On 15/03/24 07:47, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
On 13/03/2024 23.21, Titus G wrote:
On 9/03/24 10:39, Tony Nance wrote:
On 3/7/24 7:11 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Slaved to an inflexible, suicidal computer, a soldier is forced
to keep fighting a war long since over.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/play-their-fantasy
Oh cool - I just finished this a couple weeks of ago, and I'll
probably read the sequel in the next week or so.
His writing style makes him easily readable and this was a solid
three stars from me. Does anyone have a favourite of his?
There is the excellent collection, _Cross-Time Traffic_, which James
just posted a review of.
I'm not much of one for fantasy, but I did like the first five or so
books of his Eshthar series. The setting is a world with
practitioners of various different types of magic (witchcraft,
wizardry, sorcery, necromancy). As far as I can remember at a remove
of thirteen years, each novel spotlights a practitioner of a
different type of magic.
No heroic quests in search of plot coupons, just how various people
deal with various events. The earlier novels are connected only by
setting, but events in one may be referenced in another.
Thank you. I am not so keen on short stories though I have read and
enjoyed his Why I Left Harry's All Night Hamburgers from a collection of
Hugo winners.
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