The Dragon Keeper discussion

Well am enjoying it up to page 227 but it is a wee bit slow...it ain't gonna be as good as the Liveships, I know that but hope against hope that she will pull it off...
Got me thinking about Fitz and the several worlds, and this one refers to them all which is heartening.
Got to see Robin in Glasgow this month which was pleasing I understand her a bit better knowing that she was btought up in Alaska.
am reading this fairly slowly,am in that liminal place between the anticipation of success and the fear of disappointment...

Christine wrote: "I understand her a bit better knowing that she was btought up in Alaska. "

being Alaskan myself, I wondered about your above statement when I first read it. But having just finished Dragon Keeper, I now have to say, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Hobb's familiarity with rural Alaska (and it's remote, wild, muddy, boggy, mosquito-infested upriver areas) influenced her in this book, and possibly in others as well.

Also I must admit, I've always been inordinately pleased that the map of the Realm of the Elderlings is an inversion of Alaska... :)

Arctic wrote: "Christine wrote: "I understand her a bit better knowing that she was btought up in Alaska. "

being Alaskan myself, I wondered about your above statement when I first read it. But having just finis..."

I think her upbringing in Alaska is apparent in the Tawney Man trilogy during the expedition to the glacier and the boggy swamps in the Dragon Keeper story is also reminiscent of that region. The Farseer Trilogy and Buck Keep in particular seem to take place in a climate very close to Tacoma Washington, the place Robin Hobb calls home now.

Christine wrote: "Well am enjoying it up to page 227 but it is a wee bit slow...it ain't gonna be as good as the Liveships, I know that but hope against hope that she will pull it off...
Got me thinking about Fitz a..."

Keep reading. It just gets better. Can't wait to read the third in the series.

Anyone know of other novels featuring dragons, besides the McCaffrey's Pern series?

C.A. wrote: "Keep reading. It just gets better. Can't wait to read the third in the series.

Anyone know of other novels featuring dragons, besides the McCaffrey's Pern series?"

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