Dragaera

Brust books you didn't like (was: Where did you begin?)

Thu Dec 19 13:47:24 PST 2002

I began with Jhereg in late 1990 or early 1991, because it was at the 
bookstore and clearly the first in the series. I proceeded to tear through 
as much of Brust's stuff as I could find, and picked up new Taltos books as 
they came out. Took me longer to get into the non-Taltos stuff, for some 
reason.

>Okay, new topic: which, if any, of Brust's books have you *not* enjoyed?

Athyra tops the list, mostly because of the lack of smartass commentary. I 
just reread all the non-Dragaera books, and Brokedown Palace wasn't as cool 
as I remembered it being. (Gypsy and F&N were both cooler than I 
remembered, though, so it's all good.) Feng's felt like it couldn't decide 
what it was.

(Note that saying "This is Brust's worst book" is equivalent to saying 
"This is only better than 75% of the stuff out there.")


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