Mar-20-2010, 10:28 AM (UTC)
I'm sure that Fitz' city is Kelsingra; Tintaglia visits it as well in Ship Of Destiny. You can find that passage on page 185 of the UK pocket-edition. Tintaglia is quite disappointed with the city, though. She sees it as a dead city where the stone vaguely remembers what it was once told to be. But I like the way her view of the landscape matches the journey in Dragon Haven, Robin Hobb must have taken great care to make sure everything matches.
I liked Dragon Haven as well, though it seems to lack the heart-rendering conflict that poor Fitz gets subjected to in his books. Not that I would wish that on anyone!
I like the way it focuses on the relationship between the humans and this new arrogant species that has come into the world. So much a double-edged sword. I thought what the Fool said in the Fool's trilogy was fascinating; that if he didn't succeed in bringing dragons back into the world, humanity would eventually spread to dominate nature and to cover and claim all the lands. It makes you think about how different the evolution of our own world would have gone, if there had been a species on Earth that claimed equal status to humanity. Fascinating!
I liked Dragon Haven as well, though it seems to lack the heart-rendering conflict that poor Fitz gets subjected to in his books. Not that I would wish that on anyone!
I like the way it focuses on the relationship between the humans and this new arrogant species that has come into the world. So much a double-edged sword. I thought what the Fool said in the Fool's trilogy was fascinating; that if he didn't succeed in bringing dragons back into the world, humanity would eventually spread to dominate nature and to cover and claim all the lands. It makes you think about how different the evolution of our own world would have gone, if there had been a species on Earth that claimed equal status to humanity. Fascinating!
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