Comments on: SFFWRTCHT: A Chat with Author Courtney Schafer

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:12:49 +0000

My brother gave me her book The Riddle-master of Hed when we were really young…he just picked it up randomly for me for a gift and a fantasy fan was born. A Patricia A. McKillip release is like an EVENT. Always makes me happy.

I look forward to checking it out. Figure skating, eh? Makes my ankles feel fragile just thinking about that.

By: Courtney Schafer

Courtney Schafer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:45:18 +0000

Aw, thanks Paul.

By: Courtney Schafer

Courtney Schafer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:44:16 +0000

Thanks, Carl! Great to see a fellow Patricia McKillip fan – and hooray for another outdoor adventurer! I don’t do any trail running (I do enough pounding of my knees and ankles during figure skating practice and on mogul slopes), but I have plenty of friends who love it.

Oh, and Dorothy Dunnett is AMAZING – if you haven’t read her novels, you absolutely must give them a try. The books are intellectually challenging but extremely rewarding. (My favorite quote about Dunnett is from one guy’s post on a Dunnett mailing list, talking about her Lymond Chronicles: “When I finally finished the books, I suddenly understood the urge to make disciples. Why weren’t my friends reading these books? My God! They didn’t know who Francis Crawford was! Who were these people?” It’s so, so true.)

I hope you’ll give Whitefire Crossing a try – and that you’ll thoroughly enjoy it.

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:13:05 +0000

I need to check, I’m thinking I may have it downloaded on my laptop at home waiting to be uploaded to my Kindle. One of those promotional things that Night Shade did. Hmmm….

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:42:08 +0000

Push it up your pile, Carl. The Whitefire Crossing is definitely worth it.

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:33:11 +0000

I love how the internet can sometimes work in strange patterns. A week ago I had never heard of Dorothy Dunnett and now this mention is at least the third or fourth one, from wildly different sources in terms of genre sensibilities of the various blogs, in just the last couple of days.

I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t gotten to Whitefire Crossing yet, ashamed because what initially excited me about the book was the Big Idea post on Scalzi’s site where you also mentioned your love of the mountains and climbing. The fact that you were working that element in the book was what excited me and still does. More so over the last year as I’ve taken up trail running and taken my appreciation for the outdoors to the level of actually spending time in the outdoors fueling that appreciation. When I see shows/docs of people running/climbing in the mountains it gets my heart pumping.

I had never known people could read so prolifically until the evolution of book blogs. I still cannot fathom how it is done, but I admire anyone who can do that and also take care of all the other aspects of life, so well done you and everyone else who manages to do so!

Great interview Bryan (and welcome to SF Signal!!!) and Courtney. It has gone a long way towards building even more excitement about the series. And anyone who enjoys Patricia A. McKillip is a rock star in my opinion.