Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!davidk From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.books Subject: Re: Trumps of Doom - Roger Zelazny - Latest in the Amber Series Message-ID: <3328@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 10:13:44 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.3328 Posted: Mon Jul 8 10:13:44 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:16:36 EDT References: <378@genie.UUCP> Reply-To: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:8534 net.books:2016 The author of this article states that "Jack of Shadows" is a prequel of sorts to the the Amber series and that JoS deals with Shadow, Amber style. I beg to differ. JoS takes place on an Earth with no rotation. One side is constantly dark, and full of magic, one side light, and full of science (our "normal" Earth.) Jack is one of the few Darksiders who travels to the light side, and the only one who's magic will work there. His magic is the ability to use *any* form of shadow to hide him, no matter how small. Additionally, anytime his name is spoken in shadow he will hear it, no matter how far away. He lives in and with shadows, thus Jack of shadows. No relation to Amberian Shadow at all. Reasonably nice review, but lacking flair, could get the same sense of the book from the dust cover. And please get your facts straight... -- David C. Kovar USNET: {linus|decvax|cornell|astrovax}!dartvax!davidk%amber ARPA: davidk%amber%dartmouth@csnet-relay CSNET: davidk%amber@dartmouth "I felt like a punk who'd gone out for a switchblade and come back with a tactical nuke. 'Shit', I thought. 'Screwed again. What good's a tactical nuke in a street fight?'" "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson