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From: "jmiddle1@bigpond.net.au" <jmiddle1@bigpond.net.au> To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Mon, November 22, 2010 6:24:50 PM Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] SPOILERS Gilded Latten Bones
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What I found interesting about GLB was all the questions it raised about the past - and the present. Was FTL subtly magicking everyone - even the Dead Man - into accepting her? Has the Dead Man smoothed off some of Garrett's edges in the past? What is Singe doing with all that paper, and is she pregnant to the ratman who is always around?
Is Chodo still alive - there was a reference to Penny Dreadful that her father *had been* Chodo Contague.
I don't mind that all this stuff is floating around without resolution in GLB - it reminds me of how Patrick O'Brien wrote the Master and Commander series. I will mind though if it never gets cleared up!
Lastly, re Tinnie - you might say she had her chance, got Garrett to move in with her, at her place, but never got a ring or pushed the relationship along. Remember the kids conversation that FTL had with Garrett that floored him?
There are some serious Tinnie issues to be resolved yet. I can see her as a villian in a book or so's time.
I did consider that FTL (who I'm now going to think of as "faster than light") was messing with everyone in order to get established. I'm still considering it. As for Tinnie - I don't know if promising to change is a good reason to keep her. People who need to have someone change in fundamental ways in order to keep a relationship going are in the wrong relationship. I always felt the relationship was convenient for both of them (and he's never been faithful) - neither pushing to make things permanent until recently, and that seems to have killed all the passion/love between them. Tinnie wants Garrett to stop being Garrett and Garrett wants Tinnie to stop being TInnie. This is not a healthy situation. Not saying that FTL is going to be any better...she must have a screw or two loose given her background. And Garrett is already thinking he will not fit in with her social equals. I'm guessing Singe is writing the Garrett books - where else did they come from? How would Glen know all these intimate details of the Garrett household ;-) mr