Feb-20-2012, 09:17 PM (UTC)
Welcome to thePlenty Brad! 
So good to have you here
and what a wonderful opening thread!
My first time reading the books I, like you, went straight from Farseer to Tawny Man completely skipping over the Liveship books. There were a LOT of things that just didn't make sense to me doing it that way.. which is so so unfortunate.
In fact, it's probably one of the things about these books that annoy me the MOST.. that Robin Hobb didn't list them in the appendix as a 9-book series (pre Rain Wild Chronicles). Because it is. It's one long story.
I don't feel you can read one of the trilogies alone and get the full story. Nor can you read 2 of those trilogies to get the full story. There are 9 'main' books before the RWC. Hobb is so cyclical with her writing that things will come together for you eventually, you'll see!!
See, when I read the LST books after reading all the Fitz books... they became my favorite. I couldn't believe I had skipped them and so many things fell in to place. Even better, on my 2nd re-read I read all 9 books in a row and the Tawny Man trilogy became EVEN BETTER after having all the puzzle pieces in order.
In regards to what everyone else is saying (in answer to your question)... I've always thought it was Tintaglia, and still do.
You will SO enjoy your read of Liveship!!!!!!!!!!!!
So good to have you here
and what a wonderful opening thread! My first time reading the books I, like you, went straight from Farseer to Tawny Man completely skipping over the Liveship books. There were a LOT of things that just didn't make sense to me doing it that way.. which is so so unfortunate.
In fact, it's probably one of the things about these books that annoy me the MOST.. that Robin Hobb didn't list them in the appendix as a 9-book series (pre Rain Wild Chronicles). Because it is. It's one long story.
I don't feel you can read one of the trilogies alone and get the full story. Nor can you read 2 of those trilogies to get the full story. There are 9 'main' books before the RWC. Hobb is so cyclical with her writing that things will come together for you eventually, you'll see!!
See, when I read the LST books after reading all the Fitz books... they became my favorite. I couldn't believe I had skipped them and so many things fell in to place. Even better, on my 2nd re-read I read all 9 books in a row and the Tawny Man trilogy became EVEN BETTER after having all the puzzle pieces in order.
In regards to what everyone else is saying (in answer to your question)... I've always thought it was Tintaglia, and still do.
You will SO enjoy your read of Liveship!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” ~Patrick Rothfuss in The Name of the Wind
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” ~Patrick Rothfuss in The Name of the Wind
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