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[jazzfish]

Page 19:

The visitor didn't keep me in suspense. In a pleasant baritone, he said, "My name is [SPOILER]. May I join you, Lord Taltos?"

When I could talk again, I said, "So, correct me if I'm wrong: You're not a myth, then?"

Comments

[vond.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately for anyone familiar with the series, the spoiler there seems semi-obvious (though I could be wrong).

Am I to assume you got a copy of Dzur somehow?

[nixve.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a difficult somehow, he got it at Barnes&Nobles. If I'd just gotten to the SF&F section first...

I didn't even realize it was out, and it seems I'm not the only one.

[jazzfish]

Semi, yeah. Although if you've read to the end of _Issola_, and know that _Dzur_ starts up moments after that, I expect you'd be surprised /not/ to see [SPOILER] in there. (If you've not yet read to the end of _Issola_ then you have far, far greater surprises in store. Orders of magnitude. Starting in chapter two.)

[ndkid.livejournal.com]

I read the spoiler, just read the actual line in athelred's copy, and feel somewhat daft for not making the connection to start with... apparently, I am dumb, or the spoiler is safe.

[mneme]

The previous poster is right -- you left in the most spoileriffic part.

Congrats! I've seen the book, but not in a fashion that let me take (or read) it.

[jazzfish]

I suppose so. In my defense, A) if you've read to the end of _Issola_, and know that _Dzur_ starts up moments after that, you'd be surprised /not/ to see [SPOILER] in there; B) it's page 19 of a book that starts on page 11; and C) the /real/ question is, what the devil is [SPOILER] up to?

*blink* Huh. I could've sworn you were the person that I read had snagged an ARC. Must've been someone else. (It's good stuff. Of course. More like _Yendi_ or _Orca_ than _Issola_, but better than either of those.)

[mneme]

Dunno. Avram Grumer was an advance reader (of the manuscript -- over a year ago), and I recently-ish got an ARC (and review it for NYRSF -- I'm waiting to see what comes of the review) of the new Hodgell Jamethiel book, but I didn't get an ARC of Dzur, no.

[sir-alf.livejournal.com]

If the name is what I think it is, you've got a bitchslap coming.

Peace.

[jazzfish]

. . .
I somehow managed to blank on the fact that you read both my LJ and Brust's books. I apologise most profusely.

[sir-alf.livejournal.com]

It's cool. From what you've said, it shows up soon after the beginning of the book and if it's who I think it is, then I fully expected he/she/they to show the hell up sometime.