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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
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Subject: In Medias Res F&SF
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 10:04:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 10:04:42 1985
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JHEREG and YENDI both have for me the feeling of starting in the middle
of ongoing action.  (I still think Brust should write a prequel to Yendi.)
So does Anderson's OPERATION CHAOS and Zelazny's LORD OF LIGHT.  Of course,
you can also get this effect by picking up a serial in the middle.  I know
lots of people who started the Skylark books with SKYLARK OF VALERON, which
is a VERY in medias res beginning -- not to mention leaving you unsure for
several chapters of who the hero is.

--Lee Gold