tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post7384276641299007858..comments2024-01-09T21:15:37.808-05:00Comments on Scriptorius Rex: RotS Reviews VIIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-79043074290250627352008-04-12T18:31:00.000-04:002008-04-12T18:31:00.000-04:00Yes, and it sort of sums up the discussion on SFRe...Yes, and it sort of sums up the discussion on SFReader at Ehart's forum. What are some of the principles of good S&S? One of them is a hero who kills several bad guys and laughs when the victory is accomplished.Jeff Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950686688288213875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-88970700412580432232008-04-12T15:52:00.000-04:002008-04-12T15:52:00.000-04:00Yet, as has been pointed out by another person els...Yet, as has been pointed out by another person elsewhere, no other story could have ended RotS as sweetly as <I>Red Hands</I> does:<BR/><BR/>"Charny laughed joyously."<BR/><BR/>Now <B>that</B> is how you end a book of heroic adventure!<BR/>:DRogue Blades Entertainmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883732716295253790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-65437800778107952332008-04-12T12:59:00.000-04:002008-04-12T12:59:00.000-04:00I hear ya. Stories I loved as a kid--Moby Dick, Th...I hear ya. <BR/><BR/>Stories I loved as a kid--Moby Dick, The Count of Monte Cristo, Ivanhoe, Treasure Island, and the rest of the typical classics--are all books I read repeatedly in the years before my family purchased a television (when I was sixteen). <BR/><BR/>Now, I want a story that's crisp, active, and less inclined to give me the history of the world before I reach the first line of dialogue.<BR/><BR/><BR/>By the way, I enjoyed "Raven Kill" and am halfway through with RotS. Good stuff!Keanan Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638962927055276969noreply@blogger.com