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Guy Gavriel Kay is an award-winning Canadian fantasy author. His works are known for hewing close to medieval European history, and for having very little magic. |
'''Guy Gavriel Kay''' is an award-winning Canadian fantasy author. His works are known for hewing close to medieval European history, and for having very little magic. |
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As a young man, he worked with Christopher Tolkien preparing [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' for publication. |
As a young man, he worked with Christopher Tolkien preparing [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' for publication. |
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=== Bibliography: === |
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* ''[[The Fionavar Tapestry]]'' |
* ''[[The Fionavar Tapestry]]'' |
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** ''The Summer Tree'' |
** ''The Summer Tree'' |
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* ''Under Heaven'' |
* ''Under Heaven'' |
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=== Tropes common to his works include: === |
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* [[Alien Sky]]: The multiple moons variety. |
* [[Alien Sky]]: The multiple moons variety. |
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Masquerade carnivals with anonymous sex. Also, male submission and cheating wives. |
* [[Author Appeal]]: Masquerade carnivals with anonymous sex. Also, male submission and cheating wives. |
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Guy Gavriel Kay is an award-winning Canadian fantasy author. His works are known for hewing close to medieval European history, and for having very little magic.
As a young man, he worked with Christopher Tolkien preparing JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion for publication.
Works written by Guy Gavriel Kay include:
- The Fionavar Tapestry
- The Summer Tree
- The Wandering Fire
- The Darkest Road
- Tigana
- A Song For Arbonne
- The Lions of Al-Rassan
- The Sarantine Mosaic
- Sailing To Sarantium
- Lord Of Emperors
- Beyond This Dark House
- The Last Light of the Sun
- Ysabel
- Under Heaven
Guy Gavriel Kay provides examples of the following tropes:
- Alien Sky: The multiple moons variety.
- Author Appeal: Masquerade carnivals with anonymous sex. Also, male submission and cheating wives.
- Canon Welding: Elements from The Fionavar Tapestry show up in other books occasionally.
- Crystal Dragon Jesus
- Deadly Decadent Court
- Double Standard: Kay consistently portrays cheating husbands as scum, but cheating wives as perfectly acceptable.
- Earn Your Happy Ending
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture
- Grey and Gray Morality
- Historical Fantasy
- Low Fantasy
- True Companions
- Two Lines, No Waiting