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Arkhaedun
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 17 Feb 2007 : 16:28:04
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Well met!
This is the Classic Book Club scroll for discussing the Halls of Stormweather short story, "Thirty Days," by Dave Gross.
Please discuss herein.
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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Posted - 27 Apr 2007 : 01:23:00
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I like Talbot a lot more than I do Tamlin at this point. While Talbot and Tamlin are both dissapointments to their father at this point, and they both like to spend the family money and aren't adept at garnering more for the family, Talbot actually feels like he has some depth to him.
It didn't hurt my opinion of Talbot (nor help my opinion of Tamlin) to find out a little more about the childhood foibles of Talbot, Tazi, and Tamlin. I'm not sure why, because there were some obvious naming conventions in the story (Talbot and Cheney in a werewolf story anyone?), they didn't bug me as much as the "Vox" thing did in Tamlin's story. I really wish I knew why, perhaps its nothing more than that I liked Talbot's character more than Tamlin's, so it didn't jump out as much as "Vox" did.
While it didn't really detract from the story for me, like Tazi's story, this one really felt like it had a "to be continued" stamped at the end of it. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 00:53:06
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
I like Talbot a lot more than I do Tamlin at this point. While Talbot and Tamlin are both dissapointments to their father at this point, and they both like to spend the family money and aren't adept at garnering more for the family, Talbot actually feels like he has some depth to him.
I felt that way myself. But you know something? After reading the whole Sembia series, I decided I liked Thamalon's out-of-wedlock child (Larajin) more than I liked any of his born-in-wedlock children. All four children try to find themselves in this series (I think), but of them all it seemed like only Larajin was truly interested in going out of her way to help others, including total strangers. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 02:57:05
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| Yeah, I'm looking forward to moving into the rest of the Sembia line. Despite whatever thoughts I've had on these stories, overall it was an entertaining anthology and it was definately good enough to keep me interested in the rest of the books in the series, so it served its purpose. |
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Chosen of Bane
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 11:37:20
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Not that its really on topic for this particular thread but since you mentioned it...
I think Tamlin's character will grow on you as well as you read the rest of the series. There is more too him than initially meets the eye and he turns out to be a good character. In my opinion at least. |
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Gruen
Acolyte
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Posted - 09 May 2007 : 13:50:48
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I felt that way myself. But you know something? After reading the whole Sembia series, I decided I liked Thamalon's out-of-wedlock child (Larajin) more than I liked any of his born-in-wedlock children.
I must have missed that part (I just finished 'Thirty Days'). Larajin is an Uskevren? Wow. I supposed, in past reflection, it is hinted at on the inside cover ("An innocent maid with secrets of her own - secrets that course through her very veins.").
I agree, Tal has much more depth than Tamlin. Of course, I just think Tamlin is jaded, spoiled, and a bit slow. Tal, at least, has some humility to him. I'm only a few pages into the next story, Resurrection, but so far Tal is my favorite character.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 09 May 2007 : 18:12:27
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Oops, I hope I didn't spoil that for you--I'm sorry if I did. But yes, it is hinted at... |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 09 May 2007 : 22:24:03
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| I kind of figured that one out from the whole chalice incident in Ed's story about Thomalon. |
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The Halls of Stormweather: "Thirty Days"
