Darrell Schweitzer

[mcduck]

Darrell Schweitzer is my current favorite author. I had enjoyed several of his short stories over the years, but it was his novel, "The Mask of the Sorcerer," that really put him into the top rank of authors for me. It was an exceptionally engaging, dream-like fantasy that is entirely believable once you accept the parameters of the narrative.

I have since gone on to read his other full-length works, including "The Shattered Goddess," "The White Isle," and the story-cycle, "We Are All Legends." I have yet to be disappointed.

-> Ray.

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[Aubrey the Malformed]

I agree with you on Schweitzer - very unlike anything that I have seen and quite compelling. I read Mask of he Sorcerer and thought "Wow" and also The Shattered Goddess. Very eerie with a convincing feeling of otherworldlines. If it's like anything, maybe like some of the out-there Lovecraft or Clark Ashton Smith, but even those are fairly meaningless comparisons. He also seems to draw heavily from non-Christian mythos and religion, but also really pure fantasy - all down to magic and strangeness, with real world historical or political allegory nowhere in sight. That's all I have read, but it really left an impression. If I had to choose, it would be the Mask of the Sorcerer. Bizarre and powerful.