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I have to pimp this: You're the Top by

mylodon (Horatio/Archie) a disgustingly clever mix of anachronistic Filk and short story. And horribly well-researched. I hate her.

Progress:

Jobs applied for: 5
Writing done: a little. got the final edits for Hard and Fast, though, so that went to the top of the list.

And this comes as no surprise. I was actually slightly horrified of myself as I ticked the boxes....I AM THE BLOODY NINE!!!***

You Are 95% Evil

You're the most evil person you know.

The devil is even a little scared of you!

How Evil Are You?

***I've just finished the "The First Law" Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie which I thoroughly enjoyed because it was engrossing and had good characters and it was bloody and people died (in their thousands) - it's not quite as good as GRRM but it's a nice substitute if, like me, you are desperate for some big hairy men fighting with swords.

If I have a couple of quibbles it's that :

1. THERE'S NO BLOODY MAP. What's with that? I'm a great believer in fantasy worlds that I don't know (e.g. ALL of them) should have a bloody map. I adore maps, anyway - I buy atlases at jumble sales- and I can't tell you the number of times I referred to the maps of GRRM, tracing the characters' journeys. It's very hard to get really involved in epic journeys if you can't look at the mountains and deserts and wastelands and OMG they've got such a long way to go!

2. Apart from Luthar's story, I really didn't feel that any of the characters had a productive arc, a journey to make, lessons to learn. Granted the books grind to an unsatisfying ending (leaving me screaming "no................................... I have to have MORE!!!" making it obvious that there's more to come, but everyone kind of ended their story in almost the same state of mind that they began it, (other than the dead ones) and that was a tad unsettling.

But hell, apart from that, I'm hooked and I'll certainly be buying more if he writes them.