Re: guess who?

On Apr 1, 7:02 pm, johan.g.lar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Mar 31, 8:15 pm, johan.g.lar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
> > The following quote is from a recently published novel. Who is the
> > author?
>
> > "We might already be reveling in our seizure of a valuable ****p and
> > cargo, celebrating by absorbing costly essences and engaging in
> > brutally non-consensual *****c entertainments of a type I find deeply
> > gratifying but which are difficult to arrange on a commercial basis.
> > Why this delay?"
>
> This quote is from "In the Courts of the Crimson Kings" by S.M.
> Stirling. Congratulations to Will, who guessed correctly. Will, could
> you explain what tipped you off?

The matter-of-fact tone conveying the bizarre and grotesque sentiment.
The fact that a viewpoint character could think those thoughts and it
wasn't George R.R. Martin. Lots of authors have people do those things
but relatively few that I read have someone think them "on stage."

Also the fact that it was _somone_ I have read a great deal of but
haven't read in a long time, possibly years. And it was a guess. When
I re-read my post I thought that it _looked_ like I was making some
kind of analytical judgment. But mostly it was a guess. Since it
turned out to be right, I won't tell you the names of the two other
guys I thought about guessing.

I don't _think_ I want to read it.

--
Will in New Haven
"If you don't see the mouse at the table in the first few minutes,
check your own breath for cheese." Feather in <Poker for Cats>