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lurkerwithoutI finished rereading Brust's Five Hundred Years Later this weekend. And I've got to wonder how anyone can manage to write in that (Pseudo-Dumasian?) style.
Khaavren felt the blow in his heart, yet he gave no sign of it on his countenance. "A certain duty I may have been assigned? Come, what can you mean?"
"We will tell you," said Aliera.
"I ask nothing better," said Khaavren.
"Then attend."
Sethra said, "We wish to know, insofar as you are allowed to tell us-"
"For," put in Aliera, "you may not be allowed to tell us, and if you cannot speak of these matters, we understand and will not press you."
"Yes, yes," said Khaavren, "Go on."
And it goes on like that. Plus its written in some kind of 3rd person Historical Drama kind of way, so the narrator will interupt to talk about how they COULD describe everything in some kind of detail, but won't. Unless they have to. But they'll not do it unless they have to. And so on...
And yet, for some reason, I still like the book. Is this what Dumas actually reads like I wonder?
Khaavren felt the blow in his heart, yet he gave no sign of it on his countenance. "A certain duty I may have been assigned? Come, what can you mean?"
"We will tell you," said Aliera.
"I ask nothing better," said Khaavren.
"Then attend."
Sethra said, "We wish to know, insofar as you are allowed to tell us-"
"For," put in Aliera, "you may not be allowed to tell us, and if you cannot speak of these matters, we understand and will not press you."
"Yes, yes," said Khaavren, "Go on."
And it goes on like that. Plus its written in some kind of 3rd person Historical Drama kind of way, so the narrator will interupt to talk about how they COULD describe everything in some kind of detail, but won't. Unless they have to. But they'll not do it unless they have to. And so on...
And yet, for some reason, I still like the book. Is this what Dumas actually reads like I wonder?
