---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Edward Hahn <ehahn at isochronism.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:01:36 -0500 >It's wrong and silly. > >First off, the quality of writing, plotting, and characterization in >Mr. Brust's novels are far superior. > >I'm not just saying this because Steve's listening - in fact he's going >to be annoyed at this next sentence: I got about 5 books into the >Amber series and decided that it wasn't worth my time to read the rest. Er. Well, first of all, thanks. Secondly, I liked the first five books, but something about Merlin annoyed the SNOT out of me. Perhaps it's because he was Dara- spawn, and Dara is Icky, but most likely because there wasn't nearly enough Benedict in it. And yes, SKZB writes some damn fine stuff, doesn't he. ¬ MJ