>From: rone at ennui.org (definitely what) >To: SKZB List <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: Re: Brust books you didn't like (was: Where did you begin?) >Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:59:12 -0800 (PST) > >David Goldfarb writes: > _To Reign in Hell_, which was an exercise in clever retconning but >which struck me (as an atheist) as somewhat pointless. > >I don't see why religion would have anything to do with it... it's a >classic tale of good versus evil, retold. I doubt a Christian would >find TRiH more valuable due to its characters. Indeed. I'm particularly wondering why "as an atheist" he finds it pointless. As an atheist, I not only enjoyed TRiH, immensely, but Paradise Lost, which a large part of what inspired it. I also presume that, as an atheist, Steven Brust enjoyed writing it. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_eliminateviruses_3mf