[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Vol 6, Issue 9

[Steve Rapaport]

I've gotta ask how "Droppa MaPantz" counts as subtle, too.   It's
appropriate, but hardly subtle.

As joke names go, it's on the "not subtle" end of things.  Want subtle joke
names?  Read Trevanian, you'll never know what hit you till you read the
book a second time.  Sometimes he takes care not to let you see the whole
name printed out at once, so you have to put it together yourself.  He has
one-night-stand women named Anna Bidet, Randy Nickers, and Cherry Pitt.
Intelligence boss is named Yurasis Dragon.  Lackey named Clement Pope.  This
guy has fun with names, in a story not really intended to be funny.

Just my not-so-subtle thoughts.

By the way, I'm re-reading the Amber series now too, and seeing more and
more of Zelazny's influence on Brust.  Anyone ever notice how many Dragaera
devices are really similar to Amber devices?  From Amber princes who tend to
live a long time and be stronger/tougher than Shadow humans, to magic
fuelled by Amorphia/Primal Chaos, (which can also be manipulated directly if
you're into weapons of mass destruction), to pieces of jewelry that are
semi-sentient and can be psychically entered/traversed to attain a higher
mental state.   Hmmm....

On 12/28/06, dragaera-request at dragaera.info <dragaera-request at dragaera.info>
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>    1.  OT: Zelazny Zingers (Tim Owen)
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>    3. Re:  OT: Zelazny Zingers (Howard Brazee)
>    4. Re:  OT: Zelazny Zingers (Paul Echeverri)
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> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:29:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tim Owen <feetalsjeez at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Dragaera] OT: Zelazny Zingers
> To: dragaera at dragaera.info
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> Perhaps it's been awhile since I've read Trumps of Doom, but I completely
> forgot about the name of Amber's Court Jester:
>   Droppa MaPantz
> Diet Coke coming out of my nose, the whole thing.  Nobody, except of our
> esteemed author Mr. Brust, breaks me up quite like that.
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> From: Chris Olson <Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM>
> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] OT: Zelazny Zingers
> To: Tim Owen <feetalsjeez at yahoo.com>
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> I agree.  For subtle funnies, Brust and Zelazny are right at the top.
>
> Another good one, from Lord of Light: "Then the fit hit the Shan."
>
> I nearly died from laughter and amazement the first time I read that.  I
> just couldn't believe the sneaky bastard could slip that one in so well.
>
> Ah...if only I could read it again for the first time. :)
>
> Chris
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> Tim Owen wrote On 12/27/06 02:29 PM,:
> > Perhaps it's been awhile since I've read Trumps of Doom, but I
> completely forgot about the name of Amber's Court Jester:
> >   Droppa MaPantz
> > Diet Coke coming out of my nose, the whole thing.  Nobody, except of our
> esteemed author Mr. Brust, breaks me up quite like that.
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> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:10:25 -0700
> From: Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] OT: Zelazny Zingers
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> On 3:37 PM Chris Olson wrote:
> >  Another good one, from Lord of Light: "Then the fit hit the Shan."
> >
> >  I nearly died from laughter and amazement the first time I read that.
> >  I
> >  just couldn't believe the sneaky bastard could slip that one in so
> >  well.
>
> So many people quote that - the book is one of my all time favorites
> with (IMHO) this contrived pun that did not fit.
>
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> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:39:20 -0800
> From: Paul Echeverri <palecur at pollywog.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dragaera] OT: Zelazny Zingers
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> Howard Brazee wrote:
> > On 3:37 PM Chris Olson wrote:
> >
> >>  Another good one, from Lord of Light: "Then the fit hit the Shan."
> >>
> >>  I nearly died from laughter and amazement the first time I read that.
> >>  I
> >>  just couldn't believe the sneaky bastard could slip that one in so
> >>  well.
> >>
> >
> > So many people quote that - the book is one of my all time favorites
> > with (IMHO) this contrived pun that did not fit.
> >
> >
> My first reaction was, 'this counts as subtle? in what municipality,
> pray tell?'
>
> pe
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\Steve