[Dragaera] two words about _Good Guys_ (spoilers)

[Casey Rousseau]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:30 PM Michele Riccio via Dragaera <
dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:

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>     On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 12:06:05 PM EDT, Scott Schultz via
> Dragaera <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:
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>  As the subject says, spoilers ahead:
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> I'm giving _Good Guys_ a second read-through before I decide too much about
> it. It almost seems like an experiment in writing as much as anything. Can
> we mix perspectives? Can we mix-up expectations about who is "good" and who
> is "bad"? Can we run four different stories at once and have them all come
> together in a single conclusion?
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> I think a second read is probably needed. For me, at least. This was and
> was not a Brust sort of book. The voice and humor were there, but I
> couldn't connect to the characters. It might have been the continuous
> interruptions (I somehow started too many books at once and 'Good Guys'
> suffered from my distracted attention). I do think the premise is
> interesting and the differences between 'good' guys and 'not-good' guys is
> worth exploring, especially in a time where people are labeled 'evil' and
> tossed aside - as if humans cannot be complex, can't make mistakes, or grow
> and change.
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> Michele
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I can't recall if I've said this here, but Good Guys felt to me like a
story that started as a Vlad novel, but went in an unexpected direction,
had the serial numbers filed off and rewritten as its own thing.  Steve may
have been playing with us, but he even ended up with seventeen chapters.

- Casey