stever%cit-vlsi@cit-vax.ARPA (09/23/85)
From: stever%cit-vlsi@cit-vax.ARPA (Steve Rabin ) Re: "Is Leiber a superficial writer?" For those of you who enjoyed Leiber's Fahfrd & the Grey Mouser, and would like to try some of his deeper work, or for those of you who were able to finish Phillip K Dick's Transmigration of Timothy Archer, or for anyone who lives near San Francisco and reads, I recommend "Our Lady of Darkness" by Fritz Leiber. Re: Sabberhagen's Book of Swords I got the three-in-one book club edition, but after 50 pages I decided to shear the binding and use it at the commode. Re: Downbelow Station I could not finish this one either - I thought the characters and scenes were very flat. The political intrigue was slightly interesting, but not enough to carry the weight of the rest. Re: "Chuck gives Trumps of Doom two *'s" I was also disappointed by Trumps of Doom, but liked it a bit more than you did apparently. For a long time I have wondered how an Amberite would go about ordering a pizza & etc. The walk with Julia, and hellrides in general were also well done. <WARNING: SPOILER SPECULATIONS> I think that the blue cavern in which Merlin is imprisoned is in fact the gemstone of a ring. Also Corwin is not dead, but is masquerading as Bill, who knows far too much. -steve
scott@hou2g.UUCP (Racer X) (09/26/85)
>Re: Sabberhagen's Book of Swords >I got the three-in-one book club edition, but after 50 pages I >decided to shear the binding and use it at the commode. >-steve It's too bad you didn't read a little farther. The 51st page is where it gets really good :-). Seriously, I found the first book (of three) a little slow, though interesting. The second book really had me hooked, and the third BLEW ME AWAY. I did wish, however, that the ending had been less rushed. I got the feeling Saberhagen could have written another 50-100 pages, perhaps delving into more detail about the fate of the main characters. You don't say why you "put it down". Was it the plot you didn't like, or did you find the writing sub-par, or...? "Don't touch that man! You don't know where he's been." Scott J. Berry ihnp4!hou2g!scott