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the Good Reading Guide - JEAN M. AUEL
JEAN M. AUEL
Books
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Earth's Children
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
- The Valley of the Horses
- The Mammoth Hunters
- The Plains of Passage
Opinions
Paul-Michael Agapow
Mills and Boon meets the Stone Age. Will Org the tribesman make up with
Hrun? And what is Urgh up to? Will Gorg the herder carry through with
his threat? ........
Dave Horsfall
Not your usual people-at-the-dawn-of-time, but some original twists in
it. And lots of sex scenes, if you're into that sort of thing. Just
three volumes so far, with a fourth (and last) promised.
Kathryn Andersen
Speculative History - tells of the trials and tribulations of Ayla, a Homo
Sapiens girl brought up by a Neanderthal tribe, and what happened
afterwards.... Very good speculation of the cultures, backgrounds, etc (seems
the author actually did survival courses etc as part of her research) and of
course the main character is the best thing about it. Three books so far and
apparently three more planned, but no sign of them yet, I suppose she is
researching the next one. As I said, is probably not SF, but only other
possible category is Historical, and as is set in Pre-History, doesn't fit
there either.
Malachi Orion Kelerison
After reading these books the one thing that sticks in my mind is the tea
scenes. You see, every morning Jonalar wakes up and drinks the cup of tea
that was prepared for him. He then tries to guess what was in the tea. He
does this EVERY morning. Jean Auel had her standard tea scene and just
changed the names of the herbs to protect the guilty. This works well as
a metaphor for the whole book. They are well written (really they are),
but even a well written scene gets boring after the 10th time. You can
actually use a checklist to read these books. What saves this series is
her research. She really *does* know what she is taking about and I learned
a lot by reading it. Now if only she could learn to write these scenes in
slightly different ways each time...
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