2005 Author Reviews for
tyellas

Tyellas has a real skill for world-building that I have only seen even approached by one other writer: Zimraphel. And that's a good thing because she writes the First and Second Age, where realistic world-building is so important. What's more than that, though, I have yet to see Tyellas try to write a genre where she has not completely blown me away. I laugh until it hurts at her humour, sit up straight and take notice at her drama, am aroused by her moments of romance. The thing that truly astounds me, though, is that when I read about a certain character I come away knowing about much more than that particular character. Take "Magweth Pengolod" for instance. Soup makes a comment about how the apprentice down the street (who we never meet) is often beaten by his master, though Aelfwine never beats Soup. In this brief comment Tyellas conveys an incredible amount about the relationship between Numenorean apprentices and their masters. (I gather that Aelfwine and Soup are a little abnormal in this respect, because of Aelfwine's age and lameness.) For these reasons and many others, I always find Tyellas' works incredibly absorbing and always a good read.

Tyellas has a real skill for world-building that I have only seen even approached by one other writer: Zimraphel. And that's a good thing because she writes the First and Second Age, where realistic world-building is so important. What's more than that, though, I have yet to see Tyellas try to write a genre where she has not completely blown me away. I laugh until it hurts at her humour, sit up straight and take notice at her drama, am aroused by her moments of romance. The thing that truly astounds me, though, is that when I read about a certain character I come away knowing about much more than that particular character. Take "Magweth Pengolod" for instance. Soup makes a comment about how the apprentice down the street (who we never meet) is often beaten by his master, though Aelfwine never beats Soup. In this brief comment Tyellas conveys an incredible amount about the relationship between Numenorean apprentices and their masters. (I gather that Aelfwine and Soup are a little abnormal in this respect, because of Aelfwine's age and lameness.) For these reasons and many others, I always find Tyellas' works incredibly absorbing and always a good read.

Tyellas deserves several rounds of applause for "Magweth Pengolodh." First of all, Tyellas is able to take a virtually unknown character and develop him into somebody just as compelling, complicated, and nuanced as any of Tolkien's better known canon characters. Then Tyellas took this character and gave him other little known characters to interact with, making each one distinct, memorable, and completely believable. After that, they were all tossed into the politics of Numenor, and here Tyellas really shines, bringing to light the fissures deep within this island society and uncovering many of the feelings and attitudes that will eventually divide the society completely. Nice foreshadowing, fantastic characterization, and a very involving story.

Tyellas has a real skill for world-building that I have only seen even approached by one other writer: Zimraphel. And that's a good thing because she writes the First and Second Age, where realistic world-building is so important. What's more than that, though, I have yet to see Tyellas try to write a genre where she has not completely blown me away. I laugh until it hurts at her humour, sit up straight and take notice at her drama, am aroused by her moments of romance. The thing that truly astounds me, though, is that when I read about a certain character I come away knowing about much more than that particular character. Take "Magweth Pengolod" for instance. Soup makes a comment about how the apprentice down the street (who we never meet) is often beaten by his master, though Aelfwine never beats Soup. In this brief comment Tyellas conveys an incredible amount about the relationship between Numenorean apprentices and their masters. (I gather that Aelfwine and Soup are a little abnormal in this respect, because of Aelfwine's age and lameness.) For these reasons and many others, I always find Tyellas' works incredibly absorbing and always a good read.

Tyellas has a real skill for world-building that I have only seen even approached by one other writer: Zimraphel. And that's a good thing because she writes the First and Second Age, where realistic world-building is so important. What's more than that, though, I have yet to see Tyellas try to write a genre where she has not completely blown me away. I laugh until it hurts at her humour, sit up straight and take notice at her drama, am aroused by her moments of romance. The thing that truly astounds me, though, is that when I read about a certain character I come away knowing about much more than that particular character. Take "Magweth Pengolod" for instance. Soup makes a comment about how the apprentice down the street (who we never meet) is often beaten by his master, though Aelfwine never beats Soup. In this brief comment Tyellas conveys an incredible amount about the relationship between Numenorean apprentices and their masters. (I gather that Aelfwine and Soup are a little abnormal in this respect, because of Aelfwine's age and lameness.) For these reasons and many others, I always find Tyellas' works incredibly absorbing and always a good read.

Tyellas has a real skill for world-building that I have only seen even approached by one other writer: Zimraphel. And that's a good thing because she writes the First and Second Age, where realistic world-building is so important. What's more than that, though, I have yet to see Tyellas try to write a genre where she has not completely blown me away. I laugh until it hurts at her humour, sit up straight and take notice at her drama, am aroused by her moments of romance. The thing that truly astounds me, though, is that when I read about a certain character I come away knowing about much more than that particular character. Take "Magweth Pengolod" for instance. Soup makes a comment about how the apprentice down the street (who we never meet) is often beaten by his master, though Aelfwine never beats Soup. In this brief comment Tyellas conveys an incredible amount about the relationship between Numenorean apprentices and their masters. (I gather that Aelfwine and Soup are a little abnormal in this respect, because of Aelfwine's age and lameness.) For these reasons and many others, I always find Tyellas' works incredibly absorbing and always a good read.