Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!moorel From: moorel@EGLIN-VAX Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Oriental Fantasy Novels Message-ID: <3364@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:20:43 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3364 Posted: Tue Aug 20 21:20:43 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 07:13:15 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 14 From: moorel@EGLIN-VAX In response to L S Chabot's post concerning Barry Hughart's _Bridge_of_Birds: Although I'm not familiar with his works, I've found several books of the same type of fantasy set in the Orient "that never was". The author's Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and the books are the Tomoe Gozen trilogy and a new book, Ou_Lu_Khen _and_the_Beautiful_Madwoman. The former are set in a mythical Japan, and are the adventures of a female samurai warrior, Tomoe Gozen. The latter book is set in an equally mythical China, and deals with the courtship of a holy mad- woman by an ordinary man. Her writing style is elegant and intense, and her characters are very well developed. If you enjoy this type of unusual fantasy novel, give these books a try. Lynne C. Moore (MOOREL@EGLIN-VAX.ARPA)