10 February 2008

Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee

I read this due to the things Vincent Baker said about Lee inspiring much of In A Wicked Age. This isn't one of the specific ones he mentioned, but it was what the library had.

It's fun. Light, funny fantasy about the daughter of a sorceress who inadvertently resurrects a unicorn in her room and the events that follow. It's reminiscent of Jack Vance (especially the Lyonesse books), but without the bizarre vocabulary and with generally more gentle events.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Which ones did he mention, as a matter of interest?

I am personally a big fan of Night Master, Death Master, Dream Master, and Dream Mistress

Unknown said...

Those ones.

Anonymous said...

Cool. From my limited knowledge of her other works, these are quite a bit different.

As an aside, they were also the number one inspiration behind Exalted, which is why I read them :)

If you want to borrow any of them (there is also a 5th one I have but can't remeber the name, let me know). You may be able to find them in Bizzy Bees, but Night and Death Master are pretty tough to find IIRC