melissa4123

I have recently discovered Jean M Auel's series Earth's Children. I
love it! I have learned more about pre-historic society by reading
these books than I ever did in school. And it's so much more
interesting than reading a text book. I'll be saving them for my
daughter and maybe some day she'll want to read them as well.

To get to my question though, I'm on the last book and now I'm
bummed that there aren't any more. Do any of you know of any other
books that she/he has written in this same genre or know of any
other authors in this genre that would be worth checking out?

Thanks,
Melissa

TreeGoddess

I've been a fan of that series since the first one was written in the
1980's. :) I loved the 1st 4 and was really really disappointed with
the 5th book _Shelters of Stone_, but that's just me. Jean (a she ;')
is working on book #6 but I don't know when it will be released. She
has not written books other than this series that I know of. :)

-Tracy-


On Dec 31, 2003, at 10:18 AM, melissa4123 wrote:

> Do any of you know of any other books that she/he has written in this
> same genre or know of any other authors in this genre that would be
> worth checking out?

gehrkes

I started reading the series when I was probably 19 maybe my early
20's. I am 39 now. I read them with a blanket, over a heater vent
and loved every second. I still have not read the last book. The
newest one.. Because waiting was so hard. There is nothing else that
she has written as far as I know.. But reread them. There is so much
you miss because they are so detail oriented. This is my in envy of
your Auel experience.
Kathleen










--- In [email protected], "melissa4123"
<melissa4123@y...> wrote:
> I have recently discovered Jean M Auel's series Earth's Children.
I
> love it! I have learned more about pre-historic society by
reading
> these books than I ever did in school. And it's so much more
> interesting than reading a text book. I'll be saving them for my
> daughter and maybe some day she'll want to read them as well.
>
> To get to my question though, I'm on the last book and now I'm
> bummed that there aren't any more. Do any of you know of any
other
> books that she/he has written in this same genre or know of any
> other authors in this genre that would be worth checking out?
>
> Thanks,
> Melissa

Aimee

<,Do any of you know of any other
books that she/he has written in this same genre or
know of any
other authors in this genre that would be worth
checking out?>>

I 've cracked open Isle of Woman by Piers Anthony,
it's about evolution, and follows two people's lives
in those pre-historic times. Not nearly as good as
Auel's books, ( altho the most recent book in the
Earth's Children series was annoyingly redundant, I
thought.)

Auel has seemingly devoted her entire writing career
to *only* this series, doing years of research before
writing each book.

~Aimee

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In a message dated 12/31/03 8:21:48 AM, melissa4123@... writes:

<< I have recently discovered Jean M Auel's series Earth's Children. I

love it! I have learned more about pre-historic society by reading

these books than I ever did in school. >>

I read Clan of the Cave Bear, and learned that one woman invented archery and
horseback riding, and... what all else? And I learned the sexual practices
of a cave society. NOT!!

I'm not familiar with "Earth's Children," but beware of fiction from periods
where guesses are based on so little, as far as considering it historically
accurate. But as a spark and a jumping-off place to read what really is known,
such things can be really great.

(Another argument against single-source info.)

Sandra

Tia Leschke

>I have recently discovered Jean M Auel's series Earth's Children. I
>love it! I have learned more about pre-historic society by reading
>these books than I ever did in school. And it's so much more
>interesting than reading a text book. I'll be saving them for my
>daughter and maybe some day she'll want to read them as well.
>
>To get to my question though, I'm on the last book and now I'm
>bummed that there aren't any more. Do any of you know of any other
>books that she/he has written in this same genre or know of any
>other authors in this genre that would be worth checking out?

I just recently read The Kin by Peter Dickinson. It's billed as Jean Auel
for children, and it works that way for me too. (Jean Auel without the
highly predictable - after a couple of books - sex scenes). <g> Anyway, I
found it fascinating. Now I'm reading his book, The Ropemaker. More fantasy
than prehistoric. Good though.
Tia