For all Brust fans (or even foes)

[yendi]

Anyone familiar with Brust must read rollick's hysterical review of his latest book at http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=rollick&itemid=79221

Of course, I'm still planning on buying it in hardcover, possibly as early as today. :-)

Comments

[cissa.livejournal.com]

Great write-up! That sort of dialog was the main charm of "500 Years After" to my mind, at least after I got over being very irritated by it. Still, it sounds like he may have overdone it this time. Plus I hate reading first books in trilogies, especially before the others are available. I don't have the desire to keep bunches of partial plots straight any more.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

"500 Years After" was one of my favorite Brust books. I do like the Dumas-pastiche / Dumas-parody style, and I like the elevated language of the Khaavren series in general.

But this time around… man, I really do think he overdid it.

Oh, and yendi, thanks for the mad props, yo.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

Excess IS rebellion.

Count me in the "I should just stop reading books with not yet written sequels" camp.

[yendi]

The props were well-earned.

And I bought the book today (using $15 in gift certificates, so it wasn't too painful), so I'll be wallowing in Dumas-esque prose as soon as I finish Drachenfels.

[yendi]

I'm firmly in that camp as well. Except with Brust. Anyone else, I wait for the series to end. It's also the reason I'm buying fewer monthly comic books, and opting for graphic novels whenever I know there will be one.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

No wallowing necessary. It's quite easy to dance along the surface, observing as you go.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

That's why I don't buy comics, generally. I get sick of the wait, and the lack of resolution. I don't get much out of the little driblets of story – no tension, just frustration and apathy.

That said, when the installments come in great huge chunks — like with George R.R. Martin's "Ice and Fire" series, for instance — it's a different story. I don't regret having read those as they came out, even though the two-plus year lag between books is just murder.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

you say that as though you actually do it. I just should, I don't actually do.

[melvh.livejournal.com]

I don't mind a 2 year lag. It's the 6 - 8 year lags that steam me.

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

I've already read it, and did enjoy some of the language used....I think it was primarily a device to remind you that these people are of a very different culture.

[yendi]

I just started it this morning, and am enjoying it so far. I loved his use of language in the previous books, as well.

[yendi]

Once it gets that bad, I find myself cured of any need to find out what happened. Orson Scott Card found a way for me to no longer give a rat's ass about Alvin and friends. Ditto Robert Asprin and the Myth group.