On naming

[bellinghman]

In a certain rather good fantasy novel{*} that I have just finished reading, I am somewhat amused by the name of one character: Seolfor.

Which is the Anglo-Saxon word from which the modern word 'silver' is derived.

Said character is specifically described as having silver hair.

{*} mizkit/C E Murphy's The Pretender's Crown. Strongly recommended, though do read its predecessor first.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I've actually always, right from the inception of the series, thought of it as SF. Or sci-fantasy, if one must, since it's definitely not *hard* SF, but that's where it resides in my brain. It's just that by setting it four hundred years ago it looks like magic... :)

(I donno what GGK calls the Mosaic, but I call it wonderful!)

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

I may have to go back and reread part 1 (oh, the tedium! *snort*), but it's much less obvious in that one that it isn't trying to be a fantasy historical. On the other hand, the prologue to this one pretty well states up front that we're in SF.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's only at the very end of TQB that there's really any indication that it's not straight-out historical fantasy. It'll be at the other end of the spectrum by the final book...

[catness.livejournal.com]

Heh. I discovered your books through one of bellinghman's reviews here on LJ, and now have several. However, I haven't seen this series in the stores. I will have to look closer or maybe special order.

Thanks to both of you, for increasing my good reading in recent months.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, you're very welcome! And thank you! :)

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it: it's nice to know one has turned someone onto a new writer that they enjoy.

[liasbluestone.livejournal.com]

You *keep* doing it to us.
We now have THREE of mizkit's to which we need to get Vol.2, when we have an Amazon budget again.
Not to mention a certain Mr. Stross, and Scott Lynch (at least he doesn't have a back-catalogue).