Weasel Words

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Did you get this through some sort of special pre-release program?

Skwid  (skwid@thehumblest.net)   (http://www.thehumblest.net)  -- Sun Oct 18 01:34:21 2009


No, it's been out for a while.

Mike Kozlowski  (web@klio.org)   (http://www.klio.org/weblog)  -- Sun Oct 18 01:42:07 2009


Weird. Amazon has a trade paper version coming out next month, and an out of print hardcover that I didn't notice before and is apparently already quite rare, as someone appears to be asking $200 for it!

Skwid  (skwid@thehumblest.net)   (http://www.thehumblest.net)  -- Mon Oct 19 02:27:17 2009


I'll sell you my copy for $150?

Mike Kozlowski  (web@klio.org)   (http://www.klio.org/weblog/)  -- Mon Oct 19 09:16:43 2009


It's the backstory for the half-demon kids' parents from _Anvil_, isn't it? We do see them briefly toward the end.

I am told that it would make me want to throw the book against the wall (in a comment to a post that spoils the Company series), so I am avoiding it.

Kate Nepveu  (knepveu@steelypips.org)   (http://www.steelypips.org/weblog)  -- Mon Oct 19 11:46:08 2009


Kate, I know exactly what element people are talking about when they say that, and I don't know that they're wrong. It didn't bother me, though, because I treat stuff written in a mythic mode (like this, or Vance's Cugel books) differently than I do more realist works.

Mike Kozlowski  (web@klio.org)   (http://www.klio.org/weblog/)  -- Mon Oct 19 13:10:35 2009


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