On Apr 30, 7:18=A0am, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:12:13 -0500, Aaron Bergman
> > <aberg...@[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. =A0I 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. =A0_Someone_ out
> > there likes it.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Me for one. One of the few stories to give me a combined
p=
ain and joy
> laugh, when the source of the Misenchantment is finally explicated.
Me for two. It's what started me on Watt-Evans lo these many years
ago.
It's also what I used to start my nephew on Watt-Evans and last time I
asked him what he wanted for a gift it was more Watt-Evans books so
him for three.
DougL
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