One of the few to make it into my top author list... (Robin Hobb in general)

Member Name: thera_42

Product:	Robin Hobb in general
Date:	19/02/01 (9 review reads)
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Advantages: great author great books

Disadvantages: she tends to write long books, and they're in series which means you may have to wait for the next one to come out

it doesn't happen very often, I tend to read a lot and not buy the books but from her first book I was hooked and now she's firmly in my must by section. The first I heard of Robin Hobb was an extract of Assassin's Apprentice in a small book called Voyagers that was a freeby with lots of short extracts of upcoming sci-fi and fantasy titles. I read the extracts during a break at school and came onto Robin's just as I was about to go to a chemistry lesson...unfortunately I couldn't put the book down.....fortunately it was only an extract and not the whole book, if it had been the whole book my chemistry would have suffered ;o)

Anyway as soon as I was able I had bought the book and was soon enjoying it immensely wondering why I'd never heard of this author before, I tended to know most authors who write in that genre as well as a lot from other genres too. I was amazed to discover that this was her first book, although no-one really knew she was a she at the time, in fact no-one really knew much about her at all. The book finished and I was left waiting for the second in the series, I was not dissappointed, the wait and the money were worth it as the second book proved to be just as entertaining as the first...I've now read all 3 of the Farseer Trilogy, all the books released in the Liveship Traders series and am looking forward to the Romni series...

I feel that this is another classic author who will be able to go far in this genre and will build up a fan base as wide as Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer-Bradley, and Andre Norton.

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