Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site caip.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!lsuc!pesnta!pyramid!ut-sally!topaz!caip!DZOEY From: DZOEY@UMD2.UMD.EDU Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Brokedown Palace Message-ID: <829@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 17:55:36 EST Article-I.D.: caip.829 Posted: Mon Dec 23 17:55:36 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Dec-85 04:44:32 EST Sender: daemon@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 46 From: Joseph I. Herman (Joe) Yes, Brokedown Palace is indeed out! It's reasonably good also! This book seems to be SKZB's first attempt at more serious science fiction. He handles his characters well, giving most of them the emotions that really make them come alive. ****SPOILER STUFF FOLLOWS....YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED (Insert flashing red light)** ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** The following are questions for people who've read the book, I"m not going to summarize the book since people should read it themselves and I'm very bad at summarizing. It seemed to me that the story was really about revolution. I'm not quite sure about what the characters represented though. Please let me know your thoughts about this. My guesses are: The King represents Royalty (The King) Vilkos represents the Army (Strength) Miklos represents the Intellectuals And the other brother (Andre? I can't remember) represents Religion Does the girl represent the peasants? Did the Kings wife represent foreign powers/advisors? And what (if anything) did the sorcerer represent? Its times like this that I wish I'd taken a few more history classes. Another thing I was wondering about. I'm sure you all noticed that the animals were the same as in Yendi/Jhereg. And the fact that the kingdom is *east* of Faerie kingdom. Could this be pre-history to Yendi/Jhereg? There was the reference to a link to a central source to use Faerie power which could be exactly like the link to the emper(or|ess). There was also a brief mention of witches and how weak their power was compared to the sorcerors. This would be similar to the situation in Yendi/Jhereg. On the otherhand, maybe this is just my imagination and it's all just a Hungarian folk tale. I could be reading things into it. Happy Joe DZOEY@UMD2.UMD.EDU : ARPA HERMAN@UMDD : BITNET