On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > >I think they used a poor term. It wasn't assassination, >it was regicide. Now, how many Dzurlords have gone tromping >up Dzur Mountain, cleaving through untold dangers to reach >the Enchantress for the opportunity to be turned into a teckla? >I'd have to agree, the characters were rather Dzurlike. :) Good point. Regicide. >> Didn't like the moral tone of the ending, but I doubt most >> of the Western world would. > >I did like the moral tone (which reminded me of Antoly<sp> >in the musical Chess), but I didn't much care for the way >the Emperor was carrying out his unification. Nice idea, >lousy execution. But I thought that *was* the moral - since his intentions were sufficiently "noble", implementing them was worth any number of massacres. As I've said elsewhere, my view of the King of Qin/Duke of Ch'in is probably hopelessly tainted by having read Barry Hughart's /Bridge of Birds/, where he is very much not noble nor nice..