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From: Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com>
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Subject: Re: _The Thermopylae Protocol_ by David Weber and Jacob Halo
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:46:11 -0700
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In article <lceccaFele7U1@mid.individual.net>,
 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote:

> In article <robertaw-E44D42.09420306062024@news.individual.net>,
> Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
> >
> >As for the wrap up, the guilty are punished, the (surviving) virtruous 
> >are rewarded (perhaps a bit too much so, I have some doubts). I have not 
> >heard on whether there will be a seventh title in this series (this book 
> >has could be viewed as a wrap-up), however, IIRC, Jacob Holo had 
> >mentioned that he had outlines for more stories.
> >
> 
> So, that's all pretty reportorial up to this paragraph, which almost,
> but not quite, ventures into opinion..
> 
> Did you like the book?

Weber is a guilty pleasure. I didn't mention in my original that several 
scenes are summaries of either extensive investigations or intense 
analyses that occurred off stage by viewpoint characters.

-- 
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com