![]() |()|Discussion and reviews for *The Dragonbone Chair* which is the first book of the *Memory, Sorrow and Thorn* trilogy, Published in 1988. |()|Discussion and reviews for the three books in the *Memory, Sorrow and Thorn* trilogy, and may contain minor plot or character detail. |()|Discussion and reviews for ***all*** the Osten Ard stories and may contain minor plot or character detail. May have some general discussion about book content but no plot detail. ![]() Suitable for "Which book should I start with" sort of post. |NO SPOILERS| Should be used for general discussion about each and any of book or series, or general news/chat. |()|Professional artwork, book covers, fan art.| |()|Fan-written fiction relating to Tad Williams books.| |()|Interviews, YT discussions, articles written by Tad Williams| There are, to date (1st March 2020), post/link flairs for all the book series and individual titles, plus a few sundry others for Tad talks/writes, maps, art etc. If you're using ()you can now add flair when creating and submitting your post. Please use flair to limit discussion and so other readers know what to expect. You won't be able to add emoticons or GIFs. There are some preset ones, or you can edit for your favourite book, character, or place. Linking to free download sites will lead to an instant ban. There are two ways of hiding text within posts:-Ī) PREFERRED = Mouseover ( / spoilery words with a closed bracket ) gives Hide text here and hidden text will show at the bottom of your screen.ī) Blacked out, and taking a lot of space like this >! Spoiler text here !! Spoiler text here !!Spoiler text here.!<ĭon't even think about it. If you add the word spoiler to your title, software automatically marks the post. We're here to talk about books so expect discussion relevant to the post title and flair.Ĭheck title and post flair, and limit discussion to that book or as in OP. Be polite & stick to Reddit's content guidelines. He, his family and his animals live in the Santa Cruz mountains in a suitably strange and beautiful house. Tad is currently (Spring 2020) immersed in the creation of The Navigator's Children, which is the final part of The Last King of Osten Ard trilogy. His considerable output of epic fantasy and science fiction book-series, stories of all kinds, urban fantasy novels, comics, scripts, etc., have strongly influenced a generation of writers: the Otherland epic now plays as an MMO on. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions worldwide, in twenty-five languages. Tad Williams is a California-based fantasy superstar. Book/fantasy/scifi/speculative fiction.There's a massive amount of information, history, backstories, current and future books on Treacherous Paths: Your Guide to Osten Ard Some of them you don’t even know yet!" Basic rules Up the corridor you have a room full of friends. 10)įorecast: Williams should enjoy another run up the genre bestseller lists with this strong concluding volume.A fan subreddit for the stories and fantasy worlds imagined and written by Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn & Last King of Osten Ard trilogies, Otherland, Shadowmarch, Bobby Dollar, War of the Flowers, Tailchaser's Song etc. The Otherland books are a major accomplishment. Master villains: one for whom we may begrudge some respect for the other, no mercy. Are they real or "sims" (simulations)? Generously, the author supplies two Individuals may live in both worlds, despite Otherland being only made of "light and numbers." Characters dead in real life can still be alive in the virtual world, as in the poignant plight of a young woman, whose dress and manners are 18th century, who's in love with a young man snatched, apparently, from the trenches of WWI. ![]() Those scenes grounded in a recognizable world are the most compelling. At nearly 700 pages this is a mighty mouthful to swallow, but a well-crafted if convoluted plot sustains interest through the lengthy climax, which explains the inexplicable. An enormous cast of courageous humans confronts monstrous insects, unimaginable dangers and all the appurtenances of fantastic adventure. Otherland, a complete universe co-existent with the real world, incorporates elements of the Arabian Nights, the Alice and Oz books, the Neanderthal Age, the Trojan War, rewritten Roman history (Hannibal returns three centuries after his death to crush Rome, without elephants), as well as numerous nursery rhymes and fables. This stunning finale to the gigantic Otherland tetralogy ( City of Golden Shadow, etc.), a brilliant fusion of quest fantasy and technological SF, is sure to please Williams's many fans.
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