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6 unusual facts about Guy Gavriel Kay


Boréal

In previous years, guests have included prominent Canadian writers including Élisabeth Vonarburg, Nalo Hopkinson, Patrick Senécal, Geoff Ryman, Guy Gavriel Kay, Yves Meynard, William Gibson, Peter Watts, Karl Schroeder, etc., as well as internationally renowned authors including Samuel Delany, Ted Chiang, Michael Swanwick, Jean-Claude Dunyach, James Morrow, Valerio Evangelisti, Laurent Genefort, and others.

Christopher Tolkien

In the years following his father's death, Christopher Tolkien worked on the manuscript and was able to produce an edition of The Silmarillion for publication in 1977; his assistant for part of this work was the young Guy Gavriel Kay, who would later become a noted fantasy author.

Kimberly Ford

Kimberly Ford is one of the main characters of Guy Gavriel Kay's epic fantasy trilogy "The Fionavar Tapestry"

Magocracy

Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana is a novel that features a conflict between two nations governed by sorcerers, in a world deliberately designed to be reminiscent of Italy during the Renaissance.

Nika riots

The Sarantine Mosaic (1998, 2000) by Guy Gavriel Kay is a fantasy novel based on the 6th century Mediterranean world; the two-novel series closely parallels the historical events of the Nika riots.

Rusalka

The novel Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay features beings called riselka that are based on rusalki.



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