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Subject: Author Lists: Steven Brust
From: JWenn.ESAE@XEROX.COM
Date: 6 Feb 89 08:49:40 GMT




Steven Brust is a popular author on the net.  And I like him too.  My
personal favorites are "To Reign in Hell" ('cause I like mythological
stories) and "The Sun, The Moon and the Stars" (one of the better fictional
examinations on the nature of art).  The Vlad Taltos series is an enjoyable
romp for the first two books, but then the main character (a professional
assassin), has some qualms about the nature of his work in the third book
(I don't mind the change of tone, but I do have some problems with how the
story was developed).  The fourth book in the series is a prequel, but
retains some of the tone of the third, making it an odd mixture.  Rumor has
it that more books in this series are being written even as I type.
Attentive readers will notice links between the Vlad Taltos books and all
the other books.

/John

arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com

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Brust, Steven [Karl] [Zoltan] [U.S.A., 23/11/1955- ]
    The Vlad Taltos Books:
        Yendi [1984]
        Jhereg [1983]
        Teckla [1986]
	Taltos [1988]
    Brokedown Palace [1986]
    To Reign in Hell [1984]
    The Sun, The Moon and the Stars [1987]


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Subject: Re: Stephen Brust
From: Beth.Friedman@p5.f8.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Beth Friedman)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:282/8.5 - Fire Opal, Minneapolis MN
Date: 25 Oct 89 20:23:06 GMT




 HMT> From: htavare@hubcap.clemson.edu (h michael tavares)
 HMT> Date: 24 Oct 89 23:44:31 GMT
 HMT> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
 HMT> Message-ID: <6864@hubcap.clemson.edu>
 HMT> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers

 HMT> Does anyone know if Brust is going to be publishing 
 HMT> another book about Vlad and his trusty lizard?

 HMT> The last one I read was Taltos and I loved it but I 
 HMT> need more!! #|-}

The next Vlad book will be PHOENIX, but it probably won't be out for a 
year or so, since I think he _just_ finished it.  His upcoming novel is 
COWBOY FENG'S SPACEBAR AND GRILL, which has a January 1990 publication 
date, I think.  It's science fiction, sort of -- it's about an Irish 
rock'n'roll band that saves the galaxy.


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