Brust?

Anyone else read Steven Brust? I love his stuff in the world of Jhereg, but his other stuff tends to bite.

Come on! No One?!? Gotta be at least one Brust fan out there!

OK, if no one has read them yet, go out and get them now!! Great books, highly recomended!! Combo Mafia-fantasy. TRH

Nope, sorry... never even heard of the guy.

HA! ANOTHER STEVEN BRUST FAN! AT LAST! I'VE FOUND YOU, MY PRECIOUSSSS!

sorry, i just got off the tolkein boards.

yes, i've heard of steven brust, i LOVE the jhereg series. and Gypsy, which is not part of a series - think hungarian folktales meets starving-artist bio meets police drama. very good, in my opinion. haven't read any more non-Jhereg-series stuff.

while i have someone's attention...

- what the hell happened with Teckla? the series is going great, & then Brust just has to get political on us...
- have you read Dragon? it's semi-new, i haven't read it yet.
- memorable stories to tell little kids:
Vlad's Grandkid: "grandpa, how did you meet grandma?"
Vlad, about 40 years older: "i half-killed her, & then she killed me. And them my sorcerous friends killed her. Then they revivified everyone, & we got married."
- do you know where to find descriptions of some of the more obscure House-creatures? some are pretty obvious - dzur, dragon, jhereg, athyra - but some never really get mentioned outside of the Cycle verse.

great to have someone else who's read these!

aryne *

I too am amazed more people haven't read this amazing series.

"- what the hell happened with Teckla? the series is going great, & then Brust just
has to get political on us..."

The politics didn't bother me as much as the endless whining about losing his wife. Bets that Brust was having a bad relationship at the time?


"- have you read Dragon? it's semi-new, i haven't read it yet. "

Any Brust book that hits the shelves is read by me within weeks.

" - do you know where to find descriptions of some of the more obscure
House-creatures? some are pretty obvious - dzur, dragon, jhereg, athyra - but
some never really get mentioned outside of the Cycle verse. "

I have not done any serioous net surfing on the Brust theme, but I bet there are some sites out there. I know that a lot of his language was taken from hungarian, but I don't know any hungarian so that doesn't help much.

" great to have someone else who's read these! "

The feeling is mutual. Maybe now that we are generating some discussion we will generate some interest. ARE YOU LISTENING OUT THERE? THESE BOOKS ROCK!!!!!!!!

TRH

I like Brust pretty well, too, although I have not read any of his stuff in awhile.
The last book from the jhereg set that I read was Teckla, so I guess I need say no more. I had to wonder about all of the whining too, Hobbit. It really got on my nerves. I mean, jeez Vlad, you don't own the woman and she had interests aside from you, get over it. Jhereg was my favorite of the set (at least of the ones I have read)

"Bets that Brust was having a bad relationship at the time?" - while he was writing it, his wife was in the process of leaving him.

and as of the last time i wrote, i found a great description of all the House-creatures on some website which i'd link to but i can't remember it now. at least they're out there...

still haven't read Dragon, but finished Brokedown Palace about a week ago. very good. i think after i finish Sil, i'll get a copy.

great to know i'm not alone,
aryne *

I too, am a fan of this the funniest fantasy writer in history.

I likewise did not dig on Teckla. The political bent was interesting, but it was just too frustrating a read...If you'd a given me five minutes with that smug prick Kelly, I'd have him foaming at the mouth.

I hate revolutionary jargon.

And The Phoenix Guard actually inspired me to read Dumas again...