantasy author Robin Hobb. Unfortunately, I don't have any details about any specific aspects of Robin Hobb's writing that the client enjoys, but I will be very pleased to receive your suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Denise
>
> Denise Jeffrey,
> Senior Librarian (Selection),
> State Library of Tasmania,
> 91 Murray St.,
> Hobart 7000
>
> Phone 61 3 6233 7049
> Fax 61 3 6233 7506
> Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au
>
>
>
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FROM: Robin Bradford <[removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 1/23/02, 8:37 AM

And, just for diversity, I'm going to weigh in with the opposite opinion.
:o) I enjoyed the Farseer trilogy much more than the Liveship traders. I
agree whole heartedly with the comparison, though. Gemmell, Eddings, I
would even say the Dave Duncan's King Blades series. A bigger step up,
along the same lines, would be George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice
series.

Just my humble opinion. . .

robin

-----Original Message-----
From: Molly Williams [[removed]@adelphia.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:43 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Robin Hobb readalikes


From the David Gemmill page:
"Robin Hobbs'Assassin/Liveship Trilogies are similar to the writing
of David Gemmill or David Eddings, with the same in-depth detail.
Personally I found the Liveship trilogy to be superior to the
Assassin one. There is romance, adversity, buckles being swashed
left right and centre! A definate must read for any Gemmell fan!"

~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams
Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm
[removed]@adelphia.net

Jeffrey, Denise B wrote:

> I have an email message from a client who has asked for readalikes for the
fantasy author Robin Hobb. Unfortunately, I don't have any details about
any specific aspects of Robin Hobb's writing that the client enjoys, but I
will be very pleased to receive your suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Denise
>
> Denise Jeffrey,
> Senior Librarian (Selection),
> State Library of Tasmania,
> 91 Murray St.,
> Hobart 7000
>
> Phone 61 3 6233 7049
> Fax 61 3 6233 7506
> Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au
>
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
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>

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/23/02, 8:59 AM

R. L. Modesitt having been suggested, why not also Robert Jordan's Wheel of
Time?

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/23/02, 9:52 AM

Perhaps also Jo Clayton. Or C. J. Cherryh, though she writes mostly sf. Or
Mercedes Lackey.

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FROM: Sandy Westbrook <[removed]@crlc.org>
REC'D: 1/23/02, 7:57 PM

At 08:20 AM 1/23/2002 +1100, you wrote:
>I have an email message from a client who has asked for readalikes for the
fantasy author Robin Hobb. Unfortunately, I don't have any details about
any specific aspects of Robin Hobb's writing that the client enjoys, but I
will be very pleased to receive your suggestions.
>
What Do I Read Next? by Gale offers these authors as Hobb read-alikes
(depending on the specific title):
Holly Lisle
Mercedes Lackey
Tanya Huff
Barbara Hambly
Sean Russell
Terry Goodkind
J.V. Jones
Martha Wells

I've read one of Hobb's ship books and would think that Anne McCaffery
might work, maybe Diana Wynne Jones, certainly Andre Norton. There's also
the Deryni series by Katherine Kurtz - medieval, magic, politics, adventure.

Sandy Westbrook
Adult Services Librarian
South Windsor Public Library
South Windsor, CT 06074
Ph 860-644-1541
Fax 860-644-7645
e-mail [removed]@crlc.org

FROM: MaryKay Bird-Guilliams <[removed]@wichita.lib.ks.us>
REC'D: 1/28/02, 10:05 AM

Just saw this thread and had to offer my bit...you are talking one of my
favorite current authors here. On the premise that entitles me
to name several others that also write speculative fiction. I did check
quickly to see if they hadn't been named, but if I am duplicating,
apologies! The following have my unqualified seal of approval.

Janny Wurts, she holds the title to my personal fantasy writer
favorite, and I think she comes the closest to Robin Hobb's style. Or
perhaps Kate Elliott is also very close. Oh, and if you make the jump
from fantasy to SF on the basis of fabulous characterization and emphasis
on character development and intricate social structure, (as why the
patron is seeking similar work) then you are talking Lois McMasters
Bujold. Who also writes fantasy, as I recall.

Elizabeth Hayden (that might be Haydon) has a fantasy series just
completed. Sara Douglass has written an excellent series in Australia that
is just now being published in the U.S. Oh, and look for a brand new one
that I can't recall the author just now, but its within the last 6 months.
Kushiel's Dart is the title, and there's another to follow.

"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not
a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
Ernest Hemingway

Mary K. Bird-Guilliams
Coordinator of Collection Development
Wichita Public Library

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/29/02, 7:28 AM

>From: MaryKay Bird-Guilliams <[removed]@wichita.lib.ks.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: Robin Hobb readalikes
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:52:06 -0600 (CST)
>
>
>
Oh, and if you make the jump
>from fantasy to SF on the basis of fabulous characterization and emphasis
>on character development and intricate social structure, (as why the
>patron is seeking similar work) then you are talking Lois McMasters
>Bujold. Who also writes fantasy, as I recall.
>

By those criteria you might also recommend C. J. Cherryh, a most prolific
author of mostly sf (but she also has a fantasy series going) and a writer
highly skilled at "thinking like an alien." Check out her Chanur
Saga--you'll find yourself looking at Tully, the human character, as if he
were a new species.

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FROM: "Jeffrey, Denise B" <[removed]@education.tas.gov.au>
REC'D: 2/4/02, 4:53 PM

Thank you to everyone who sent suggestions for Robin Hobb readalikes. Here is the compiled list.

I have also been asked for readalikes for Margaret Atwood. The client particularly liked the Blind Assassin due to the writing style, description and pace of the plot. I would be interested in your ideas on this one.

Robin Hobb readalikes

Bertin, Joanne.
Bradley, Rebecca.
Britain, Kristen.
Bujold, Lois McMasters
Carey, Jacqueline - Kushiel's dart
Cherryh, C. J. - Chanur series
Clayton, Jo
Douglass, Sara - Wayfarer redemption series
Duncan, Dave - King's dagger series
Eddings, David
Elliott, Kate
Gemmell, David
Goodkind, Terry
Hambly, Barbara
Haydon, Elizabeth - Child series
Huff, Tanya
Jones, J. V.
Jones, Diana Wynne
Jordan, Robert - Wheel of time series
Kerner, Elizabeth.
Klasky, Mindy.
Kurtz, Katherine - Deryni series
Lackey, Mercedes
Lindholm, Megan
Lisle, Holly
McCaffrey, Anne
Marcellas, Diana
Marillier, Juliet.
Martin, George R. R. - Song of fire and ice series
Modesitt, L.E.
Norton, Andre
Patton, Fiona
Russell, Sean
Stevermer, Caroline.
Walton, Jo.
Wells, Martha.
Wurts, Janny

Cheers,




Denise

Denise Jeffrey,
Senior Librarian (Selection),
State Library of Tasmania,
91 Murray St.,
Hobart 7000

Phone 61 3 6233 7049
Fax 61 3 6233 7506
Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/services/goodread.htm

FROM: Sue Johnson <[removed]@ccl.charleston.lib.sc.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 8:24 AM

Margaret Atwood and Blind Assassin pretty much stand alone, but for writing
style and pace of plot, your patron might find The Shipping News by Annie
Proulx enjoyable. The Hours by Michael Cunningham moves between past and
present as does White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

Sue Johnson
Charleston County Public Library
Charleston SC

At 09:51 AM 2/5/02 +1100, you wrote:
>Thank you to everyone who sent suggestions for Robin Hobb readalikes. Here
is the compiled list.
>
>I have also been asked for readalikes for Margaret Atwood. The client
particularly liked the Blind Assassin due to the writing style, description
and pace of the plot. I would be interested in your ideas on this one.
>
>Robin Hobb readalikes
>
>Bertin, Joanne.
>Bradley, Rebecca.
>Britain, Kristen.
>Bujold, Lois McMasters
>Carey, Jacqueline - Kushiel's dart
>Cherryh, C. J. - Chanur series
>Clayton, Jo
>Douglass, Sara - Wayfarer redemption series
>Duncan, Dave - King's dagger series
>Eddings, David
>Elliott, Kate
>Gemmell, David
>Goodkind, Terry
>Hambly, Barbara
>Haydon, Elizabeth - Child series
>Huff, Tanya
>Jones, J. V.
>Jones, Diana Wynne
>Jordan, Robert - Wheel of time series
>Kerner, Elizabeth.
>Klasky, Mindy.
>Kurtz, Katherine - Deryni series
>Lackey, Mercedes
>Lindholm, Megan
>Lisle, Holly
>McCaffrey, Anne
>Marcellas, Diana
>Marillier, Juliet.
>Martin, George R. R. - Song of fire and ice series
>Modesitt, L.E.
>Norton, Andre
>Patton, Fiona
>Russell, Sean
>Stevermer, Caroline.
>Walton, Jo.
>Wells, Martha.
>Wurts, Janny
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Denise
>
>Denise Jeffrey,
>Senior Librarian (Selection),
>State Library of Tasmania,
>91 Murray St.,
>Hobart 7000
>
>Phone 61 3 6233 7049
>Fax 61 3 6233 7506
>Email [removed]@education.tas.gov.au
>http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/services/goodread.htm
>
>
>
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