On Jun 28, 2004, at 3:23 PM, Johne Cook wrote: >> Not as often as I should. But rereading them can be quite painful for >> me. On the other hand, it can also be fun. I'm doing it now, and >> discovering that YENDI doesn't suck as much as I thought it did. The >> voice, at any rate, is just where it should be for the most part. > > Thank you. I've always thought this wasn't as bad as has been made > out. In fact, it was the book that persuaded me that SKZB wasn't a > flash-in-the-pan and set the memory cookie to stay on the lookout for > more works. I thought Yendi was great; It was the kind of book that you just kick up your feet and read, like a John Carter of Mars book or a Horseclans novel.