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Steven Brust's Agyar is out in trade paperback. August 2004

Tue Aug 10 09:21:32 PDT 2004

--- Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote:

> Chris Olson - SunPS wrote:
> 
> After verifying which novel this was (I have a hard time with names) -
> off
> the list, Chris replied to me:
> 
> > Yep, that's the one.  Just don't mention the
> > *-word on the list.*  I accidently told someone
> > about it and got chastized (appropriately, I
> > must admit) for spoiling such a great "secret".
> 
> I am aware it's supposed to be a secret, from participating the SF
> newsgroup.   But I don't really get that.  I don't *think* Steve was
> hiding
> it nor expected it to be a "gotcha" revelation.
...

The way it worked for me is that I said, "Hm."  "Hmm, what about
that other thing back there?"  "HMmmm..."  "Aha!"  According to
the Critic's Fallacy (which I just invented, but I may not have
been the first), I believe the way I read it is the way Steve
intended it.  But I don't think there's a "gotcha" point in the
book--you have the fun of the "Aha!" whenever you get it.

Jerry Friedman


		
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