I finally was able to track down the short story Darkwar and it's changed my opinion of the Darkwar trilogy. Yes, I still feel that Cook wasn't able to build much sympathy for the Meth or the main character in that series, but that matters a bit less now. I now view the entire trilogy as the prelude for the short story. Viewed that way it's a bit long, but it sets the scene for a great short story. One set centuries after the events in Ceremony. One that could have shared a title with the third Star War prequel. One that I wish had been in an extra chapter in Ceremony - or maybe not. It would have been jarring to switch directly between Meth mindsets. If you haven't read that short story and you've read the Darkwar trilogy, it's wonderful. If you haven't read that short story and you haven't read the Darkwar trilogy, it completely spoils the ending (and much of the plot). In short, I now feel that reading that trilogy was time well spent. Richard
I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in finding the short story too. Not my favorite books by Glen but I would buy them again. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Richard Chilton <rchilton@auracom.com> Sender: glencook-fans-bounces@mailman.xmission.com Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:48:17 To: Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author<glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Reply-To: "Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author" <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Glencook-fans] The Darkwar Series _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans
Where is the story printed? On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Richard Chilton <rchilton@auracom.com>wrote:
I finally was able to track down the short story Darkwar and it's changed my opinion of the Darkwar trilogy. Yes, I still feel that Cook wasn't able to build much sympathy for the Meth or the main character in that series, but that matters a bit less now.
I now view the entire trilogy as the prelude for the short story. Viewed that way it's a bit long, but it sets the scene for a great short story. One set centuries after the events in Ceremony. One that could have shared a title with the third Star War prequel. One that I wish had been in an extra chapter in Ceremony - or maybe not. It would have been jarring to switch directly between Meth mindsets.
If you haven't read that short story and you've read the Darkwar trilogy, it's wonderful. If you haven't read that short story and you haven't read the Darkwar trilogy, it completely spoils the ending (and much of the plot).
In short, I now feel that reading that trilogy was time well spent.
Richard
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It'll be in the forthcoming anthology of Glen Cook stories titled Winter's Dreams. http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Dreams-Glen-Cook/dp/1596063602/ref=sr_1_3?s=bo... On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Lawrence Jenab <larryjenab@gmail.com>wrote:
Where is the story printed?
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Richard Chilton <rchilton@auracom.com>wrote:
I finally was able to track down the short story Darkwar and it's changed my opinion of the Darkwar trilogy. Yes, I still feel that Cook wasn't able to build much sympathy for the Meth or the main character in that series, but that matters a bit less now.
I now view the entire trilogy as the prelude for the short story. Viewed that way it's a bit long, but it sets the scene for a great short story. One set centuries after the events in Ceremony. One that could have shared a title with the third Star War prequel. One that I wish had been in an extra chapter in Ceremony - or maybe not. It would have been jarring to switch directly between Meth mindsets.
If you haven't read that short story and you've read the Darkwar trilogy, it's wonderful. If you haven't read that short story and you haven't read the Darkwar trilogy, it completely spoils the ending (and much of the plot).
In short, I now feel that reading that trilogy was time well spent.
Richard
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik@gmail.com> wrote:
It'll be in the forthcoming anthology of Glen Cook stories titled Winter's Dreams. http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Dreams-Glen-Cook/dp/1596063602/ref=sr_1_3?s=bo...
Darn. Now I feel stupid. If I had waited only two more months... But on the bright side - I don't recongise the names of any of the stories there. That means that there will be 13 new ones for me to read. Richard
* On Tue 03/20/12 at 12:39, Richard Chilton (rchilton@auracom.com) wrote:
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Marc Rikmenspoel <marcrik@gmail.com> wrote:
It'll be in the forthcoming anthology of Glen Cook stories titled Winter's Dreams. http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Dreams-Glen-Cook/dp/1596063602/ref=sr_1_3?s=bo...
Darn. Now I feel stupid. If I had waited only two more months...
But on the bright side - I don't recongise the names of any of the stories there. That means that there will be 13 new ones for me to read.
Richard
You know you'd have bought it anyway Richard. :-) The Darkwar trilogy was one of my least favorite of Cook's works, but now you've got me curious to take a look again and then read the short story. As for Passage at Arms, I really liked that one. I think I read it before the Starfishers trilogy and I don't remember it really overlapping much. But it's been a long time. Steve
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Steve Chew <schew@interzone.com> wrote:
You know you'd have bought it anyway Richard. :-) The Darkwar trilogy was one of my least favorite of Cook's works, but now you've got me curious to take a look again and then read the short story.
As for Passage at Arms, I really liked that one. I think I read it before the Starfishers trilogy and I don't remember it really overlapping much. But it's been a long time.
True - but then I would have had 14 new stories to read. Now I feel cheated somewhat. And if Glen has done a second draft of that story I'll probably miss the impact of the changes. When I finished the Darkwar books I felt somewhat let down by how that series ended. That the entire series hadn't really mattered much. Once I read that short story I no longer felt that way. But there's another problem. Without the background of the trilogy, there's a huge amount missing in the short story. Like the trilogy he just jumps in without explaining (or really describing) the Meth or their relationships - and there's not much room in that story to fill in the details. I'm not sure it stands well on its own. In combination with the trilogy - it's wonderful. Either of them alone, there's something lacking. Richard
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