On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 02:15:02 -0400, M J <saint_erythros at lameassbitch.com> wrote: > 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. Huh. I'd never gotten the impression that teckla got little love. It's pretty all right -- re read just last week, as it happens. > 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. Athyra is way more of a bummer, I found -- but I did find it excellent. >> 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. _Agyar_ is amazing. Next to Stephen R. Donaldson's novella/long-ass short story _The Killing Stroke_ and Brust's own _To Reign In Hell_, my favorite stand-alone prose piece. But then, I read Agyar in the middle of a bitter, acrimonious breakup, so its whole theme kind of resonated. pe