Steven Brust wrote: > At 10:16 PM 6/6/2002 -0400, Beldarrin at aol.com wrote: >> Actually, it did make perfect >> (To this point, I'd say "Athyra" is my >>favorite of the Taltos novels. > > That's nice to hear. Thanks. Generally, it my second Most Hated, after > TECKLA. For me Athyra is also my favorite Taltos novel. It was the first book (in the order I read them, which has nothing to do with either chonological or publishing order) that showed me there was quite a bit more depth to your books than I'd noticed up to that point. Without Athyra I'd never have tried reading the Phoenix Guards, and that would have been a terrible loss. (Though really, when talking about the Phoenux Guards, I think it's completely unfair for books to show that an author had more fun writing them than a reader can ever have reading them.) :) May you always find shade and water, Sander