From: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com (glencook-fans-digest) To: glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: glencook-fans-digest V1 #117 Reply-To: glencook-fans-digest Sender: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk glencook-fans-digest Saturday, June 30 2001 Volume 01 : Number 117 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:45:46 -0500 From: Pete Flugstad Subject: Re: Odp: Odp: (glencook-fans) a few questions about Dread Brass Shadows Fraser Ronald wrote: > As far as I can tell from the little bio bits about > Glen, he has only recently retired from the line at a > truck assembly plant in Michigan. ^^^^^^^^ He recently retired from the GM truck plant in St. Louis, where he lives. Don't know about his wife. Pete ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:27:10 EDT From: BaronetCorvu@cs.com Subject: Re: Odp: Odp: (glencook-fans) a few questions about Dread Brass Shadows In a message dated 6/29/01 11:41:00 AM Central Daylight Time, stelm7@yahoo.com writes: > > One more. Glen Cook stays at home with his daughter, > > his wife works. > Glen has three sons, the youngest is 20, no daughters. He is retired now, and I don't know if his wife still works or not. Michael W Sweet ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:19:28 -0600 From: Eric Herrmann Subject: Re: Odp: Odp: (glencook-fans) a few questions about Dread Brass Shadows on 6/29/01 10:33 AM, Fraser Ronald at stelm7@yahoo.com wrote: > As far as I can tell from the little bio bits about > Glen, he has only recently retired from the line at a > truck assembly plant in Michigan. Is that, to the best > of everyone's knowledge, true? Also, and I can't > remember where I read this, I believe I read that Glen > did in fact spend some time in the military, though I > can't remember if he was one of the SF/F writers that > served in Vietnam. Again, anyone have any hard data > and references? In addition to the little bio bits from the various novels and short stories there are several articles in the biography section of the website that refer to his time in the military. Just look in the menu on the right hand side. The mailing list FAQ also answers this question. . - -- Eric Herrmann ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 22:53:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Fraser Ronald Subject: Re: Odp: Odp: (glencook-fans) a few questions about Dread Brass Shadows - --- Eric Herrmann wrote: > > Just look in the menu on the right hand side. > > The mailing list FAQ also answers this question. > >. > Thanks, checked them out, got some answers, know a bit more. I find it rather sad that Glen wasn't able to make a fair living writing, as he is such a fabulous writer (as all of us here can attest to). I mean, the last couple of Dread Empire Novels (The Fire in His Hands and With Mercy Towards None--own them both) didn't even sell out their print run. Is there something wrong with Fantasy literature today? Short answer, yes. The long answer I leave up to you all. Fraser _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 00:15:58 EDT From: CookReader@aol.com Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Darkwar trilogy In a message dated 4/2/01 6:22:46 PM, dougbishop@yahoo.com writes: >I haven't yet read the Darkwar trilogy so please >follow Matthew's example and be cautious of spoilers. Do you have it yet? christopher.... (I realize this is a reply to an old message) ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:25:57 EDT From: CookReader@aol.com Subject: (glencook-fans) Darkwar Book 1 Okay, sorry about sending that last message to the list. It was intended for Doug only (I have no idea if he's still on here). So I finished book one. If you're reading this and you haven't and you care that this is so, then you should either stop reading. As far as spoilers go, I'm guessing none of the below will even make sense unless you've read the books. My impressions.... The good guys are just as bad as the bad guys. Okay, so there is this grauken thing in every meth and a meth resembles a kragbeast, except it (the meth) is intelligent. Now, when the grauken overtakes a meth it becomes a cannibalistic killer. As far as I can tell this is all that separates a meth from a grauken. The silth allow the grauken to over- take a bunch of of meth killing most, then after almost all are dead, the silth come in and kill the remaining meth/grauken under the ass- umption that any remaing alive would have to be grauken? Oh yeah, and the silth are more intelligent magical meth. Now throw into the mix potential FTL travel (at least spacefaring), bi-planes, dirgibles, flying log/broomsticks like in the last Black Company book, huge political threads, conspiracies, and extreme underdogs and you have a very atypical Cook book. About the only thing I am used to is the narrow escapes and the didn't make it in time to save anyone aspects of Cooks fiction. I'm only half way into the second book, so am still on shakey ground. About the only thing I haven't liked so far is that book one ended in such a way as to demand a sequal. I don't mind trilogies, I just like them to be independent stories in each. This reads like one novel split in three, which is no big deal since I have all three books. A hard cover omnibus would be cooler though. christopher.... pogrompublishing.com ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ End of glencook-fans-digest V1 #117 *********************************** ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit .