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pictishpunkgirl · Neepster Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 696 Location: Turra

:smt046 you were right though.

pictishpunkgirl · Neepster Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 696 Location: Turra

Anyone read any similar books?

PurpleDragon · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject:

Well, I am a fan of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
Also The Empire stories by Raymond Feist (mind you - I'm a fan of most of his early books).
Um. Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan books.

That's all I can think of, off the top of my head.
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Meg in the Mountains · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:52 am Post subject:

I read a book called Picture Maker which was billed "in the style of Jan M Auel", but I didn't like it much and won't be reading any more.

http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Maker-Penina-Keen-Spinka/dp/0525946241

I like the Earth's Children books, although get quite exasperated with Ayla. Does she have to be quite so perfect all the time? The sex mad boyfriend/husband gets on my nerves too. Jondalar is such a whiner! Always going on about how women don't understand him. I much preferred his brother and was upset that Thonolan had to die. Some of the secondary characters are intriguing and it would be nice to hear more about them.

Apparently there may well be seven books in the series, rather than the original six. More arachaological discoveries have come to light which Jean Auel wants to include in her books.
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PurpleDragon · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject:

"In the style of" - long paragraphs describing a daisy?

Funny, I was thinking this morning about Jondalar and his whining. He just moans all the flippin time, doesn't he? I think she only reason Ayla fell in love with him was because they are a 'physical match' if you know what I mean.
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Meg in the Mountains · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

PurpleDragon · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

I was watching 'Coast' this morning on the telly and they visited a cave where they had found what they originally thought was a woman buried right at the foot of an overhang cave wall. She was covered in red achre and had beads and mammoth bones in the burial, and on the top of the grave was a mammoth skull.

Apart from the skull it was much like Iza's burial.

Except they found out afterwards it was actually a bloke, but it was still evocative.
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Smooth Hound · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

the oldest find of human remains in britain i think, some of ther beads were great, winkle shells and mamoth bones , or bits of, its a good programme that. how are you getting on with earths children , talking about mamoths

PurpleDragon · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

Meg in the Mountains · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

The Mammoth Hunters does not show Jondalar at his best!

Whiny old thing that he is.

On the subject of relics the characters of Creb and Rydag were based on archaological finds which Auel worked into her books. I was really upset when Rydag died and could hardly see the page for tears.

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