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I didn't know about the novellas, thank you!
Oh, good, I'm glad I mentioned them, then. I've been blogging about them for so long, I tend to just assume everyone's got the word. Not so, apparently.
So by all means keep talking about them out and about, folks!
Ta, L.
Although the novels are good, I possibly enjoy some of the novellas more thoroughly, becaause Penric is both likeable and cheerful, and that's appreciated. The heroes of the novels are all good friends, as it were, but they carry their own personal burdens, and we as readers carry them too in sympathy. Penric takes risks and isn't free from care, but he walks lightly and with a smile. I like that.
@ JP --
Well, really, if you were a god of mischance seeking to safely bestow the most powerful chaos demon of its generation, wouldn't you look for the longest-tempered human being you could possibly lay your holy hands upon...? :-)
(Safest, too, for the demon, not just for the world. The Bastard has many responsibilities.)
That said, I feel antiheroes stopped being an edgy exciting novelty quite some time ago. Time for something else, just for a change.
Also... Pen is young, yet. I expect enough life will bring him all the angst a hero needs, in due course, without him or me having to go hunt it down a-purpose.
Ta, L.
Sure. Mind you, I'm 65 and still quite cheerful.
I like to think of Penric as a bit like Miles might have been if born into a "normal" family and without the prenatal damage. They both tend to have a saving people thing, a similar taste in women, and a tendency to chatter on and on when tired or stressed. I have read and listened to all of the novellas (well the newest doesn't seem to be out on Audible yet.) many times and seem to pick up something new each time.
Well, I wouldn't say the two have the same taste in women. Miles, as we know, likes tall Amazons; Pen likes well-upholstered maternal. Neither are fussy about the paint job.
:-), L.
Doesn't Penric's height compared to many of those around him make it a challenge for him to find women significantly taller than himself?
They both seem to go for strong minded intelligent women, and I thought Miles rather like the well upholstered also.
Well, I don't want to argue and I did only say 'similar" taste.
Congrats on the "no planning." I can't imagine it at this point, but hope to get there some day.
@ Jerri --
Argue? Idle gossip, more like. Which is much more fun to do about fictional people than real ones...
Agree on the "strong-minded, intelligent", though. Possibly because both men, being smart themselves, are not threatened by same; possibly just because both were created by a woman writer.
Ta, L.
I seem to have a preference for strong-minded, intelligent women. Perhaps my mother got me accustomed to the idea.
Both couples are 30, both men are sure sooner, both women don't say no to the proposal (or yes at first). Both wives embrace what might be considered traditional roles - probably more significant for Ekaterin given Miles' previous lives. Miles is drawn to Laisa's padded figure and Aral mentions Ekaterin's padding from when she bounced off of him.
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Oh, good, I'm glad I mentioned them, then. I've been blogging about them for so long, I tend to just assume everyone's got the word. Not so, apparently.So by all means keep talking about them out and about, folks!
Ta, L.
Although the novels are good, I possibly enjoy some of the novellas more thoroughly, becaause Penric is both likeable and cheerful, and that's appreciated. The heroes of the novels are all good friends, as it were, but they carry their own personal burdens, and we as readers carry them too in sympathy. Penric takes risks and isn't free from care, but he walks lightly and with a smile. I like that.
@ JP --Well, really, if you were a god of mischance seeking to safely bestow the most powerful chaos demon of its generation, wouldn't you look for the longest-tempered human being you could possibly lay your holy hands upon...? :-)
(Safest, too, for the demon, not just for the world. The Bastard has many responsibilities.)
That said, I feel antiheroes stopped being an edgy exciting novelty quite some time ago. Time for something else, just for a change.
Also... Pen is young, yet. I expect enough life will bring him all the angst a hero needs, in due course, without him or me having to go hunt it down a-purpose.
Ta, L.
Sure. Mind you, I'm 65 and still quite cheerful.
I like to think of Penric as a bit like Miles might have been if born into a "normal" family and without the prenatal damage. They both tend to have a saving people thing, a similar taste in women, and a tendency to chatter on and on when tired or stressed. I have read and listened to all of the novellas (well the newest doesn't seem to be out on Audible yet.) many times and seem to pick up something new each time.
Well, I wouldn't say the two have the same taste in women. Miles, as we know, likes tall Amazons; Pen likes well-upholstered maternal. Neither are fussy about the paint job.:-), L.
Doesn't Penric's height compared to many of those around him make it a challenge for him to find women significantly taller than himself? They both seem to go for strong minded intelligent women, and I thought Miles rather like the well upholstered also.
Well, I don't want to argue and I did only say 'similar" taste.
Congrats on the "no planning." I can't imagine it at this point, but hope to get there some day.
@ Jerri --Argue? Idle gossip, more like. Which is much more fun to do about fictional people than real ones...
Agree on the "strong-minded, intelligent", though. Possibly because both men, being smart themselves, are not threatened by same; possibly just because both were created by a woman writer.
Ta, L.
I seem to have a preference for strong-minded, intelligent women. Perhaps my mother got me accustomed to the idea.
Both couples are 30, both men are sure sooner, both women don't say no to the proposal (or yes at first). Both wives embrace what might be considered traditional roles - probably more significant for Ekaterin given Miles' previous lives. Miles is drawn to Laisa's padded figure and Aral mentions Ekaterin's padding from when she bounced off of him.
