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5 months ago ::
Jan 07, 2013 - 4:14PM
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Join me in welcoming back Erin Evans for her third go-around with the Book Club and our 16th discussion! We'll be reading Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils, the sequel to Brimstone Angels, which has the distinction of being our most discussed book to date. Erin is a former editor for Wizards and also the author of The Godcatcher, which all adds up to a lot of insight into writing and The Realms. You can check her out on her blog as well: SlushLush.com And if you needed any more impetus to keep following Erin's cast of characters, Farideh (which rhymes with fajita) will be back again as part of the highly-anticipated Realms series "The Sundering," hitting shelves later this year. Lesser Evils is available in both print and e-book flavors, so you have no excuse for not picking this one up! If you’re new to the Book Club, we’ll be reading around 50 pages a week and then commenting on them. We’ll start the discussion next week on Monday, January 14th. In the meantime, drop by this forum to let us know you’ll be participating and ask Erin lots of questions about devils.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 07, 2013 - 6:11PM
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Sep 30, 2006
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There's definitely a lot to discuss with this book, and I look forward to the next few weeks.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 07, 2013 - 6:57PM
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This is going to be great! Welcome back Erin!
I guess my first question will be--"can you provide a the Top Ten Reasons I should read Lesser Evils instead of A Memory of Light this January"?
I am really looking foreword to this! Thanks, David S.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 07, 2013 - 8:36PM
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May 21, 2009
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Hi guys! I'm so excited to be back again. This book and I went through a lot together--so much background to share. It's going to be a blast! This is going to be great! Welcome back Erin!
I guess my first question will be--"can you provide a the Top Ten Reasons I should read Lesser Evils instead of A Memory of Light this January"?
I am really looking foreword to this! Thanks, David S.
1. Brandon Sanderson is not here to answer your questions! I am!
2. Lesser Evils is a better deal! $7.99 for 400 packed (sorry) pages vs. $20 for 912 pages!
3. Lesser Evils has an ebook right now and it's still on sale for $2.99!
4. At THIS SECOND Lesser Evils has a higher rating and more reviews on Amazon
Umm...
5. Havilar is more adorable than Perrin?
Okay, seriously, I haven't followed the Wheel of Time this far, and I forget all but a few keywords of the story. So I can shout those juxtaposed with things from Lesser Evils? (Aes Sedai! Harpers! Dark One! Bryseis Kakistos!) and hope it blurs into sense...
Or I can say, I think this is a kickass book and this discussion is only going to make it better. 
Have to give it's little sister (or would that be big sister...) The Adversary some attention tonight, but tomorrow, I will give you some background on the story concepting!
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5 months ago ::
Jan 07, 2013 - 10:51PM
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My first book club!
Although, certainly not my first WotC/Realms novel. Having read Brimstone Angels in a single day over the Christmas period, I ended up reading Rich's The Last Mythal trilogy just so I wouldn't plow on (and straight through) Lesser Evils.
I look forward to taking part in the discussions. I am sure I shall have many questions for you, Erin!
My approach to the NPCs of previous editions. Spoiler:
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I always saw the High Level NPCs as shepherds of the Realms not its defenders. Making sure that not too many sheep were lost as they milled around (as they are wont to do) and bringing on the young'uns into the job. In that way a shepherd never has time to go and hunt down all of the wolves but is pretty dashed effective at keeping them away from the sheep when they rear their heads. "It was a puzzle why things were always dragged kicking and screaming. No one ever seemed to want to, for example, lead them gently by the hand." - Terry Pratchett
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5 months ago ::
Jan 08, 2013 - 4:46AM
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Hey everybody!! Glad to see everyone again, and a big "Well Met" to Iluvrien. I am excited that we are kicking things off again and glad that we get to start off 2013 with Lesser Evils. Especially now that I know how to properly pronounce Farideh. Who says you can't learn anything from Facebook?  Now I just need to finish up Charon's Claw by next Monday so I can give my full attention to Lesser Evils.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 08, 2013 - 6:47AM
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Well Met.
This is too my first book blub (Or book discussion) of any kind and I am excited to take part of it. I was so excited to get my wonderful copy that I blew through the first thirteen chapters this winter (Stopping at the beginning of chapter 14) so I am a bit ahead of everyone else, but I will not be dropping any spoilers (On purpose!) and I will not begin to read chapter 14 again until its the proper time.
Saer Erin is a wonderful person who got me interested enough to actually read my first post spell-plague novel (The first Brimstone Angels) which trust me, was an amazing feat all in itself, and of course im looking foward to see what the Sundering brings for our beloved world and some of our most cherished fictional-friends.
Until swords part!
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5 months ago ::
Jan 08, 2013 - 6:53AM
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Feb 19, 2006
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Welcome to everyone joining us for the first time! Erin won't disappoint!
Erin is definitely one of the best at presenting the post-spellplague Realms. I've said before that a novel like Brimstone Angels should have been the first to come out after the jump.
David, Havilar is definitely more adorable than Perrin, so she has you there. I owe a lot to Jordan. He's the one who originally got me back into fantasy my Freshman year of college. I still have a treasured letter from him from around that time period. I've saved the last WoT book he wrote (10 I believe) and all the Sanderson books so I can read them all at once.
And I just thought of a question for Erin: What does the "M" stand for in Erin M. Evans?
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5 months ago ::
Jan 08, 2013 - 10:33AM
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May 21, 2009
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David, Havilar is definitely more adorable than Perrin, so she has you there. I owe a lot to Jordan. He's the one who originally got me back into fantasy my Freshman year of college. I still have a treasured letter from him from around that time period. I've saved the last WoT book he wrote (10 I believe) and all the Sanderson books so I can read them all at once.
That should be a nice run of books. I love when you get a series that you can sit down and go through one after another--I'm doing the same with The Psalms of Isaak, actually. After Canticle's cliffhanger, I figured I'd go crazy waiting.
It's interesting--I remember having a phase like that where I was just done with fantasy. Oddly, I still wanted to write it, but I wasn't really enjoying anything I read. And I remember something changing, some book or books making me realize I was just missing a lot of really amazing stories that were a lot better than anything I was writing.
But I can't remember what it was. Unfortunately, I tend to cycle through paperbacks (I live with a serial declutterer), so in considering my library, nothing jumped out at me as the one. Tigana? Kushiel's Dart? The Doomsday Book? I think they all came after my epiphany. Maybe American Gods?
Anybody else make it through this phase?
And I just thought of a question for Erin: What does the "M" stand for in Erin M. Evans?
MAYHEM.
...or Marie, the same middle name as both of my grandmothers. 
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5 months ago ::
Jan 08, 2013 - 10:39AM
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Aug 11, 2012
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MAYHEM.
...or Marie, the same middle name as both of my grandmothers.
<.< Interesting. Interesting. *Runs off to edit Wiki*
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