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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Tim Powers.
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 18:47:57 -0400
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Tony Nance wrote:
> On 7/3/24 7:33 PM, William Hyde wrote:
>> Titus G wrote:
>>> I think I have had enough of Tim Powers after reading The Anubis Gates.
>>> It began brilliantly and until we ended up in the 17th century, I still
>>> thought it would continue in a similar way but there was far too much
>>> nonsensical physical and magical violence that was gratuitous and
>>> fortuitous being unnecessary for plot nor character attributes.
>>>
>>
>> I can never get enough of Powers ("Earthquake Weather", excepted) 
>> though his more recent work seems a bit toned down, or perhaps that's 
>> just me.
> 
> I agree. More specifically, I would describe the first two Vickery & 
> Castine books that way, and -- mostly independent of the description -- 
> I'm not sure if I'll read the third.

I enjoyed the third a little more. I will buy a fourth, but then I feel 
that Powers at his worst is still pretty good.

William Hyde