Comments on: Oath of Gold

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:40:40 +0000

and Paks was always blonde. Have you seen the new covers? ick . Also the covers for EMoon’s two collections (same stories, but each as a couple that weren’t in the other so you need to have both…
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71VWQZWX86L._SL500_AA300_.gif
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/da/49/127481b0c8a0523e868ae110.L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

By: felucca

felucca — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:37:44 +0000

I have seen the cover to all parts in the Paksenarrion trilogy. The interesting part about it is that the main character is (supposedly?) on all of the covers, but she (yes, she) looks different on each one of them! In part one she actually looks cool, with long, flaming red hair… What the feck happened???

By: Zazu Yen

Zazu Yen — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:05:49 +0000

It looks like Paks doesn’t care for the huge black/gold font either and is trying to cleave it from her book.

The Paks trilogy was actually some of the best fantasy I’ve ever read, and I have a generally low tolerance for serious fantasy. It has a gritty, realistic tone I like, perhaps because the author was a woman in the military for many years, and a different kind of story; the somewhat reluctant evolution of a down-to-earth Paladin. I wish I got the same feeling from her science fiction.

She has a new fantasy book coming out which I’m rather looking forward to.

By: CSA

CSA — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:02:04 +0000

Phew, I’m glad thats not a man. I was being confused by Satan with uncomfortable thoughts…. ahem… anyway… moving on…

Maureen, you seem to have read a fair few of our featured books. You have any more in your collection you’d like to take a picture of and send in?

By: SI

SI — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:18:36 +0000

Wait… that’s a girl? Someone will have to edit the picture tags!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:06:18 +0000

Paksenarrion is a woman. Duh. And given how the previous book was all about overcoming depression and despair, it was damned reassuring at the time to see a fighting grin on her face.

By: CSA

CSA — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:59:41 +0000

I’m aware that things far away look smaller than the same object up close (i’m a jeanyus). However, that castle does NOT look like its far away. The “Hero destined to become a legend” has just galloped out of a LEGO castle, i’m convinced of it.
Also, the horse is about to slip on the word ‘deed’.

Back to our main point: the word ‘Paksennarion’, my new theory is that its actually a novel about Michael Parkinson and his ‘deed’. The editor just mised the typo. Maybe he had a child with Mrs Pac-man? Who knows…

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:26:03 +0000

Says volumes about this cover that the main point of conversation is the word ‘Paksennarion’.

By: SI

SI — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:30:52 +0000

Yea what the hell is ‘Paksennarion’. I’m having trouble even trying to pronounce it.

By: CSA

CSA — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:20:04 +0000

Yeah there’s a very cheesy grin in full bloom there.

Adam, are you implying that Eliz Moon may have committed copyright theft in this book? I mean now you mention it, I can already see several similarities to Pac-man. Someone phone Atari

The font has certainly had its Weetabix, twice.