Dragaera

A good idea and a not so good idea

Thu Oct 7 15:34:49 PDT 2004

I wasn't trying to imply anything -- I just wanted to make sure you'd 
read Orca without giving away any spoilers to those few people on the 
list who hadn't yet.

On Oct 7, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Scott Schultz wrote:

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>> Out of curiosity, how many of the Vlad books have you read?
>
> If you're implying that the Taltos Cycle is already rather 
> Lankhmarian, I'd
> have to disagree. Conan would be at home in Lankhmar but I don't think 
> Vlad
> would feel particularly comfortable there. Dragaerans take a much more
> "matter of fact" approach to both magic and the gods than the folks of
> Lankhmar would.
>
> If you're implying that I don't know enough about Vlad if I'm 
> satirically
> picturing him as Fafhrd, I can only quote the wisdom of the inimitable
> Foghorn Leghorn - "Ah say, it's a JOKE son!"
>
> Just to clear things up, I've read the entire Vladiad and Paarfiad 
> multiple
> times, excepting _Sethra Lavode_. Being a cheap bastard, I don't 
> normally
> buy hardbacks unless it's something like _The Dark Tower_ that I know 
> will
> be read by most everyone in the family. Call me a philistine. ;-)
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