Well, yesterday I ended having the flu and was throwing up a lot. One benefit of that was a nice big block of reading time.
I finished the second book Warrior Prophet. It really was, as claimed, better than book one. Since it began with most of the main characters together, there was not all of the set-up needed as there was in the first book, so the second book flowed much more smoothly.
I have been so impressed by Bakker I have started googling around a bit for some background on him. He lives only a couple of hours from me, over in London, Ontario. That makes me wonder if Shakespeare is one of his influences, as there is a wonderful Shakespeare festival near London in a little town called Stratford, where the theater is world class. I know he credits Tolkien and Herbert, but I cannot help but wonder about Shakespeare as well.
Bakker must be every bit as intelligent as his writings indicate, as he is working on a doctoral degreee in philosophy and he apparently studies ancient languages.
I thought this was a good interview about him and about the inspiration for his world:
www.sfsite.com/10a/sb185.htmThere is also a discussion board for his work at:
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Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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