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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
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Subject: Re: new book by Shetterly
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 12:34:24 EST
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> > At last able to put down _Cats_Have_No_Lord_ by Will * Shetterly, I can now
> > recommend it (it's hard to type and read at the same time).
> > L S Chabot ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot
> 
> I must admit that the reviewers for the cover blurb (Brust and ???), put
> me off a bit when it was revealed that they and the author had
> cooperated in several workshops and publishing houses.  However, I liked
> Brust's stories (_Jhereg_ and _Rendl_(sp)) very much.  I don't know about ???.


??? is Pat Wrede.  I like her books.  Especially TALKING TO DRAGONS and
THE HARP OF IMACH THYSSAL.  As for the recommandations, I am certain
that Pat meant hers.  I can almost guarentee that Brust meant his.
Why does the relationship among the writers change this?  Are you
aware of the extant to which authors know each other?  I'm not.
Harlan Ellison recommends Heilein's FRIDAY.  I wouldn't be at all
surprised if they've met.  Does this invalidate the recommendation?

The point is that, in writing my recommendation, I felt that people
who like my books will probably like Will's.  Why?  Because I like
Will's, and I like mine.  Therefore there is certain similarity
in the appeal.

> 
> I hope that this talented group of people start a new culture of
> fantasy: where rules are set down so that they can be broken with
> anguish by the characters, where good guys (and the reader) are misled,
> and characters willing give up their (god-given) powers.
> 
> Marvelous!!!  I am always glad to see almost-mainstream quality fantasy.
> -- 

Thank you for the adjective.  If you really want mainstream quality
writing in fantasy, I recommend the Gor books of John Norman.


			-- SKZB