# Shelters of Stone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344 "2002-04-29T19:30:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/1 "2002-04-29T19:30:41Z")
Book 5 is finally coming out tomorrow, 4/30…after 12 years since book 4. Anybody else pumped? I’m a little nervous that after this long wait the fans will have impossibly high expectations, but I read a fairly favorable review in my Sunday paper this weekend, so here’s hoping… ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/2 "2002-04-29T20:16:19Z")
I’m not pumped. I will read it out of curiosity, but nothing else. The long wait did not fill me with anticipation; it filled me with hope . . . hope that Auel would die before getting around to writing any more books. _Clan of the Cave Bear_ was a very good book. Each following book was another step towards frightfully bad. In this book, I expect that Ayla will invent the French tickler and sub-orbital space flight. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/3 "2002-04-29T21:34:10Z")
I was really excited about it coming out…six years ago. At this point, it’s been so long since I read the first four books that I don’t have clear memories of them. ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/4 "2002-04-29T22:24:53Z")
Either I entered a wormhole and today is really tomorrow, or my Wal-Mart got a preemptive shipment and went ahead and put the book on the shelves. IOW, I just bought a copy today. I will be reading it when I do my 4am-4pm shift tonight! ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/5 "2002-04-30T06:31:32Z")
Waitaminute. Book five? I thought this was the fourth one. Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of the Horses, Mammoth Hunters. What was the fourth one? ---
**Author:** ![AquaPura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AquaPura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AquaPura)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/6 "2002-04-30T07:19:47Z")
The fifth one is Plains of Passage SuperLorie. That one covers Ayla and Jondolar’s journey back to Zelandonia. ~Aqua ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/7 "2002-04-30T09:45:53Z")
Ohh…Thanks AquaPura! ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/8 "2002-04-30T10:43:30Z")
My mom’s friend calls it the Plains of Passion. ::giggle:: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/9 "2002-04-30T13:48:59Z")
Yes, the sex scenes get a little repetitive after awhile…don’t they at one point invent 69? Anyway, I’m looking forward to it. I am a little ticked at the wait, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/10 "2002-04-30T15:52:53Z")
I read it a couple of months ago. Picked myself up a copy at the ALA MidWinter Meeting in New Orleans. Got an advance copy free by buying anything at all at the Random House booth. Sometimes I love being a vendor, I spend so much time on the exhibits floor, I get to check out all the cool deals. It was great fun to read, sex scenes not too frequent this time. Valley of Horses is probably still my fave, though. I read it prominently in public places and had several people ask me where I got it. I’m so evil! If anyone WANTS spoilers, let me know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/11 "2002-04-30T19:54:42Z")
Ayla just invented capri pants! ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/12 "2002-04-30T23:52:53Z")
My Fantastic Ayla Inventions bets were on agriculture, antibotics, moveable type, frozen yogurt and the catalytic converter. But I’m sure whatever Jean came up with will be \much\ better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-of-stone/106344/13 "2002-05-04T12:19:57Z")
All I can say is, if we had to wait twelve years, it had damned well better be good. Great even. I suppose I should go back now and re-read the first four, skipping over the sex scenes, as is my custom. Oh yes, and I was able to fill in some of that twelve year wait with fanfic. I remember a really good one about a little girl with blond hair running into Baby the lion. I will dig up the link if anyone is interested.