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Quote from: WilshireProbably no quorum. Don't count on it at least. Data indicates that not having it dramatically increases forum posting.
Uh hum, cough, cough. I think ive been saying that for at least 3 years!
A lot of the questions have been put forward and even answered already. Something I was wondering about, what was the ultimate point of the Serwa vs the Dragon scene? The Ordeal's fight to enter the Ark seemed futile, considering the context of the Golden Room, and I don't quite see what the Serwa scene does for the narrative. Serwa's feats had been legendary already, I did not feel or understand the necessity of this setpiece.
I'm not sure I get the question, even if it were the case that the battle lacked downstream consequences. To the extent that war is generally pointless, all war stories are mountains of futility with peaks of 'closure' here and there. I can't tell a realistic story without including dead ends. The Glossary is literally packed with them!
An annoying nitpick from me skuthula is mentioned a few times to have Emerald burning eyes.
Ha, apparently I didn't make them emerald-y or burn-y enough to show up on the low-res images. Here's a shot of the full-res face.
EDIT: Oh, and thanks, everyone. Glad you all liked them.
Nersei Eukernas II: Father of Nersei Proyas and King of Conriya.
Nersei Onoyas II: King of Conriya who first forged the alliance between the School of Mandate and House Nersei.
Nersei Proyas: The Crown Prince of Conriya.
Yes, that's the information we had from before, but on page 186 (TUC paperback):QuoteNot so high above, the bound form of Proyas, blessed son of Queen Thaila and King Onoyas, swayed on slow revolution...
There's another mention of Proyas' father as Onoyas in TUC, but I can't find it right now.
On his deathbed, proud Onoyas had called for his son knowing he would not come ... And yes, even hoping ... Because it mattered not at all, what a life makes of a soul.
I am not the least bit surprised, and not really disappointing. To have fully expected otherwise would be either wishful thinking or simply not paying much attention.
I have not read Cormac McCarthy.
Blood Meridian is certainly a tour de force. That doesn't mean it is a book for everyone. Obviously I would recommend it, because there are several things that McCarthy does that Bakker clearly emulates, like evoking something of scriptural tone and theodicy (or something like it that I obviously don't know a smart word for).
Isn't Blood Meridian a western? Or, is it also fantasy too? I looked into it and thought it was a take on a Western, I could be wrong, and hell it might be fantastic. Westerns is just a genre I've never delved into.
