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| Posted By : Nik - 3/26/2008 1:14 PM | To me, the first couple paragraphs of Chapt. 19 were some of Eddison's best so far. I loved the way he set that scene with quick and vivid brush strokes rather than an intricate sketch with rich (but often irrelevant) detail (which seems to be his tendency).
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
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| Posted By : Nik - 3/28/2008 12:37 AM | I also noticed Eddison steps out of his elitist role in Chapter 20 with Corinius's defense of the common soldiers--when he tells Corsus to stick it, these guys are sitting at the feast table with the rest of us because they put in all the hard work and won the battle.
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
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| Posted By : Nathan Jerpe - 3/30/2008 2:53 PM |
Nik said...I also noticed Eddison steps out of his elitist role in Chapter 20 with Corinius's defense of the common soldiers--when he tells Corsus to stick it, these guys are sitting at the feast table with the rest of us because they put in all the hard work and won the battle.
Hehe, maybe you give him too much credit. I interpreted this as Corinius using his men as a tool to shame Corsus.
But the fact that Corsus was able to hold his tongue is a credit to him. I wonder if he'll get the last laugh in the end.
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| Posted By : Nathan Jerpe - 3/30/2008 2:55 PM |
Nik said...
To me, the first couple paragraphs of Chapt. 19 were some of Eddison's best so far. I loved the way he set that scene with quick and vivid brush strokes rather than an intricate sketch with rich (but often irrelevant) detail (which seems to be his tendency).
Yep, I'm definitely with you on that. The battle was portrayed rather marvelously, too. I remember reading it and thinking how Robert Jordan would have allotted a hundred pages for it...
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| Posted By : James Enge - 3/30/2008 6:17 PM | These are good chapters, building up Corinius as a fit antagonist for Juss and Brandoch Daha. I especially liked the beware-the-Ides-of-March type omen and the battlefield confrontation between Spitfire and Corinius.
James Enge
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"A Covenant with Death" in Flashing Swords
"The Lawless Hours" in Black Gate 11
"The Gordian Stone" in Every Day Fiction
"The Red Worm's Way" forthcoming in Return of the Sword
"Payment in Full" forthcoming in Black Gate |
| Posted By : Nik - 3/30/2008 6:21 PM | James Enge said...
These are good chapters, building up Corinius as a fit antagonist for Juss and Brandoch Daha. I especially liked the beware-the-Ides-of-March type omen and the battlefield confrontation between Spitfire and Corinius.
Yeah, that was very Julius Ceasar-ish.
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com |
| Posted By : Nik - 3/30/2008 6:31 PM | Nathan Jerpe said...Nik said...
I also noticed Eddison steps out of his elitist role in Chapter 20 with Corinius's defense of the common soldiers--when he tells Corsus to stick it, these guys are sitting at the feast table with the rest of us because they put in all the hard work and won the battle.
Hehe, maybe you give him too much credit. I interpreted this as Corinius using his men as a tool to shame Corsus. But the fact that Corsus was able to hold his tongue is a credit to him. I wonder if he'll get the last laugh in the end.
Yeah, I was trying to be sarcastic there.
I do wonder at what point Corsus is just going to lose it.
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
Published
"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com |
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