[Belgarion]

I am currently reading the Saga of the Exiles (4 books) written by Julian May. I have only just finished the first book (so no SPOILERS please!).

My opinion of Julian May at this stage is that she is a very good writer. She develops the characters well, giving each one plenty of details without going over the top.

Surprisingly, no-one seem to mention her, or mention her only very briefly. I personally thinks she is a good author who can match Robin Hobbs and Sara Douglass any day.

Why the lack of interest on Julian May? I would appreciate some comments on her.

[Cadfael]

I agree Belgarion, Julian May does seem to a neglected author, and her Saga of the Exiles is brilliant IMHO, and believe me, it only gets better with the other books. The sheer scope of the saga is totally awsome.

The companions series to 'Exiles' is even better in my opinion, this is called The Galactic Miliue(sp??).

[Belgarion]

Thanks Dennizm! I am looking forward to the other 3 books!!

I will investigate about the companions series.

Cheers mate.

[Cannon Fodder]

You should also try and find a copy of her novel Intervention as it ties in with both those series and is also an excellant read.

[Ntschotschi]

It's true that Julian May seems to be rather neglected. IMHO she's brilliant and I've tried to promote her since I'm on this board.
I'm glad that you like her work.
The Galactic Milieu tends to be a bit more sf than fantasy but it's also very good. You can look forward to read some of the best books I read.

[Keziah]

Intervention and the second two books books of The Galactic Milieu (they have two of number twos and no number one???) have been sitting on my parents book shelves for a while now but i've just kept picking them up and then going no i don't want to read these, every so often i read the first few pages of one or the other but i just can't seem to get past about page 20.

[wolfshead]

She's a very good and original writer. Her stuff may be more SF, but it says something for her writing that I liked her works so much, as I find most SF difficult to get into. Her weird, quirky characters are great!

[ChrisW]

Julian May is female? Damn I thought that was a male name http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/biggrin.gif.

[Cannon Fodder]

I wouldn't be bothered Caldazar, I thought Tracy Hickman was a woman. That sure as hell is usually a womans name.

[allanon]

Belgarion,join Eddings fans in www.eddingschronicles.com (http://www.eddingschronicles.com) -in the Message Board actually