<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>
