> Steve said: > > > Hmmm. > > > > You can think of the Vlad books this way: > > A world created in honor of Fritz Leiber > > Fantasy tropes created in honor of Michael Moorcock > > A narrative style in honor of Dashiel Hammet > > A general aesthetic in honor of Roger Zelazny > > I said: > Which explains why I groove on them so much - though I am not familiar with > the works of Hammet, my top ten list of favourite fantasy writes goes - > Zelazny, Moorcock (just read his new one - Dreamthief's Daughter - quite > good - love the background on Oona) and Leiber (the other 7 are irrelevant > to this list). > > Gonna go check out some Dashiel Hammet now... > > Sean > Whaddya know.. I'm already familiar with his work! I should've guessed...