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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6100812" data-attributes="member: 70">Didn't get too far with Captain Alatriste; read Legion of the Damned by Dietz instead, then started in on Introducing Garrett, by Glen Cook.&nbsp; I've read Sweet Silver Blues and Bitter Gold Hearts, working on Cold Copper Tears right now.&nbsp; I'm going to finish it before moving on, but Wool just arrived from Amazon, so there's a strong temptation to dive right into that.I don't dislike the Garrett novels so far, but I don't feel like atmosphere is really Cook's thing.&nbsp; The fantasy aspect is pretty mundane (humans with pointy ears), and Garrett doesn't really seem to have unplumbed depths or really a lot of problems.&nbsp; He's a white knight with scary friends to back him up, so....&nbsp; Still, they're a decent light read, and since I've been thinking a lot about noir fiction in sf &amp; fantasy, it's interesting to actually read it (I think it could work really well in sci-fi; not so sure about conventional fantasy).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 6100812, member: 70"] Didn't get too far with [I]Captain Alatriste[/I]; read [I]Legion of the Damned[/I] by Dietz instead, then started in on [I]Introducing Garrett[/I], by Glen Cook. I've read [I]Sweet Silver Blues[/I] and [I]Bitter Gold Hearts[/I], working on [I]Cold Copper Tears[/I] right now. I'm going to finish it before moving on, but [I]Wool[/I] just arrived from Amazon, so there's a strong temptation to dive right into that. I don't dislike the Garrett novels so far, but I don't feel like atmosphere is really Cook's thing. The fantasy aspect is pretty mundane (humans with pointy ears), and Garrett doesn't really seem to have unplumbed depths or really a lot of problems. He's a white knight with scary friends to back him up, so.... Still, they're a decent light read, and since I've been thinking a lot about noir fiction in sf & fantasy, it's interesting to actually read it (I think it could work really well in sci-fi; not so sure about conventional fantasy). [/QUOTE]

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