Comments on: Best Anthology Ever? http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sun, 27 May 2012 17:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: What’s Your Dream Anthology? | Jaci Burton's Muse http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-276268 What’s Your Dream Anthology? | Jaci Burton's Muse Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:36:57 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-276268 [...] couple weeks ago Dear Author posted a few of my favorite authors has signed on to do an anthology together. (Congrats again, [...] [...] couple weeks ago Dear Author posted a few of my favorite authors has signed on to do an anthology together. (Congrats again, [...]

]]> By: Jenny http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-173080 Jenny Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:35:54 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-173080 Yeah! Ilona and Charlaine! Never heard of the other two in the anthoology but if they're being grouped with Charlaine and Ilona they have to be good. I can't believe some people have never heard of Charlaine though, especially with TrueBlood starting last week on HBO (Soooooo Good!) I love Ilona's work especially as she an her husband went to school out where I grew up. And nothing happens in Western NC. I'd love to see an anthology with Ilona, Charlaine, Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Kim Harrison, Larissa Ione, and Christine Warren. Yeah! Ilona and Charlaine! Never heard of the other two in the anthoology but if they’re being grouped with Charlaine and Ilona they have to be good. I can’t believe some people have never heard of Charlaine though, especially with TrueBlood starting last week on HBO (Soooooo Good!) I love Ilona’s work especially as she an her husband went to school out where I grew up. And nothing happens in Western NC.

I’d love to see an anthology with Ilona, Charlaine, Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Kim Harrison, Larissa Ione, and Christine Warren.

]]> By: Kelsey http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-163822 Kelsey Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:28:26 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-163822 This anthology is going to make people stare at me when I do a happy dance in the middle of the store when I buy it. :) Another awesome lineup would be Angela Knight, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, and Yasmine Galenorn. This anthology is going to make people stare at me when I do a happy dance in the middle of the store when I buy it. :)

Another awesome lineup would be Angela Knight, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, and Yasmine Galenorn.

]]> By: Escapist Newsletter: (Vol. 2 Issue 1) | Literary Escapism http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-161386 Escapist Newsletter: (Vol. 2 Issue 1) | Literary Escapism Mon, 05 May 2008 18:19:45 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-161386 [...] I get to read stories by authors I love as well as find some new talent. A new one was just announced for release summer 2009. It is going to include Ilona Andrews, Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, and [...] [...] I get to read stories by authors I love as well as find some new talent. A new one was just announced for release summer 2009. It is going to include Ilona Andrews, Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, and [...]

]]> By: Rebekah http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-140205 Rebekah Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:25:47 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-140205 Mine would have to be: Jim Butcher (can't live without Harry- I about had a heart attack when I found out he was releasing the first few chapters of the new Harry book online squee!!) Patricia Briggs (so happy I came across her) Tanya Huff ( I need my Henry fix) Charlaine Harris (of course) Colleen Gleason That's my Dream Team! Mine would have to be:
Jim Butcher (can’t live without Harry- I about had a heart attack when I found out he was releasing the first few chapters of the new Harry book online squee!!)
Patricia Briggs (so happy I came across her)
Tanya Huff ( I need my Henry fix)
Charlaine Harris (of course)
Colleen Gleason
That’s my Dream Team!

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139838 Janine Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:44:39 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139838 Okay, I will put reviewing <em>A Countess Below Stairs</em> on my ever-growing list of things to do. Okay, I will put reviewing A Countess Below Stairs on my ever-growing list of things to do.

]]> By: azteclady http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139836 azteclady Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:40:48 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139836 Janine said,<blockquote>it would probably be a good idea to spread the Ibbotson love around more.</blockquote>I need more books to read like I need a hole in the head, but still *begging eyes* Pretty please? Janine said,
it would probably be a good idea to spread the Ibbotson love around more.

I need more books to read like I need a hole in the head, but still *begging eyes* Pretty please?

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139828 Janine Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:35:51 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139828 The American title is <em>A Countess Below Stairs</em>. It's the story of a Russian countess who escapes the Russian Revolution to come to England, where she becomes a maid. Of course, she falls in love with an English earl. Maybe I should reread and review the book sometime. Jayne, Jan and I are all Ibbotson fans and it would probably be a good idea to spread the Ibbotson love around more. Edited to add: Meriam, if you are interested in Austria then <em>Magic Flutes</em>, <em>Madensky Square</em>, and <em>The Morning Gift </em>are probably the Ibbotson books for you. <em>Madensky Square </em>is not exactly a romance but it is a lovely book. Ibbotson also has a romance set in Manaus, Brazil called <em>A Company of Swans</em>. The American title is A Countess Below Stairs. It’s the story of a Russian countess who escapes the Russian Revolution to come to England, where she becomes a maid. Of course, she falls in love with an English earl. Maybe I should reread and review the book sometime. Jayne, Jan and I are all Ibbotson fans and it would probably be a good idea to spread the Ibbotson love around more.

Edited to add: Meriam, if you are interested in Austria then Magic Flutes, Madensky Square, and The Morning Gift are probably the Ibbotson books for you. Madensky Square is not exactly a romance but it is a lovely book. Ibbotson also has a romance set in Manaus, Brazil called A Company of Swans.

]]> By: vanessa jaye http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139400 vanessa jaye Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:16:35 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139400 The Secret Countess sounds good to me too, Janine! The other two you mentioned might be at the library, I'll have to check. The Secret Countess sounds good to me too, Janine! The other two you mentioned might be at the library, I’ll have to check.

]]> By: Meriam http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139371 Meriam Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:28:25 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139371 Janine, thanks for that. I'll add The Secret Countess to my February book binge on Amazon. I went onto Wikipedia earlier and noticed she loved to set her books in Austria, which is cool because when I was younger, I used to read a boarding school series (The Chalet School) set in the alps. I wanted more than <em>anything in the world</em> to live there. Janine, thanks for that. I’ll add The Secret Countess to my February book binge on Amazon. I went onto Wikipedia earlier and noticed she loved to set her books in Austria, which is cool because when I was younger, I used to read a boarding school series (The Chalet School) set in the alps. I wanted more than anything in the world to live there.

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139251 Janine Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:41:35 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139251 Vanessa, you can't be first in line because that's my spot! And no one is taking it away from me! And Meriam, you'll just have to be third in line. :) Meriam, yes, Ibbotson writes children's books now but she used to write historical romances, and what fabulous books they were. Like the other three authors I listed, Ibbotson really has a way with words. Here's a sample two paragraphs from <em>A Countess Below Stairs</em>: <em>The day was hot and the suitcase heavy, containing as it did not only Anna's meagre stock of clothing, but all two thousand and three pages of Selina Stickland's </em>Domestic Compendium. <em>What the Torah was to the dispersed and homesick Jews and the Koran to the followers of Mahommet, Mrs. Strickland's three-volume tome, which clocked in at three and a half kilos, was to Anna, setting off on her new career in service.</em> <em>'"Blacking for grates may be prepared by mixing asphaltum with linseed oil and turpentine," she quoted now, and looked with pleasure at the rolling parkland, the freshly-sheared sheep cropping the grass, the ancient oaks making pools of foliage in the rich meadows. Even the slight air of neglect, the Queen Anne's lace frothing the once-trim verges, the ivy tumbling from the gate-house wall, only made the environs of Mersham more beautiful.</em> Recently some of Ibbotson's romances have been reprinted as YA books, but they were actually written for adults. Two of my favorites, <em>Madensky Square</em> and <em>Magic Flutes</em>, are not among the reprints, unfortunately, but <em>A Countess Below Stairs </em>(also published as <em>The Secret Countess </em>in Britain, I believe) is back in print and really worth purchasing. Vanessa, you can’t be first in line because that’s my spot! And no one is taking it away from me! And Meriam, you’ll just have to be third in line. :)

Meriam, yes, Ibbotson writes children’s books now but she used to write historical romances, and what fabulous books they were. Like the other three authors I listed, Ibbotson really has a way with words. Here’s a sample two paragraphs from A Countess Below Stairs:

The day was hot and the suitcase heavy, containing as it did not only Anna’s meagre stock of clothing, but all two thousand and three pages of Selina Stickland’s Domestic Compendium. What the Torah was to the dispersed and homesick Jews and the Koran to the followers of Mahommet, Mrs. Strickland’s three-volume tome, which clocked in at three and a half kilos, was to Anna, setting off on her new career in service.

‘”Blacking for grates may be prepared by mixing asphaltum with linseed oil and turpentine,” she quoted now, and looked with pleasure at the rolling parkland, the freshly-sheared sheep cropping the grass, the ancient oaks making pools of foliage in the rich meadows. Even the slight air of neglect, the Queen Anne’s lace frothing the once-trim verges, the ivy tumbling from the gate-house wall, only made the environs of Mersham more beautiful.

Recently some of Ibbotson’s romances have been reprinted as YA books, but they were actually written for adults. Two of my favorites, Madensky Square and Magic Flutes, are not among the reprints, unfortunately, but A Countess Below Stairs (also published as The Secret Countess in Britain, I believe) is back in print and really worth purchasing.

]]> By: Meriam http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139200 Meriam Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:30:55 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139200 <blockquote>Laura Kinsale Patricia Gaffney Judith Ivory Eva Ibbotson</blockquote> I'd be right behind you, Vanessa. I was strict and didn't pick writers not writing romance at the moment. But wouldn't this be an absolutely beautiful anthology? Btw, I've never heard of Ibbotson... or if I have, doesn't she write YA? Oh, and if we're talking <i>pure</i> fantasy, throw in Tom and Sharon Curtis (Laura London?) for a short historical.

Laura Kinsale
Patricia Gaffney
Judith Ivory
Eva Ibbotson

I’d be right behind you, Vanessa. I was strict and didn’t pick writers not writing romance at the moment. But wouldn’t this be an absolutely beautiful anthology?

Btw, I’ve never heard of Ibbotson… or if I have, doesn’t she write YA?

Oh, and if we’re talking pure fantasy, throw in Tom and Sharon Curtis (Laura London?) for a short historical.

]]> By: vanessa jaye http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139080 vanessa jaye Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:46:50 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139080 Janine, I would be the first in line for that particular antho (I thought we were just talking paranormal authors) but Historical romances being my absolutely fav this would be an auto-buy (and most likely auto keeper). I think I'd throw Jo Goodman and Laura Lee Guhke in there too, even though they're actively writing historical romances. Janine, I would be the first in line for that particular antho (I thought we were just talking paranormal authors) but Historical romances being my absolutely fav this would be an auto-buy (and most likely auto keeper). I think I’d throw Jo Goodman and Laura Lee Guhke in there too, even though they’re actively writing historical romances.

]]> By: Janine http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139078 Janine Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:39:40 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139078 My dream anthology would be a historical romance anthology and would include four authors of historicals who either aren't writing romance any longer, or haven't had a new book out in a while. Laura Kinsale Patricia Gaffney Judith Ivory Eva Ibbotson All writing historical romance again. I know, I know, this isn't likely to happen but I can dream, can't I? That's what makes it a dream anthology. My dream anthology would be a historical romance anthology and would include four authors of historicals who either aren’t writing romance any longer, or haven’t had a new book out in a while.

Laura Kinsale
Patricia Gaffney
Judith Ivory
Eva Ibbotson

All writing historical romance again. I know, I know, this isn’t likely to happen but I can dream, can’t I? That’s what makes it a dream anthology.

]]> By: Lisa http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139026 Lisa Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:20:18 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-139026 Jaci: "And Lisa...I like that anth combo...yes, someone should arrange that!" Maybe a Psy/Changeling working with Breeds, Shiloh's Hunters, and your Demon Hunters. That would definitely rock! Jaci:

“And Lisa…I like that anth combo…yes, someone should arrange that!”

Maybe a Psy/Changeling working with Breeds, Shiloh’s Hunters, and your Demon Hunters. That would definitely rock!

]]> By: Kathryn S http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138727 Kathryn S Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:42:08 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138727 Well, I think anything with me in it has to be good. lol. Seriously, I'll be buying this one. My dream anthology would be: Neil Gaiman Stephen King Charlaine Harris Tanith Lee or Deanna Raybourn Tasha Alexander Lorraine Heath Laura Lee Guhrke or Kathryn Smith Jeaniene Frost Jill Myles Colleen Gleason We'd take over the world, babies! lol Well, I think anything with me in it has to be good. lol. Seriously, I’ll be buying this one. My dream anthology would be:

Neil Gaiman
Stephen King
Charlaine Harris
Tanith Lee

or

Deanna Raybourn
Tasha Alexander
Lorraine Heath
Laura Lee Guhrke

or

Kathryn Smith
Jeaniene Frost
Jill Myles
Colleen Gleason

We’d take over the world, babies! lol

]]> By: Beth aka Scifibookcat http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138699 Beth aka Scifibookcat Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:48:32 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138699 This sounds like an awesome anthology. While I'm not very familiar with Meljean yet, Charlaine has been on my must-buy list for years (vampires and mysteries), Nalini has been a must-buy since her first, Slave to Sensation, and I loved Illona's Magic Bites and can hardly wait for the sequel. Good additions to my dream anthology would be Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn and Kelley Armstrong. This sounds like an awesome anthology. While I’m not very familiar with Meljean yet, Charlaine has been on my must-buy list for years (vampires and mysteries), Nalini has been a must-buy since her first, Slave to Sensation, and I loved Illona’s Magic Bites and can hardly wait for the sequel. Good additions to my dream anthology would be Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn and Kelley Armstrong.

]]> By: Christine http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138688 Christine Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:26:36 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138688 Jane: It is my understanding that Ward is contributing to an anthology that also includes Kenyon (and others, I imagine) sometime in the near future. Ward has indicated this on her message boards as recently as November 2007. No release date or title was given. If I recall correctly, Kenyon mentioned this at a book signing I attended in August 2007 as well. Jane: It is my understanding that Ward is contributing to an anthology that also includes Kenyon (and others, I imagine) sometime in the near future. Ward has indicated this on her message boards as recently as November 2007. No release date or title was given. If I recall correctly, Kenyon mentioned this at a book signing I attended in August 2007 as well.

]]> By: Ivy http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138678 Ivy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:56:32 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138678 <blockquote>Lee, Liu and Low </blockquote> I'd buy that! I'd like to see: Patricia Briggs, Loretta Chase, Georgette Heyer (yeah, I know she's dead, but I can dream), Martha Wells, Lois Bujold,

Lee, Liu and Low

I’d buy that!

I’d like to see: Patricia Briggs, Loretta Chase, Georgette Heyer (yeah, I know she’s dead, but I can dream), Martha Wells, Lois Bujold,

]]> By: MaryK http://dearauthor.com/features/letters-of-opinion/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138665 MaryK Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:28:45 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/02/12/best-anthology-ever/#comment-138665 I want an anthology with JD Robb, Linnea Sinclair, and Susan Grant, plus one or two new-to-me authors that I'll love once I finally get around to trying them. I'm sadly behind on the new rising stars. I want an anthology with JD Robb, Linnea Sinclair, and Susan Grant, plus one or two new-to-me authors that I’ll love once I finally get around to trying them. I’m sadly behind on the new rising stars.

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