Well - Feast of Crows for the Tyrion fleeing Westeros stuff.

Is Jilli around? Any comments/favorites of Steven Brusts' work? Those who aren't Jili please weigh in too - I'm in the dark.

I'd read some of his books a good while ago - I don't have any clear memories of them. I know I liked them well enough to read more than one, but I stopped reading at some point. (Helpful, aren't I?)

I adore Brust. His work breaks down into Jhereg and non-Jhereg, mainly. I like 'em both. Of the non-Jhereg I'd recommend To Reign In Hell. I've read almost everything he's written, so if you want more details, just ask.

I read that at ComicCon, Mysterious Galaxies is going to be selling the new Dresden Files book early.

Why am I remembering Butcher was being a douche recently, but not the details?

I don't know. I haven't heard anything - but then my news was from his newsletter and they are unlikely to report his douchiness.

Are you looking for a recommendation? It depends on what you're in the mood for. Brust's To Reign in Hell is great if you like epic tales and huge casts and political intrigue and, well, Milton. The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars is great if you want... the polar opposite of all those things, really.

(If you're looking at the series, I can't help.)

My initial reaction to To Reign In Hell was that it was a very elaborate setup to justify the line "Get thee behind me, Satan" but it was elegantly done, so I give him all the points.

The Vlad Taltos books are a long series of a snarkily self-aware probably authorial insert assassin with tarnished court intrigue and magic and humans and "elves" written in an accessible style. The Phoenix Guards are set in the same universe, but earlier, and in a much more elaborate style.

And then there's other stuff that I have to think more about to remember.

I like Brust but I admit I stopped reading the Taltos books because I couldn't keep track of what was going on. I did really enjoy The Phoenix Guards, though, for its 18th-century Dumas-ishness.