The Devil in a Forest

brunians at brunians.org · 23 Jun 2009, 08:37 · from 2009-June.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:37:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
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> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Am I really the only person on this list who's read this book? Really?
>
>
> Hey James!  I like this book quite a lot.
>
> As I said a while ago on this list, the thing that sticks with me most is
> the way Wat manipulates the villagers, dividing them into smaller and
> smaller factions, promising them less and less for deeds that are more and
> more evil.   I think Wolfe is more interested in that sort of exploration
> of the nature of evil than he is in making some sort of political
> statement.

As interested.

It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping.

I really like TDiaF also.



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