Lydy <lydy at demesne.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 05/16/06 02:08 PM To 'Dragaera List' <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: Agyar (Agyar?/Sixth Sense Spoilers) (Was Re: Brokedown Palace) >Jon Lincicum wrote: > >> Saying /Agyar/ is about [...] falls into the same category. It may be a >> very slight giveaway, but I have trouble believing anyone who's read >> very much of this list would be surprised by it. The book is 13 years >> old, for goodness sake. This "spoiler" also in no way detracts from the >> more important character developments and "twists" that make that book a >> very good read. > >I'm pretty sure I'm not the stupidest person who's ever read /Agyar/, or >for that matter, who's seen /Sixth Sense/. I wasn't sure what the >nature of the story or the characters in /Agyar/ was until very near the >end. (The story about the Irish cottage, I think, was the capstone. Or >very near there.) (Is that a spoiler? I don't _think_ so.) And I >didn't suss out /Sixth Sense/ at all. I needed the exposition at the >very end. The revelation was emotionally and dramatically satisfying. >I'm glad I didn't figure it out early. One of the things I've learned in the last day is that the original cover art and blurb for /Agyar/ were apparently much less revealing than the subsequent Trade PB edition that I own. I think this misunderstanding contributed greatly to some of the back and forth of the last day or so. Majikjon