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Subject: Author Lists: R A MacAvoy
From: JWenn.ESAE@XEROX.COM
Date: 4 Mar 89 19:23:50 GMT




R. A. MacAvoy burst on the SF scene a few years ago with the utterly
charming "Tea With the Black Dragon".  She then went on to produce a very
good fantasy: The Damiano Trilogy.  The nice points of this series are the
setting (Renaissance Italy) and the plot.  Not to produce any spoilers, but
very few authors would try what she did in the end of the second and all
through the third book.  I don't think it was completely successful, but I
enjoy authors *TRYING*, even if they don't always succeed.  Her next few
books just didn't work for me, although they were all well written, and
there are many who like them.  Her latest, "The Third Eagle" is Science
Fiction (all her previous works have been Fantasy of some flavor) looks
interesting, and I'm looking forward to reading it when it comes out in
paperback (I buy far too many books to afford hardcovers).

[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.

/John

arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com

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MacAvoy, R[oberta] A.
    A Trio for Lute [1985] [O]
        Damiano [1983]
        Damiano's Lute [1984]
        Raphael [1984]
    In Series:
        Tea With the Black Dragon [1983]
        Twisting the Rope [1986]
    The Book of Kells [1985]
    The Grey Horse [1987]
    The Third Eagle [1989]