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Ah ok, that's good stuff.

I try not to get too bogged down with one genre unless I'm reading a series. I can get lost in Raymond E. Feist's world quite easily for instance. I feel the broader I read the more I'll know or understand so I keep it fluid.

Well I might just have to read some Feist. Until looking him up just now, I had no idea of the Tékumel connection. A bazillion years ago, I played Empire of the Petal Throne in my wargaming phase. Yeah, more than a phase. I never met Barker, even though we were both local gamers at the same time.

Start with Magician which is the first in a trilogy. Go from ther. Clever, relatable and well crafted. I vouch for it.