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Immediate Reaction: This was a blast. A little fantasy-noir fun for anyone who likes bad men behaving with honour. Vlad Taltos is an anti-hero extraordinaire, and all the minor characters and relationships he's surrounded with are equally cool.
Later: This is only the second book I've read by Steven Brust, and the first I've read that he wrote alone. I read his collaboration with Emma Bull, Freedom and Necessity a couple of months ago, and loved their book so much I knew I had to hunt down their ...more
Later: This is only the second book I've read by Steven Brust, and the first I've read that he wrote alone. I read his collaboration with Emma Bull, Freedom and Necessity a couple of months ago, and loved their book so much I knew I had to hunt down their ...more
I refuse to look at what I said about this book the last time I read it for fear of influencing what I have to say this time around, but I will certainly do so once I have posted my thoughts.
My thoughts: total bafflement that my second time through Jhereg was like the first time through. The only two things I remembered about the story were Vlad Taltos, our first-person narrating criminal mastermind/assassin and his Lockheed-like dragon, Loiosh. Other than that I didn't remember a thing. It was ...more
My thoughts: total bafflement that my second time through Jhereg was like the first time through. The only two things I remembered about the story were Vlad Taltos, our first-person narrating criminal mastermind/assassin and his Lockheed-like dragon, Loiosh. Other than that I didn't remember a thing. It was ...more
I was pretty sure I was going to like this, since some people whose taste I trust have mentioned it to me before. (The whole series features in Jo Walton's series of posts on Tor.com/in her collection of those posts in book-form, and was one of the ones from the list I made while reading it that I have underlined several times as a priority.) Still, I wasn't sure enough, so I only ordered the first omnibus, which contains the first three books. Ten chapters in, I ordered the rest. Unfortunately,
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Ages ago, I read Jo Walton’s reviews of the Vlad Taltos books and resolved to read them immediately. I did pick up this first book, but after that failed to carry on, even though the first book is good and Jo’s reviews fascinating. There’s a lot going on in this world, and I really want to read more of the books to get a better grasp on it. In the meantime, Vlad Taltos himself is snarky, moderately capable, and definitely capable of getting himself into trouble. A winning combination – even with
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An assassin is offerred a job that sounds to good to refuse but soon finds himself in an impossible situation. Can Vladimir find a way out that doesn't besmirch his friend's honour or lead to an all out war between three factions of the empire? Unfortunately, he doesn't have much time, a matter of days before all hell breaks loose...
A light, easy read in an interesting world. A simple narrative structure that that sets up the framework of the impossible situation and then we see how it might be ...more
A light, easy read in an interesting world. A simple narrative structure that that sets up the framework of the impossible situation and then we see how it might be ...more
One of my favorite series that I periodically re-read.
Vlad Taltos - "human," Easterner, Jhereg, crime-boss, witch, assassin is introduced along with his familiar Loiosh, wife Cawti, Dragaeran friends Sethra Lavode, Morrolan, Aliera, Krager, and others.
In this book someone has ripped off the Jhereg Council and he's hired to take care of the problem. We're introduced into a complicated long-con by the guy who did it, and an equally convoluted solution to the problem of how to destroy him before a ...more
Vlad Taltos - "human," Easterner, Jhereg, crime-boss, witch, assassin is introduced along with his familiar Loiosh, wife Cawti, Dragaeran friends Sethra Lavode, Morrolan, Aliera, Krager, and others.
In this book someone has ripped off the Jhereg Council and he's hired to take care of the problem. We're introduced into a complicated long-con by the guy who did it, and an equally convoluted solution to the problem of how to destroy him before a ...more
Jan 25, 2008
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