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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Day 4: Thursday – all those magical universes

In order to escape harsh Zimbabwean reality, both Thomas and me have submerged ourselves in fantasy. Evenings without electricity, Harare without a lot of cultural possibilities, so we often spend hours with our flashlights on our head, reading.

Our current different universes include classics: Stephen King (the entire Dark Tower series), the vampires from Anne Rice, Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett, but also my most recent discovery, Robert Jordan’s books series called “the Wheel of Time”. There are eleven books for this one, but apparently he died before finishing them, to the great frustration of fans.

1 comment:

Julie said...

Je te recommande David Eddings. Il écrit parfois en collaboration avec sa femme, Leigh Eddings. Il a écrit une décalogie, la Belgariade. Et lui, il a eu le temps de terminer...