>Well, there are a number of excellent fantasy authors that people
>have mentioned, but the one that specifically evokes _Glorantha_ for
>me has to be "Soldier in the Mist", by Gene Wolfe.
Don't forget its sequel "Daughter of Arete".
>And the "Book of
>the New Sun" quatrology as background for the Lunar Empire. The
>Autarch could easily be the Red Emperor, IMO. They're not for
>everyone, though.
When writing the Glorantha: Intro, the leaders of the Stygian Alliance were Autarchs, while rulers who hearken back to those days call themselves Archons (instead of Counts or Dukes).
--Peter Metcalfe
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