The Vlad Taltos reread continues with Tiassa, a triptych of stories linked by the MacGuffin of a piece of silver jewelry in the shape of the catlike creature called a tiassa. Tag, the first story (following a prologue and introductory chapter that sets the interlinked narrative in motion) is a treat for those missing the… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Tiassa
Author: admin
Writer of two-fisted fabulism.
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Iorich
The Vlad Taltos reread is nearing its end, but there is still some way to go. Iorich is the twelfth volume. Whereas Jhegaala jumped back in time, Iorich takes place several years following the events of Dzur. Vlad learns that his friend Aliera is in trouble and risks assassination by the Jhereg to return to… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Iorich
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Jhegaala
The Vlad Taltos reread continues with the last volume in mass market paperback format: Jhegaala. With Jhegaala, Steven Brust once again takes a leap back in time, in this case to events following Phoenix, following Vlad’s doings after he got the hell out of Dodge a step or two ahead of the Organization. During a… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Jhegaala
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Dzur
The reread of the Vlad Taltos series continues with Dzur. Dzur picks up where Issola left off. Exactly where it left off. Vlad finds himself, in an attempt to help his ex-wife Cawti, in a power struggle amongst the Jhereg. This is a middling entry in the series. After the almost cosmic events of the… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Dzur
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Issola
Issola is a satisfying entry in the Vlad Taltos series. The novel reveals some of the mysteries of the deep background of the series universe, with the main the arriving from the machinations of the Jenoine, the alien species whose experimentation with humans and animals created the variety of Dragaera. As perhaps a throw-away line,… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Issola
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Dragon
“No shit, there I was…” So begins Dragon, the eighth book in the Vlad Taltos series. With Dragon, Steven Brust produced two solid Vlad Taltos entries in a row. While Orca was a mystery, Dragon is a war story. Once again, Brust takes us back in time. Chronological order is merely something Brust toys with,… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Dragon
P-Con
It is still early — too early after a late night, but what are you going to do when you’re at a party with space industry professionals — but I’ve got a drive ahead of me, from Dallas to San Antonio. So, that was P-Con. Not a bad convention. I sat on three panels, met… Continue reading P-Con
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Orca
Swimming along with the Vlad Taltos reread, we come to volume 7, Orca. Now, the Orca are the shippers, sailors, bankers, and traders of the Dragaera. Given Brust’s sympathies, one would expect that this is the book in which he gives them a metaphorical drubbing, demonstrating his loathing of bankers and capitalists. After all, he… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread: Orca
The Great Vlad Taltos Reread Continues: Athyra
Moving on today to Athyra in the reread of Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos series. I dimly recall being very disappointed the first time I read this, discovering that not only had Brust abandoned first person narration, but that the POV character isn’t even Vlad. This time, of course, I was prepared for it, and was… Continue reading The Great Vlad Taltos Reread Continues: Athyra