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This is a thread for the discussion of books written by Mercedes Lackey or any upcoming novels of hers.

Weekly Discussion Topic (March 13 to March 20): Homosexuality in Mercedes Lackey's works (or the lack of it)

A list of her works (primarily from Ms. Lackey's homepage):

Valdemar Universe (Chronological Order)
The Mage Wars Trilogy
The Black Gryphon
The White Gryphon
The Silver Gryphon

The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Promise
Magic's Price

Brightly Burning

Vows & Honor
The Oathbound
Oathbreakers
Oathblood

Exile's Honor
Exile's Valor

Take a Thief

Heralds of Valdemar
Arrow of the Queen
Arrow's Flight
Arrow's Fall

Kerowyn's Tale
By the Sword

The Mage Winds Trilogy
Winds of Fate
Winds of Change
Winds of Fury

The Mage Storms Trilogy
Storm Warning
Storm Rising
Storm Breaking

Darian's Tale
Owlflight
Owlsight
Owlknight

Anthologies
Sword of Ice
Sun in Glory

Elves on the Road Universe
Bedlam Bard
Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
Summoned to Tourney
Bedlam's Bard
Beyond World's End
Spirits White as Lightning
Mad Maudlin
Music to My Sorrow (May 1, 2005)
Bedlam's Edge (August 1, 2005)

Diana Tregade
Burning Water
Children of the Night
Jinx High

The SERRAted Edge
Born to Run
Wheels of Fire
When the Bough Breaks
Chrome Circle
Stoned Souls
This Scepter'd Isle (Prequel)
Ill Met by Moonlight

Other Universes
Bardic Voices
The Lark and the Wren
The Robin & the Kestrel
The Eagle and the Nightingales
Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Bardic Choices
A Cast of Corbies

Elemental Masters
The Fire Rose
The Gates of Sleep
The Serpent's Shadow
Phoenix and Ashes

Fairy Tales
The Black Swan
Firebird
The Fairy Godmother

The Halfblood Chronicles (Co-written with Andre Norton)
Elvenbane
Elvenblood
Elvenborn
Elvenbred (Not yet published)

Heirs of Alexandria (Co-written with Eric Flint and Dave Freer)
The Shadow of the Lion
This Rough Magic

The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy (Co-written with James Mallory)
The Outstretched Shadow
To Light a Candle

The Dragon Jousters
Joust
Alta
Sanctuary

Queen of Air and Darkness (Not yet published)

^^; If I have missed anything, feel free to say so.

And does anyone have any particular favorites? Exile's Honor, Exile's Valor, Joust, and Alta are my personal favorites.

I suggest you start with the original Heralds of Valdemar trilogy: Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall. They were her first published novels, and they introduce the readers to Valdemar and everything else.

I've read some of her stuff. The Heralds of Valdemar trilogy, Sword of Ice, Knight of Ghosts and Shadows, the Bardic Voices books, The Black Swan, and Elvenbane and Elvenblood. Actually, I guess that's quite a bit.

I think her stuff is okay, but really nothing more than brain candy. Does provide for a good read, though, if that's what you're in the mood for. I think my favorites are the first couple of Bardic Voices books and Knight of Ghosts and Shadows. I'd actually kind of like to read the sequals to that one. (I'm a musician, so that explains why I like those books. I play some Celtic music too, which explains it even more, at least for Knight....)

Edit: Forgot. Something I do like about her books are the 'non-traditional' relationships. Homosexuals, for one thing. And the threesome that develops in Knight.... She's good about portraying that kind of thing well.

Now that it's mentioned, I love her fairy-take-takes, such as The Black Swan and The Fairy Godmother. I got the latter for my birthday and just loved it.
The Free Bards Books also drew me in as true favorites from her. I bought those books seperately and then together in the Bardic Voices combined book "The free bards". It didn't include Four and Twenty Blackbirds, (although I never really saw the point in Four and Twenty Blackbirds, am I alone here?) I wasn't at all dissapointed. I think I've read that(the combined book) more times than I have any other.

Oh, I think you missed The Valdemar Companion, on your list, as well as The Free Bards(combined book) if you count those.

Her stuff is basically romantic fantasy, which is probably why I like it so much. ^_^ But yeah, it isn't the most thought-inducing stuff in the world, but it is good for a nice read.

Bump.