[Hivemind] 99 Dead Baboons...

[Sniktch]

There you are - I thought you'd succumbed to the dark forces of NKL for a minute there I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, then, and hope you get it.

and yes, I really do have windows open to ENWorld, NKL, and Randomling's House at the same time

 

[mystraschosen]

rrrright, rrright. We'll see how that d20 SW game goes

rrriiiight rrriiight,yo! Respect the chosen yo!

 

[Maldur]

and yes, I really do have windows open to ENWorld, NKL, and Randomling's House at the same time

This is a bad thing??

(frantically closing windows)

 

[Morbidity]

Off home now. Thank ye kindly for keeping me entertained through the doldrums of a Monday afternoon.

... backs somewhat nervously out of the door after thanking the hosts ...

 

[mystraschosen]

Glad to be of help morbidity!

 

[barsoomcore]

Yesterday was a good day.

Got out of bed at 11. Sat on sofa drinking americanos and eating yummy omelet with lovely wife.

Read Steven Brust.

Worked on campaign.

Edited video while lovely wife made yummy hamburgers for dinner.

Worked on writing project with lovely and talented wife.

Went to bed.

Did not speak to anyone besides lovely, talented and charming wife. Did not go outside except to procure americanos.

The only way that day could have been better is if I could have had the americanos teleported to the coffee table. Somebody get on that.

 

[mystraschosen]

I will get on that right away milord Barsoomcore!

By the way Steven Brust is so cool,which one are you reading?
Jhereg,Phoenix,500 years ,etc...etc...?

 

[Sniktch]

I read Jhereg a long time ago and really liked it, especially Loiosh (is that right?). Unfortunately, I never found any of the other books or time to read them and they fell off my radar until you just reminded me...

What was the first book in the series? I'll have to go look it up.

 

[mystraschosen]

I think Jhereg was the first one,it has been a long time for me also.I know orca is another title,phoenix,mmmm....god I am having a major brain freeze.

 

[barsoomcore]

I re-read The Paths of the Dead which made me go and pick up Issola again. My admiration for Mr. Brust's writing knows few, if any, bounds.

Sniktch -- the series is as follows:

1. Jhereg
2. Yendi
3. Teckla
4. Taltos
5. Phoenix
6. Athyra
7. Orca
8. Dragon
9. Issola
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   I think. I might have missed one in there. You can get the first three in a single volume, these days. They're every single one of them spectacular achievements. It's a joy watching Mr. Brust push his own abilities and his intelligence and the thoroughness of his created world.
   
   As you're reading those you should check out his Phoenix Guard novels:
   1. The Phoenix Guard
   2. Five Hundred Years After
   3. The Paths of the Dead
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      Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Historical romances written by one Paarfi of Roundwood, who is a historian IN the world Vlad lives in. So these are books written for people in that world, about THEIR historical figures, translated into English. It's utterly brilliant. And hilarious.
      
      He has not yet written a book that was not worth reading. Go, find them, buy them and read them. Tad Williams said, "Steven Brust might just be America's finest fantasy writer." I go further -- Steven Brust is one of the finest writers in the English language right now. He combines unparalleled technical skill with perfect comic finesse, profound empathy and thoughtful intelligence on the experiences that make us human.