On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:27:13 -0600, Johne Cook ><johne.cook at gmail.com> wrote: >> Jhereg entertained me, Yendi intrigued me, but Teckla broke my heart. >> It went in a direction that no sane author would go (from a Marketing >> perspective). >I suspect we needed this book *before* Issola. >Some aspects of Issola >seem to pander to that in us that would have us >running godlike characters >in D&D. Except we already know that Steve is >not ready to go there. He >can't use Godslayer to solve his marital >problems, for instance. >But he can use it to stop being on the lam all >the time. And he can use >it to be part of the establishment that causes >some of the conflict with >his wife - but in a different way now. >His existing conflicts won't be solved by this >power - and I'm pretty sure >the conflicts that are coming up won't be solved >by it either. Tekla is my absolute favorite, it's gritty, heart wrenching and reminds us that life can really suck. I believe it makes the good times in Jhereg and Yendi all the more sweet. It also spoke to me personally, as I had gone through a similiar situation myself and could sympathize. This is the book that made Vlad "real" to me. John D. Barbato, O.D.