And Mary Gentle's 'Architecture of Desire' and maybe 'Rats and Gargoyles' is set in a thief world. There is actually an academy. It is good stuff! Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Kronengold [SMTP:mneme at io.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:21 PM > To: T J > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Assassin Novels > > T J writes: > >I am in desperate need of somethign new to read, anyone know any good > >assassin/thief genre Sci/fi books or authors, i am willing to try about > >anything. > > Have you read P.C.Hodgell (Jayn, escaping from the eternal enemy of > her people (and of her people's God) hides in a city where she is > trained as a superb thief, among other things? > > How about Daniel Keys Moran's _The Long Run_ (of Trent the Theif)? > > -- > Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ > _,,,--,,_ ,) > --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, > ;-;;' > /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ > > /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-' > ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please delete the e-mail & notify the system manager. We reserve the right to scan all e-mail traffic for restricted content and to monitor all e-mail traffic in general. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organisation by whom they are employed, except where the sender expressly and with authority states them to be so. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for the presence of computer viruses and script. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail is free from viruses. Responsibility for virus checking rests entirely with the recipient. 5 at 356 **********************************************************************