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The Cool Stuff Theory of Literature states that all literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool, and the reader will enjoy the work to the degree that the reader and writer agree about what’s cool — and this functions all the way from the external trappings to deepest level of theme and to the way the writer uses words.
Steven Brust (b. 1955) American writer, systems programmer
Interview (2003-02-03) by Chris Olson, Strange HorizonsMore info about this quote: wist.info/brust-steven/79636/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stevenbrust #author #coolstuff #literature #reader #writing
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Here's another #hotTake: internal chronological reading order is an embarrassing desecration of a book series
Order as written means that insights appear for the reader as they appear for the author
I really appreciate that in the #vladTaltos books #StevenBrust set out to make internal chronological impossible
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Huh, it looks like I'm about to read the last of the #StevenBrust #Dragaera novels which has a mass market paperback edition (Jhegaala, 2008).
Now I'll have to figure out how I want to continue reading the series, since I ha-a-ate the trade paperback format, especially when I already own the whole rest of the series in mass market.
Might just go with the library.
(I didn't finish Kage Baker's Company series until after she passed away (!!) because the fourth book never came out in mass market. I finally read the rest on Apple Books.)
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Huh, it looks like I'm about to read the last of the #StevenBrust #Dragaera novels which has a mass market paperback edition (Jhegaala, 2008).
Now I'll have to figure out how I want to continue reading the series, since I ha-a-ate the trade paperback format, especially when I already own the whole rest of the series in mass market.
Might just go with the library.
(I didn't finish Kage Baker's Company series until after she passed away (!!) because the fourth book never came out in mass market. I finally read the rest on Apple Books.)
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‘‘‘Left’ and ‘right’ mean the same thing today that they’ve meant since the French Revolution. Ask someone, ‘What’s more important: property rights, or human rights?’ If they answer: ‘Property rights are human rights,’ they are on the right.’’
#StevenBrust, quoted by Cory Doctorow
https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/
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‘‘‘Left’ and ‘right’ mean the same thing today that they’ve meant since the French Revolution. Ask someone, ‘What’s more important: property rights, or human rights?’ If they answer: ‘Property rights are human rights,’ they are on the right.’’
#StevenBrust, quoted by Cory Doctorow
https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/
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Today's post office run was a fuckin BANGER
#VladTaltos #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #scribblies #mannerpunk #stevenbrust
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Today's post office run was a fuckin BANGER
#VladTaltos #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #scribblies #mannerpunk #stevenbrust
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"'Left' and 'right' mean the same thing today that they’ve meant since the French Revolution. Ask someone, ‘What’s more important: property rights, or human rights?’ If they answer: ‘Property rights are human rights,’ they are on the right.’’
#StevenBrust, quoted by Cory Doctorow
https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/
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"'Left' and 'right' mean the same thing today that they’ve meant since the French Revolution. Ask someone, ‘What’s more important: property rights, or human rights?’ If they answer: ‘Property rights are human rights,’ they are on the right.’’
#StevenBrust, quoted by Cory Doctorow
https://locusmag.com/2024/03/cory-doctorow-capitalists-hate-capitalism/
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New journal entry, “#StevenBrust: Vlad the Wanderer”: https://www.fascinationplace.org/2024/01/28/steven-brust-vlad-the-wanderer/
My reviews of the second "arc" of the Vlad Taltos series.
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New journal entry, “#StevenBrust: Vlad the Wanderer”: https://www.fascinationplace.org/2024/01/28/steven-brust-vlad-the-wanderer/
My reviews of the second "arc" of the Vlad Taltos series.
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CW: Long thread/11
IV. Tsalmoth by #StevenBrust
Longrunning Brust hero Vlad Taltos has been convinced to recount the story of how he and Cawti came to fall in love, and how they planned their marriage. This is quite an adventure – it plays out against the backdrop of a gang-war within the Jhereg organization, with Vlad in severe mortal peril that he can only avoid by uncovering an intricate criminal caper of crosses, double-crosses, smuggling and sorcery.
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IV. Tsalmoth by #StevenBrust
Longrunning Brust hero Vlad Taltos has been convinced to recount the story of how he and Cawti came to fall in love, and how they planned their marriage. This is quite an adventure – it plays out against the backdrop of a gang-war within the Jhereg organization, with Vlad in severe mortal peril that he can only avoid by uncovering an intricate criminal caper of crosses, double-crosses, smuggling and sorcery.
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_Book Review: Tsalmoth by Steven Brust_ In Tsalmoth, all Vlad wants is his 812 gold imperials (plus interest). #bookreview @bookstodon
@fantasy #stevenbrust #vladtaltos #tsalmothhttps://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/book-review-tsalmoth-by-steven-brust/
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CW: Long thread/14
The sf writer #StevenBrust says that the test to tell whether someone is on the right or the left is simple: ask whether property rights are more important than human rights. If the person says "property rights *are* human rights," they are on the right.
The state response to the Luddites crisply illustrates this distinction. The Luddites wanted an orderly and lawful transition to automation, one that brought workers along and created shared prosperity and quality goods.
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The sf writer #StevenBrust says that the test to tell whether someone is on the right or the left is simple: ask whether property rights are more important than human rights. If the person says "property rights *are* human rights," they are on the right.
The state response to the Luddites crisply illustrates this distinction. The Luddites wanted an orderly and lawful transition to automation, one that brought workers along and created shared prosperity and quality goods.
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#10yrsago Expanded “Welcome to #Bordertown” audiobook, with @neilhimself, #StevenBrust, #EllenKushner and more https://web.archive.org/web/20140620215953/https://www.bordertownseries.com/audio.html
#15yrsago Testimony of #TroyDavis, on #DeathRow in Georgia https://web.archive.org/web/20080919061107/http://www.protectthehuman.com/videos/hear-troy-davis
#10yrsago Script for the #GongShow movie https://web.archive.org/web/20131125112945/http://www.bloodyrarebooks.com/pages/books/5987/sr-chuck-barris-robery-downey/the-gong-show-movie-original-screenplay
#10yrsago Ten notes on communication from John @scalzi https://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/09/16/speech-conversation-debate-engagement-communication/
#10yrsago Rasl: dark comic from #Bone creator #JeffSmith https://memex.craphound.com/2013/09/17/rasl-dark-comic-from-bone-creator-jeff-smith/
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CW: Long thread/7
#10yrsago Expanded “Welcome to #Bordertown” audiobook, with @neilhimself, #StevenBrust, #EllenKushner and more https://web.archive.org/web/20140620215953/https://www.bordertownseries.com/audio.html
#15yrsago Testimony of #TroyDavis, on #DeathRow in Georgia https://web.archive.org/web/20080919061107/http://www.protectthehuman.com/videos/hear-troy-davis
#10yrsago Script for the #GongShow movie https://web.archive.org/web/20131125112945/http://www.bloodyrarebooks.com/pages/books/5987/sr-chuck-barris-robery-downey/the-gong-show-movie-original-screenplay
#10yrsago Ten notes on communication from John @scalzi https://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/09/16/speech-conversation-debate-engagement-communication/
#10yrsago Rasl: dark comic from #Bone creator #JeffSmith https://memex.craphound.com/2013/09/17/rasl-dark-comic-from-bone-creator-jeff-smith/
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Tsalmoth is about 15% read. Younger! Vlad is such a "I got mine," dudebro. 🙄 At the same time, the giddy "I'm gonna get married and I have no idea what I'm doing," is pretty funny. Weirdly, in Yendi he doesn't seem this young. @bookstodon @fantasy #books #stevenbrust #vladtaltos In other news, I am one of many, many people who have highlighted The First Clue That Cawti/Vlad Will Be A Trainwreck Eventually.
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Reiterated Thoughts on a Divorce: Cawti and Vlad and their relationship. @bookstodon
@fantasy #books #meta #stevenbrusthttps://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/reiterated-thoughts-on-a-divorce/
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"#Populism" isn't intrinsically left or right. The distinction between the two is often obscured by jargon, but there's a simple litmus test (courtesy of #StevenBrust): "ask what's more important: human rights, or property rights. If they say 'property rights are human rights,' they're on the right."
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/04/owning-the-libs/#swiper-no-swiping
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"#Populism" isn't intrinsically left or right. The distinction between the two is often obscured by jargon, but there's a simple litmus test (courtesy of #StevenBrust): "ask what's more important: human rights, or property rights. If they say 'property rights are human rights,' they're on the right."
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/04/owning-the-libs/#swiper-no-swiping
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This has been the year of finally reading gigantic #speculativefiction series/authors I'd ignored for years and then realizing what a terrible decision that was. Now I'm delightfully drowning in CJ Cherryh's /Foreigner/ and Steven Brust's /Vlad Taltos/ amid a Vorkosigan Saga reread, and it's overwhelming but pretty dang fun! #sciencefiction #cjcherryh #stevenbrust #vladtaltos #vorkosigan #vorkosigansaga #loismcmasterbujold #bookstodon @bookstodon
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CW: Long thread/3
I'm speaking, of course, of #StevenBrust's #VladTaltos novels, which started with *#Jhereg*, published in 1983 - the year I turned 12, and devoured this book, rereading it four or five times in that year alone.
The titular character, Vlad Taltos, is a wisecracking assassin in a sword-and-sorcery world called Dragaera, where most of the inhabitants are extremely long-lived beings ("Dragaereans") akin to elves.
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I'm speaking, of course, of #StevenBrust's #VladTaltos novels, which started with *#Jhereg*, published in 1983 - the year I turned 12, and devoured this book, rereading it four or five times in that year alone.
The titular character, Vlad Taltos, is a wisecracking assassin in a sword-and-sorcery world called Dragaera, where most of the inhabitants are extremely long-lived beings ("Dragaereans") akin to elves.
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lyorn-steven-brust/1143331168 Lyorn are just as bizarre and adorable as I imagined. Look at this good dog. An adorable little narwhal puppy. #stevenbrust #vladtaltos #dragaera @bookstodon
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#5yrsago #StevenBrust’s “Good Guys,” a hardboiled noir urban fantasy, with everything great about Brust on proud display https://memex.craphound.com/2018/03/18/steven-brusts-good-guys-a-hardboiled-noir-urban-fantasy-with-everything-great-about-brust-on-proud-display/
#5yrsago #Raleigh cops are investigating crime by getting Google to reveal the identity of every mobile user within acres of the scene https://www.wral.com/to-find-suspects-police-quietly-turn-to-google/17377435/
#5yrsago Local UK governments say identifying buildings with #Grenfell cladding would be a gift to arsonists and terrorists https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/16/towers-with-grenfell-style-cladding-at-risk-of-arson-and-terrorism
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#5yrsago #StevenBrust’s “Good Guys,” a hardboiled noir urban fantasy, with everything great about Brust on proud display https://memex.craphound.com/2018/03/18/steven-brusts-good-guys-a-hardboiled-noir-urban-fantasy-with-everything-great-about-brust-on-proud-display/
#5yrsago #Raleigh cops are investigating crime by getting Google to reveal the identity of every mobile user within acres of the scene https://www.wral.com/to-find-suspects-police-quietly-turn-to-google/17377435/
#5yrsago Local UK governments say identifying buildings with #Grenfell cladding would be a gift to arsonists and terrorists https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/16/towers-with-grenfell-style-cladding-at-risk-of-arson-and-terrorism
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@bookstodon
I just finished the first story, #Jhereg in The Book of Jhereg by #StevenBrust Someone mentioned it was on sale (as an ebook) so I nabbed it on Kobo a few days ago.
This is such a fun read! I can't believe I haven't read Brust before, as this is just the kind of fantasy I tend to enjoy (well, one kind of fantasy I tend to enjoy).
And I have a lot more books about #Vlad to read 😃
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@davidallengreen interested in which #fantasy #authors you favour. I’m going to suggest #StevenBrust #JackVance #GeneWolfe #StephenDonaldson and see if you bite. Obviously #jrrt as well but that’s almost a special case.
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@davidallengreen interested in which #fantasy #authors you favour. I’m going to suggest #StevenBrust #JackVance #GeneWolfe #StephenDonaldson and see if you bite. Obviously #jrrt as well but that’s almost a special case.