<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">This could easily be seen as a morality tale for Iraq of today, what
<BR>with the Sunnis, the Shiites, the Kurds, the Americans, etc. That gives
<BR>it a lot of oomph, in my opinion, that it can be applied to something
<BR>For those who don't know, The Tower of Fear is a semi-historical novel about the last days of the city of Carthage.
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<BR>For those of you who liked The Swordbearer, well, as momma used to say, "If you can't say something nice,...."
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<BR>On a couple of occasions I have heard Glen say some VERY negative things about the fans who tell him that they like The Swordbearer. He is VERY ashamed of this book and calls it a juvenile power fantasy. He wishes that it hadn't been published. The only other book of his that he is ashamed of is Sung in Blood which is his incomplete Fastasy imitating the Doc Savage books.
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Swordbearer, well, as momma used to say, "If you can't say something nice,...."
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On a couple of occasions I have heard Glen say some VERY negative things
about the fans who tell him that they like The Swordbearer. He is VERY ashamed
of this book and calls it a juvenile power fantasy. He wishes that it hadn't
been published. The only other book of his that he is ashamed of is Sung
in Blood which is his incomplete Fastasy imitating the Doc Savage books. <br>
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Well, when my sister talked to Mr. Cook at WorldCon, she asked what books
of his he would most recommend (other than Black Company and Garrett Files)
and he handed her those two... maybe he changed his mind? I dunno... it may
not be a literary masterpiece, but it's still a fun read, with plenty of
depth to make it easy to suspend disbelief and become immersed in the story.<br>
<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/29/02 9:44:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, nsjavvaji@hotmail.com writes:<BR>
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Been awhile since i read the books, but now you got me wanting to go back and re read this. Would have to look at the end of the last book maybe to see who it is that went up on the plain...<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I think that Mr. Cook, makes mention that the third person that survived off <BR>
of the plain instigated the rebellion that was called the "Kiaulune Wars"<BR>
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Direct Quote:<BR>
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"Only fifty people had ventured otu onto that plain of glittering stone. <BR>
Half of those people had not been Company. Only two of those fifty had <BR>
returned to lie about what had happened. And a third who had come back to <BR>
retell the truth had been killed in the Kiaulune wars, far away from the <BR>
capital."<BR>
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Mr Cook goes on to name the two: "But the deciets of Soulcather and Willow <BR>
Swan fooled no one, then or now", but never mentions the third.<BR>
<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/31/02 5:16:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, ninjaspam2@insaneninjahero.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">>about which (to bring us back to reason for this list) i'd like to<BR>
>raise the question of what people think his take on organized (or<BR>
>disorganized) religion is as pertains to his writings. perhaps this has<BR>
>been hashed out already, but i'm curious to see if those of you who<BR>
>have religious convictions take a different view of Cook's various<BR>
>attempts to rationalize the human reliance on religion.<BR>
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>GReY.<BR>
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so those of us without religous convictions cant answer?<BR>
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ive always believed religion was for the weak. those who need some higher power to direct them in how to act and what do to. Ive always wanted there to be some movement where the actions of a person are ruled by their conscious rather than the threat of living in eternal damnation. however, that would mean we would all have to be concerned about each other and work together to make a better world, something the majority obviously cant do, hence their reliance on religion....<BR>
Mmmm so a person on the list asked a question, and I answered. Only people who agree with you can answer? Wow, you just exhibited the other problem with religion. Intolerence for those who think different.<BR>
your question was about what people would think of Cooks portrayal of religon, which started *someone else* posting off topic....with their religious beliefs, and how Cook would portray them, so I posted mine and wondered how Cook would portray them. <BR>
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As it happens Cook doesnt really list any gods in his whole series from the books of the North, and treats the "gods" of the south with Croakers attitude that maybe they arnt gods, but just supernatural creatures...<BR>
look up Black Company, there was a military organization in Europe, I think Germanic also, and was a military company who followed a particular lord. I dont have the links anymore but Im sure its findable.<BR>
