Chris Olson - SunPS writes:
>SB:
>> Like _The Phoenix Guards_, right?
>Exactly, like the Phoenix Gua... Uh.... Nevermind...
Well, actually, exactly like The Phoenix Guards. Like Paths of the
Dead, too, actually.
>(Actualy, Phoenix Guards kept MY attention, was exciting,
>and moved fast enough to keep me interested. I've read
>other books that weren't as "Dumas"-y and found myself
>yawning. So, yeah! Like TPG!!!)
The thing is...yeah, the Phoenix Guards books (all three of them, to
date) do move slower than the Vlad series. But they're -still- a lot
faster than their source material (certainly, Paths moves amazingly
faster than it's source -- Vicompte is OK, but I'm currently plodding
my way through 10 Years After [in the four book version], and it's got
some extended periods where nothing happens except for some very slow
intrigue. Wheras in Paths....well, I'm not going to talk about that,
but it's a lot faster.
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