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The Storm, David Drake

Monday, 12 August 2024

I returned _The Storm_ to the library Saturday.  A lot of the time
that I spent reading _The Storm_ was time I should have been doing
something else, so I left _The Serpent_ in my pannier until just now.

I didn't see anything resembling a storm in the book.  I hope that
someone more familiar with the matter of Britain can enlighten me.

The cover of _The Serpent_ says "Fight to Reclaim Civilization in a
Far Future of Wonder and War", and the other references to The Time of
Heros series are similar, but it's not *our* far future -- the
Ancients of this world are more like Norton's Forerunners, and the
magic has at least as much Merlin as Clarke in it.

There was no war in _The Storm_ -- thanks to Pal.

Pal's very good cook is named Fritz.  The other names in the book are
made up to suit the culture, but "Fritz" is more here than Here.  I
wonder whether it's a deliberate homage to Rex Stout.

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Finally time to read Usenet.

I've got to the place in _The Serpent_ where Pal finds an artifact
with a serpent engraved on it.  I'm a little dubious about his method
of acquiring the artifact, but he did pay for the mummy before
noticing the fists.

-- 
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/