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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Exordium. Sherwood Smith. Dave Trowbridge.
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 18:10:10 +1200
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On 9/04/25 00:10, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <vt2do4$1iq12$2@dont-email.me>, Titus G  <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On 8/04/25 14:38, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>> Sherwood Smith  Dave Trowbridge's "Exordium", a wonderful series I don't
>>> believe I've ever successfully persuaded another soul to read.
>>
>> I read the five Exordium books interspersed with others over July and
>> August 2019 after your recommendation and I loved them. Every one four
>> solid stars.
>> There were many posts at that time and Tony also contributed to the
>> threads. I thanked you in August 2019 and I thank you now again.
>> I am not contradicting you; my soul has been sold.
> 
> Ah, great!  Apparently my short term memory is shot...

I was depressed with the number of books that I have not finished, so
decided to reread this series and enjoyed them as much as the first time
except for the final third of the final book, the wrapping up, because I
had been there, done that, already. But most of the time, I was
enthralled. The main attractions for me were the poetic writing style
and the large numbers of important characters of diverse motivations and
morals. I would like to say more but need to think a bit first.
Brilliant.