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Dec 19, 2017 09:25AM

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Silvana wrote: "I read somewhere that one should start the Kay journey with Tigana. Is it correct? The book price has never been affordable so I picked up The Summer Tree instead (which is currently $2.99, btw)"
I don't know about staring, but Tigana is a self-contained stand-alone novel, I really liked its premise, but got bored with the storytelling.
I don't know about staring, but Tigana is a self-contained stand-alone novel, I really liked its premise, but got bored with the storytelling.

Silvana wrote: "I read somewhere that one should start the Kay journey with Tigana. Is it correct? The book price has never been affordable so I picked up The Summer Tree instead (which is currently $2.99, btw)"
Well Tigana is his best, imo, but you could start anywhere with his stuff (and you could definitely read Fionavar Tapestry before Tigana). Though you'd want it to be the first published within that particular world. He has a few different series and related stand alones, but they're all pretty separate from one another (beyond specific series/those that take place in specific worlds). But I'd read them in order of publication and then by world.
Edited to clarify.

The trilogy has the same flaw for me as most of Tolkien, Star Wars, etc., where the bad guys say "I am bad, come over to the dark side with me." The way it works powerfully is that the bad guy says "I am the real good side, those other people are not", and then the hero has a real choice. Kay's later books are much more sophisticated in that way, plus I love how he uses various historical eras but tweaks them with magic. The first one I read was A Song for Arbonne, because the blurb said it was for fans of The Three Musketeers, The Mists of Avalon and I think Lord of the Rings. Those are some of my all-time favorite books and I was hooked on GG Kay from then on.
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The Mists of Avalon (other topics)
Tigana (other topics)