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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1297708" data-attributes="member: 1656">I think when I was twelve or thirteen, I'd read just about every book he'd written.&nbsp; Including, oddly, the Tarot series, but excluding the Bio of a Space Tyrant, which my parents forbade at the time.These days, I look back at a quote he put in a foreword somewhere - &quot;There are very few living authors who can do what I do, better than I do&quot;, and think &quot;You've got to be joking.&quot;Oooooh!&nbsp; Mercedes Lackey.&nbsp; If she's into unicorns etc, she's gonna love Companions.Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, Arrow's Fall.&nbsp; Get her hooked on those three to start, and you're set for birthday presents for a few years.-Hyp.Edit - I'm definitely going to recommend Lackey's Valdemar books at the very top of the list, but with the caveat that there is a little bit of sex in them.&nbsp; No more than in the Malloreon, probably less than in Xanth... but a quick browse through the books you said she's read didn't really turn up any with any sex at all (though I can't speak for McCaffrey - I couldn't get through a Pern book last time I tried), so I'm not sure how big a deal that is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1297708, member: 1656"] I think when I was twelve or thirteen, I'd read just about every book he'd written. Including, oddly, the Tarot series, but excluding the Bio of a Space Tyrant, which my parents forbade at the time. These days, I look back at a quote he put in a foreword somewhere - "There are very few living authors who can do what I do, better than I do", and think "You've [i]got[/i] to be joking." Oooooh! Mercedes Lackey. If she's into unicorns etc, she's gonna [i]love[/i] Companions. Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, Arrow's Fall. Get her hooked on those three to start, and you're set for birthday presents for a few years. -Hyp. Edit - I'm definitely going to recommend Lackey's Valdemar books at the very top of the list, but with the caveat that there is a [i]little[/i] bit of sex in them. No more than in the Malloreon, probably less than in Xanth... but a quick browse through the books you said she's read didn't really turn up any with any sex at all (though I can't speak for McCaffrey - I couldn't get through a Pern book last time I tried), so I'm not sure how big a deal that is. [/QUOTE]

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