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Literature / Re: Gentlemen Bastard Series by Scott Lynch
« on: January 18, 2014, 03:28:16 pm »
Really liked the first two books. As for Republic of Thieves, I'm still waiting for it to come out in an ebook version (in Polish), I simply have too many paper books that take too much space. It was a fun read, the first two books, although I may need to re-read them before RoT.

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The Judging Eye / Re: prologue
« on: January 18, 2014, 07:16:42 am »
"Very beginning" can be ambiguous if you want it to be. Beginning of the Holy Way, beginning of the Skin Eaters, beginning of  his life, beginning of this current expedition, etc.

Here is the quote from Sarl (again, Chapter 6, Marrow, Sarl talks to Achamian): "I've been with the Captain since the beginning. From before the Imperial Bounty, in the wars against the Orthodox. I've seen him stand untouched in a hail of arrows, while I cringed behind my shield. I was at his side on the walls of Meigiri, when the fucking Longbeards fell over themselves trying to flee from his blood-maddened gaze. I was there, after the battle of Em'famir." So he means here the Unification Wars. Certainly not the Holy War, Sarl is not a Veteran.

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The Judging Eye / Re: prologue
« on: January 17, 2014, 08:45:27 pm »
The quote with Akka is in Chapter 6, Marrow, when Akka wakes after a dream of Celmomas telling him of Ishual, hears a ribald song and goes down to the common room to see "The Skin Eaters, singing before they shed blood".
Of course, in the same chapter Sarl boasts that he's been with the Captain since the very beginning - but naturally he could be lying, couldn't he?

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The Judging Eye / Re: A Moment of Levity
« on: January 17, 2014, 07:53:56 pm »
Somehow, this little talk by Sarl made me laugh: "If this is no coincidence, Captain, then it's the Whore. Anagke. Fate. [...] And the Whore, begging your pardon, Captain, fucks everyone in the end - everyone. Foe, friend, fuzzy little woodland creatures..."

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The Judging Eye / Re: prologue
« on: January 17, 2014, 07:52:32 pm »
So. I had this crazy idea, when I was reading the book - what if the traveller is Sarl? We don't really know that the traveller left the company, because the scene ends with "We want you". Sarl talks instead of the captain, so he could be making decisions in his place. And he is almost always with the Captain, yet when the traveller first meets Lord Kosoter, he is accompanied only by Cleric sitting behind him. And then there's this scene in Marrow, where Achamian observes Sarl "pretending that he is one of them [Skin Eaters]".
Although now, having read all your posts, I don't think it's the best idea.

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News/Announcements / Re: TSA T-Shirt Contest
« on: January 16, 2014, 05:59:18 am »
Yes, there is. For example in "The Judging Eye" Sarl has this little rant: "If this is no coincidence, Captain, then it's the Whore. Anagke. Fate. [...] And the Whore, begging your pardon, Captain, fucks everyone in the end - everyone. Foe, friend, fuzzy little woodland creatures..."

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News/Announcements / Re: TSA T-Shirt Contest
« on: January 15, 2014, 03:12:18 pm »
I didn't know there was a personification of fate in the series? Fair enough.

Well, I meant goddess Anagke, often referred to as "Whore of Fate".

And thanks for welcome, everyone.

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News/Announcements / Re: TSA T-Shirt Contest
« on: January 14, 2014, 03:41:59 pm »
Hi, I'm new here and I'm not sure whether this is a good thread to start, but while reading this thread, I was struck with an idea "Fate is a Whore".
Hi! Welcome to the forum. :) Yeah, that's a striking one! But you capitalised the W? Just for extra emphasis or something else? :)

Just because it's in a way her title, the way people refer to her.

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News/Announcements / Re: TSA T-Shirt Contest
« on: January 13, 2014, 08:05:15 pm »
Hi, I'm new here and I'm not sure whether this is a good thread to start, but while reading this thread, I was struck with an idea "Fate is a Whore".

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