Tarot novels?

I second Promethea -- though it's strictly tarot from a Qabbalah/Crowley persepective. If you are interested in this system, there's really no better explanation available, IMO.

David Skibbins has a series based on a tarot reader. They're enjoyable if you're looking for some light reading. He's asking his readers for input into his next novel I think:
http://www.davidskibbins.com/index.html

going to buy "little, big" tomorrow. thanks Scion.
Cy

Little, Big is a wonderful book.

got Little, Big in the mail yesterday, hope to start it this weekend. looks very promising.

Ghost Ocean isn't necessarily about tarot, but one of the characters uses tarot cards a lot throughout the book. They're not particularly accurate, but for a fantasy book I thought that he did a great job of using them as a plot device and to stimulate character growth, without straying *too* far from reality.

I really liked Last Call and Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers. (I didn't read Expiration Date.) Complex, interesting, unusual, mind-grabbing fantasy using real-world characters and locales. (Just what I like, or liked, back when I read fiction. Before tarot obsession took over.)

Now I've got my son researching Promethea for me. (He's not a comic book fan, but a fan of Watchmen and V.) I've never read a comic book/graphic novel in my life. But I might have to start with this!

Scion said:

The Piers Anthony books are patchy but catchy. Tarot is almost more of a structure and a point of reference in what is essentially his dramatized meditations on faith and metaphysics. They're entertaining, but a little thin, and shamelessly, blindly Waite-Smith oriented in terms of Tarot. Anthony tends to treat the WS as if it fell from the sky. You can tell he's not a reader, but there are times where he structures entire scenes around a facile keyword-y sense of the cards. Total pulp. Read these for breezy entertainment value.

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I'm reading Piers' book, 'Macroscope', right now; it has a lot of astrology info in it, but nothing tarot related. And since I know next to nothing about astrology, I really can't tell how accurate it is. I just emailed him to ask what the title(s) are for his books that include tarot; maybe he'll send them to me, since they're a bit hard to find. Plus, you never know, he asked for me as an editor for Relationships III but I bowed out since I was making about 7 *CENTS* an hour. He was appalled when he found that out - said I should have made about $6,000. Nope, it was $7. Maybe he'll have something else for me to edit, hopefully worth my time. I mean, it was great doing it, I love reading/writing/editing, & I especially love to shred someone else's work. His, however, required very minimal work, & was fun.

I found a good number of "Tarot novels" at ereader.com. They seem to all be catorgized as erotica/romance. At first I thought they were following just the majors, but there seem to be several different authors- tarot themed in mass production.

Since I haven't read any I can't pass judgement other than to say, they did not appear to be books I would be interested in.

bodhran said:

David Skibbins has a series based on a tarot reader. They're enjoyable if you're looking for some light reading. He's asking his readers for input into his next novel I think:
http://www.davidskibbins.com/index.html

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I saw I copy of "High Priestess" (his second book, I think) on a bargain table the other day, but I was in a hurry so I didn't pick it up. I'll probably never be able to find it again, even if I go back to the same store.