*Googlety* Ah, OK, that explains it. I think I probably read the initial Talents short stories that were out by the 1970s, but I don't remember a damn thing about 'em, and definitely didn't read any of the later stuff.
And hee, yes, telepathy and cheesiness are both quite optional, and wolves are acceptable! But I'm somewhat more hair-triggery about bouncing off conventional medievaloid fantasy. Hobb, I've never read; Lindskold I've read the first book, was pretty meh about the world and the prose and most of the human characters and mostly wanted to see more of the wolves; Lirael I absolutely adored -- this icon's from a pic of Lirael and the Dog I commissioned from Pentapus on LJ. In SF, I loved the Tines in A Fire Upon The Deep, but haven't really come across much of anything comparable since...
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And hee, yes, telepathy and cheesiness are both quite optional, and wolves are acceptable! But I'm somewhat more hair-triggery about bouncing off conventional medievaloid fantasy. Hobb, I've never read; Lindskold I've read the first book, was pretty meh about the world and the prose and most of the human characters and mostly wanted to see more of the wolves; Lirael I absolutely adored -- this icon's from a pic of Lirael and the Dog I commissioned from Pentapus on LJ. In SF, I loved the Tines in A Fire Upon The Deep, but haven't really come across much of anything comparable since...