Outside of a Dog: Brust, Steven: (110) Dzur

FiveAcres

FiveAcres wrote on June 18, 2006 at 1:23 PM:

I am so envious. Sniff.

Aaron Bergman

Aaron Bergman wrote on June 20, 2006 at 2:58 AM:

Well, er, I can think of ways that you would be able to discuss it much earlier. Unfortunately, I don't think I have anything to bribe you with. I still do owe you something for The Luck of the Wheels from way back when, though.

On a more serious note, I'm rather surprised this book wasn't a flashback. I guess, given the positive review, it manages to avoid the dangers of Overly Powerful Main Character Syndrome, then?

Kate

Kate wrote on June 20, 2006 at 6:42 AM:

Aaron: well, I thought so, and in fact the way Vlad manages recent events was one of the things I liked about it.

There are more references to his trip East, FWIW, so I would expect to get that novel sometime.

Kvon

Kvon wrote on June 20, 2006 at 7:28 AM:

I recently scored some nice early Advance Reader Copies (Powers and Bujold, eee!) and now I'm stuck waiting to read about their discussions. Is there any netiquette to discussing ARCs, other than quiet gloating?

Kate

Kate wrote on June 20, 2006 at 7:36 AM:

Kvon: Depends on the forum, I'd say; the Bujold mailing list used to set up a separate spoiler list, for instance.

(Oh yeah, I meant to post this to the Brust mailing list.)

Rich

Rich wrote on July 23, 2006 at 1:52 PM:

Hey Kate,

Can you refresh my recollection by what you mean by the "the series-changing events of Issola?"

I read the book, and all, but aside from the one big thing with Lady Teldra, I cannot recall much about it.

Kate

Kate wrote on July 23, 2006 at 4:39 PM:

Rich: no, that's pretty much what I meant.

Rich

Rich wrote on July 24, 2006 at 6:50 PM:

Hmmm.

As luck would have it, I have been rereading the Viscount trilogy, in some sort of subconscious preparation for Dzur. I think as soon as I am done with Sethra Lavode (which I still wish had been named Enchantress of Dzur Mountain) I shall reread the Vlad books.

Skwid

Skwid wrote on August 12, 2006 at 12:22 AM:

So...any plans for a spoilerific review soon?

Kate

Kate wrote on August 12, 2006 at 9:38 AM:

Skwid: I don't know. Do you really think it needs one?

It'd be short, anyway.