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We need a new book meme-thingy.

... were little? A big Reader's Digest collection of fairy tales, which I still have. What book(s) can you read over and over? The Stand by Stephen King (the original publication, at least). Jhereg , Yendi , Teckla , and To Reign in Hell by Stephen Brust. Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (when I was in seventh grade, I would check it out of the school library, turn it in, and check ...

1) Jhegalla, by Steven Brust 2) Taltos, by Steven Brust 3) Yendi, by Steven Brust 4) Jhereg, by Steven Brust 5) Phoenix, by Steven Brust 6) Teckla, by Steven Brust 7) Issola, by Steven Brust 8) Wolf Pack, by Robert N. Charrette 9) Star Lord, by Donald G. Phillips 10) Way of the Clans, by Robert Thurston

Three's Company

... dating again and met a really nice girl. They have been on a few dates and she was over for the Super Bowl. I like this one and I hope it works out. Emily news: Sick. Reading The Book of Jhereg . Still plotting a move to Austin. Subtropical? Yes, please! This weekend I will be in Winchester, Virginia for my Aunt Nancy's wedding. I will get to see most of my mom's side of the family, including ...

What happened to me in 2008

... 27. The Virtu- Sarah Monette 28. The Mirador- Sarah Monette 29. Dust- Elizabeth Bear 30. Wanderlust- Ann Aguirre 31. I Am Legend- Richard Matheson 32. Warchild- Karin Lowachee 33. The Book of Jhereg- Stephen Brust 34. Gabriel's Ghost- Linnea Sinclair 35. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time- Mark Haddon 36. A Companion to Wolves- Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 37. Bright of the Sky- ...

On why I am a member of the Steven Brust admiration society:

...although one wouldn't be expected to read from, say, Jhereg and then move directly on to Athrya ), that we... Let's take the antagonist of the first book, Jhereg , a chap by the name of Mellar. At the...'s already stolen nine million in gold from the Jhereg Council, which is why Taltos is hired to do ...isn't handwashed away, the whole House of the Jhereg after him doesn't just give up when convenient....

A Really Rough Chronology Of One Vlad Taltos's Life Totally Not Written In Math Class Except...

.... Mother, gone already. Age 10: Already in service (through Father) the house of the Jhereg. Already studying witchcraft under grandfather, mostly informally. Age 14ish: Witnesses first death in father's restaurant: father buys title in Jhereg, hires tutors. Grandfather starts tutoring Vlad in Eastern (Fenerian) fencing, witchcraft formally. Age 16 : ...

Books.

...I'm looking forward to starting the third tonight after work. 1. Game of Thrones - Finished! 2. Jhereg - Finished! 3. Running with the Demon - Preparing to Read. 4. Honor Harrington - On Basilisk Station...involvement. The fact the book stops at such a cliffhanger makes me ravenous for the next book. Jhereg certainly set my standard up there a bit for intrigue books. The book is tied together with...

Counting down...

...On another note, after having seeing the terrible monstrosity that is the "graphic novel" of the fantasy novel Jhereg by Steven Brust, I'm almost half-tempted to try drawing my own rendition. Simply because I know ...That, and I'd like to draw a more accurate (and not to mention realistic) rendition of a jhereg. >_> ...also I should just make this my default icon or something, I use it often enough....

... , with Megan Lindholm -- a novel most remarkable for, as I recall, its fine sense of strangeness. But the books I'm really comparing Watt-Evans to are the Vlad books (starting with Jhereg ), whose main character = raw, hot pragmatism. *** I suppose this probably boils down to a different-strokes-for-different-folks kinda thing, and I am particularly biased in one direction (were you to check ...