Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:12:13 -0500, Aaron Bergman
> <abergman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>>_The Misenchanted Sword_, Lawrence Watt-Evans
>>
>>The old Ethshar books are getting reissued in paperback with reasonably
>>attractive covers. I like a lot of Watt-Evans's recent stuff, but this
>>novel never really came together for me. Watt-Evans has a tendency to
>>write books wherein the protagonist is presented with an intellectual
>>puzzle that must be solved. In the better books like _Dragon Venom_ and
>>sequels, this is surrounded with an interesting setting and some sort of
>>emotional investment. In his poorer books like _The Spriggan Mirror_,
>>there is little more than the intellectual exercise. This book has an
>>interesting setting, but it felt a bit like a fix-up of short stories
>>exploring the consequences of the "misenchantment". What it lacked was
>>emotion, in particular towards the end of the book. Still, Watt-Evans is
>>a decent craftsman in writing, and I'll stick with the reissues in
>>paperback to see how things go.
>
>
> Interesting that it didn't work for you. I tend to agree with you
> that I'm a better writer now than I was then, and that the Obsidian
> Chronicles are superior to the Ethshar books, but _The Misenchanted
> Sword_ remains by far my best-selling novel to date. _Someone_ out
> there likes it.
>
Me for one. One of the few stories to give me a combined pain and joy
laugh, when the source of the Misenchantment is finally explicated.
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