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glencook-fans-digest Sunday, May 26 2002 Volume 01 : Number 187
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Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:12:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: schew@interzone.com (Steve Chew)
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike
>
>Personally, I find it odd that Silver Spike is
>included with Shadow Game and Dreams of Steel. Bleak
>Seasons seems a more fitting choice, although they'll
>probably be releasing a "Glittering Stone" Omnibus,
>which would include Bleak Seasons. The thing is,
>Silver Spike isn't about _the_ Black Company, but
>about brothers left behind. It is cool to have those
>books in hardcover. May have to join the SFBC (the
>internet one doesn't allow Canadians, the bastards!)
>
To me, Silver Spike fits in better with the plots of Shadow Games
and Dreams of Steel. Bleak Seasons was a departure from the "old"
company to the "new" one which we see in the Glittering Stones books.
Steve
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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 12:26:57 +1000
From: "A Turner" <azerole80@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike
SPOILERS: Silver Spike, Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel
> To me, Silver Spike fits in better with the plots of Shadow Games
>and Dreams of Steel. Bleak Seasons was a departure from the "old"
>company to the "new" one which we see in the Glittering Stones books.
>
> Steve
I agree about Shadow Games. There is imaginative use in Silver Spike of the
plot of Shadow Games and the journey south to Khatovar when Raven chases
Croaker, as well as wrapping up loose ends with the Brotherhood in the North
(Silent, Raven, Darling) - even if it is all pretty grim. But can you say
the same about Dreams of Steel? Everything in it seems to me to lay the
ground for the later books of the South. Lady's involvement with Kina, the
appearance of the Stranglers, the birth of her daughter, the 'resurrection'
of Soulcatcher, Howler's reappearance and alliance with Longshadow, Mogaba's
encounter at the end with Croaker. The Brotherhood only plays a very
peripheral role in it - if I remember rightly the only Brother besides
Croaker to appear is Murgen, and then only briefly.
Andrew
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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:52:09 +0100 (BST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Fraser=20Ronald?= <stelm7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike
--- Steve Chew <schew@interzone.com> wrote: > >
> >Personally, I find it odd that Silver Spike is
> >included with Shadow Game and Dreams of Steel.
> Bleak
> >Seasons seems a more fitting choice, although
> To me, Silver Spike fits in better with the plots
> of Shadow Games
> and Dreams of Steel. Bleak Seasons was a departure
> from the "old"
> company to the "new" one which we see in the
> Glittering Stones books.
>
> Steve
Yeah, now that you mention it that way (and with the
Glittering Stone omnibuses . . . omnibae?) it makes
more sense. Heck, it's just cool all the Black Company
books are in hardcover now.
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Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 19:05:05 -0700
From: "Lindsay Buroker" <sylvanarrow@attbi.com>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Hello all.
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Newbie here. Just thought I'd say hi.
I recently finished the Black Company series. Good stuff. The first =
three books in particular are going to have a spot on my =
favorites-of-all-time list. I'm not a huge fan (ok, not at all) of the =
epic-tolkein-based stuff that is so popular right now which probably =
explains part of why I enjoyed the books so much. Hmm, or maybe I just =
liked Croaker =3D) =20
I'm trying to find some of Cook's other stuff but that seems to be a =
chore and a half. The Garratt(sp?) stories sound like something I would =
like but I hate to start a series with the last book. Are they =
stand-alone novels? Would I be able to pick up the recently published =
one and enjoy it? It seems that the first books in the series are out =
of print. I guess, I'll keep an eye on ebay. =20
Anyway, nice to meet you all. Good reading!
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