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[EN World Book Club] Swordspoint Discussion [May Selection]
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<blockquote data-quote="JoeBlank" data-source="post: 1584575" data-attributes="member: 1806"><p>Getting a late start on the recent selection for the Book Club, but would love to hear from all who have read <strong>Swordspoint</strong> by Ellen Kushner, either for the Club or previously. Comments from all are welcome, the EN World Book Club has an open membership and would love to hear your opinions. Note that I am pinch-hitting for Michael Tree, who chose this selection.</p><p> </p><p>I enjoyed the premise of the book, particularly the way things worked between the nobility and the swordsmen. For some reason I just was never completely drawn into the story, and that may be because I did not feel a connection with any of the characters. I just did not like most of them. </p><p> </p><p>The possible exception is Richard, as his acceptance of the swordsman's way of life, and adherence to his own code of conduct, was interesting. But I couldn't grasp what he saw in Alec, and that bothered me. Sort of like when a friend is in a relationship you know is bad for them, but they just won't listen to reason.</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Did you like the book? Why or why not?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have you read anything else by Kushner? Will you? She has a few short stories and another novel, <strong>The Fall of the Kings</strong>, set in the same world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Did you connect with any of the characters, in the sense that you cared about what happened to them? This does not have to mean that you liked them, or would have them as a friend, of course. Villians can be some of the most interesting characters, after all.</li> </ul><p>The author has a nice little website that includes info about her other works:</p><p><a href="http://www.sff.net/people/kushnerSherman/Kushner/world.html" target="_blank">http://www.sff.net/people/kushnerSherman/Kushner/world.html</a></p><p> </p><p>If Michael Tree makes it by: Why did you choose <strong>Swordspoint</strong>? Did you hear about it from a friend, read review, or stumble across it on your own? Did it live to what you hoped it would be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeBlank, post: 1584575, member: 1806"] Getting a late start on the recent selection for the Book Club, but would love to hear from all who have read [b]Swordspoint[/b] by Ellen Kushner, either for the Club or previously. Comments from all are welcome, the EN World Book Club has an open membership and would love to hear your opinions. Note that I am pinch-hitting for Michael Tree, who chose this selection. I enjoyed the premise of the book, particularly the way things worked between the nobility and the swordsmen. For some reason I just was never completely drawn into the story, and that may be because I did not feel a connection with any of the characters. I just did not like most of them. The possible exception is Richard, as his acceptance of the swordsman's way of life, and adherence to his own code of conduct, was interesting. But I couldn't grasp what he saw in Alec, and that bothered me. Sort of like when a friend is in a relationship you know is bad for them, but they just won't listen to reason. [list] [*]Did you like the book? Why or why not? [*]Have you read anything else by Kushner? Will you? She has a few short stories and another novel, [b]The Fall of the Kings[/b], set in the same world. [*]Did you connect with any of the characters, in the sense that you cared about what happened to them? This does not have to mean that you liked them, or would have them as a friend, of course. Villians can be some of the most interesting characters, after all. [/list]The author has a nice little website that includes info about her other works: [url="http://www.sff.net/people/kushnerSherman/Kushner/world.html"]http://www.sff.net/people/kushnerSherman/Kushner/world.html[/url] If Michael Tree makes it by: Why did you choose [b]Swordspoint[/b]? Did you hear about it from a friend, read review, or stumble across it on your own? Did it live to what you hoped it would be? [/QUOTE]
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