Four chapters into _Soldier of Sidon_ [NO spoilers]

Dan Rabin · 02 Nov 2006, 23:33 · from 2006-November.txt.gz

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From: wolfe-lists at danrabin.com (Dan Rabin)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:33:25 -0700
Subject: (urth) Four chapters into _Soldier of Sidon_ [NO spoilers]
Message-ID: <p06230917c1702d6b3826@[209.157.132.35]>

I got my copy of _Soldier of Sidon_ yesterday at Borders in Palo 
Alto, California.  I'm only four chapters in so far, but everything 
so far is encouraging.  It's written in Wolfe's smoothest style: so 
far, I haven't had to re-scan any paragraphs unless I enjoyed them.

If you liked the down-to-earth, realistic portrayal of the Athenians 
and other Hellenes in the first two _Soldier_ books, you'll probably 
like the Phoenicians and Egyptians in this one.

Happy reading!

   -- Dan Rabin

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