---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Casey Rousseau" <casey at the-bat.net> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:34:44 -0400 >Chris Olson wrote: >> MJ postulated: ... I have been accused of many things, but never of postulation. AWESOME! I am expanding my repertoire. >> > Then again, I think I'm the only one here who likes _all_ >> > of Steve's books, even the thing that gets no love and even >> > the other thing that gets LESS love. > >MJ, to which volumes are you referring? Are you talking about _Cowboy >Feng's_ and _Yendi_? Actually, I was thinking of CFSB&G, and _Teckla_. I am so very sad that _Teckla_ gets as little love as it does, when it's one of my favorites. It's a complete DRAIN book, the sort that you can only read if you chase it with some Wodehouse and possibly some of the less icky Saki. _Teckla_ had no Morrolan, Aliera, OR Daymar, and yet I LOVED IT TO PIECES; that's when I first realized that Brust was not just awesome, he was SUPER awesome, because - well, REALLY - no Daymar OR Morrolan and yet I couldn't put it down. And cried. And wanted to kick/smack/hug Cawti and Vlad and Noish-pa, except that I wouldn't have smacked or kicked Noish-pa. Ahem. Anyway, I'd been under the impression that _Yendi_ got more love than _Teckla_, at least on-list, because _Yendi_ has, as you say, that spiffy opening monologue, plus the Sorceress in Green speaking of newts, and Morrolan acting super-swish (er than normal), whereas I seem to recall that most reactions to _Teckla_ included the phrases "ew gross Cawti" and "ew gross Kelly". >us would transcribe quotes from favorite books an post them on our dorm >room doors. Really? With us, it was Elvish heraldry. My door was stuck with Finarfin, who was a swell guy but whose device just sucked. I sulked because across the hall was Thingol. And Thingol is UNF. >My door had a sprinkling of quotes from Heinlein Say what you will about Admiral Bob, but he's very quotable. I think I like his "Specialization is for insects" best. >second was the wisecracking remarks of our favorite Easterner assassin >about onions and Dragaeran Houses. HURRAY. >Likewise, although I am ashamed to admit that I have not attempted to >read three of Steve's books (_Agyar_, _The Gypsy_, and _The Sun, the >Moon, and the Stars_) They're likeable. And _The Gypsy_ is chilling. Maybe moreso than _Agyar_, come to think of it. >nor most of his short stories. Perhaps I'll get >to them after _Sethra Lavode_ A FINE FINE GOAL! Short stories are neat. >> And I am in complete agreement with Booklist: >> "Brust is incapable of writing a dull book." > >Oh, I think he could do it if he had to. Personally, I bet that Paarfi would be better at writing a dull book than SKZB would be. ¬ mj