[Dragaera] Ooooh, Vallista.

[Philip Hart]

Hi, a reminder that the list has traditionally begun all comments on the 
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It (i.e., until the paperback publication, or adding the space becomes 
too tiresome).

- Philip

On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Steve Rapaport via Dragaera wrote:

> A lovely shout-out to the Gothic Romance, beginning with a paraphrase from
> Austen, ending with one from Bronte, and loading the chapter titles with
> punny Gothic Fiction references.
>
> So I finished it far too fast. Oh my goth!
>
> Vlad and Devera are trapped in a spooky old house with warped spacetime
> geometry and a hidden beast.  Strange noises, secret passages, vanishing
> ghosts, friendly demons, surly builders, starcrossed lovers.
>
> And we also find out that Vallistas can be very annoying, and Issolas can
> be all right.
>
> We also get to see Vlad meet Laszlo for the first time (recall in Hawk,
> Vlad makes it sound like they're meeting for the second time. So here's the
> first.) Laszlo is described as looking a lot like the younger Brust.
> http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/Renfest/skzb001.jpg (Though not as much
> as Miska the Coachman is).
>
> A lot fewer appearances by those we already know and love, and much more
> detail instead on Verra, Devera, Dolivar(!) and the Paths of the Dead. We
> find out more about the relationship between Verra and the Cycle and the
> Empire that was hinted at with the first meeting of Iceflame and Godslayer
> recently. Verra gives us another couple of "oh, that's why I did that!
> Wasn't I clever then!" moments.So finally some decent hints about how Vlad
> will finish his arc.
>
> And it's all very Gormenghast.
> Five stars!
> -- 
> \Steve
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