chabot@miles.DEC (L S Chabot) (03/18/85)
Bob Dalgleish == > > 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 ???. Okay, the other person ("???") is Patricia Wrede, and the second book by Brust is _Yendi_. But what could be wrong in getting people you're friendly with to favorably recommend your work? Come on, what are you supposed to do? This is the first publication of this book--we can't have blurbs from some reviewer on a random newspaper like the Cleveland Plain Dealer (for whatever THAT's worth). This kind of thing happens *all the time*, and it's the type of recommendation I trust. Recommendations from Brust and Wrede aren't going to lead people wrong: people who like their stuff will like this. (My mother and sister will, I'm sending them a copy as soon as the store I patronize restocks.) So, the cover's right: it has recommendations from the right kind of folks, it has a cover having something to do with the plot (which we have to admit is not to be taken for granted),... and wasn't it a nice touch that the back cover is turquoise? L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, LMO4/H4, 150 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752
brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) (03/22/85)
> > Recommendations from Brust and Wrede aren't going to lead people wrong: people > who like their stuff will like this. > > L S Chabot Right. Thanks.