> The duology "The Sarantine Mosaic"... Sailing to Sarantium
(a nod to Yeat's
> Sailing to Byzantium) and Lord of Emperors
> I felt it had a distinctly cooler tone and pacing than his earlier books
> (signaled at the very beginning though), and the distance from the
> characters was interesting. 

Yeah, that's the one.  I think I liked them the best yet (though The Lions of
Al-Rassan might edge it out on any given day).  

> I loved the Tapestry books 

Ah, now, those I did NOT like, so much that I left them with Danny when we
divorced.  I think I have an allergy to retellings of Authuriana.  

> 
> I find myself reading a lot more, and more obscure stuff, just so I can
> catch the references in his stories -- and you know that can't be bad 
> 

LOL.  Oh hell yeah.  Kay's stuff fits so nicely into my history obsessions, but
just loosely enough that I have to run out and read about the 'real' world
happenings of the era.  

darkelf, collector of obscure historical bits

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