Why yes, I have a new obsession, why do you ask?

[cahn]

I keep thinking that the Kage Baker books remind me of the Brust books-- a large part of it is the snarky tone. (I love Joseph. I love him ten times as much as Mendoza. More on that in a bit.)

The Graveyard Game is like Teckla-- it's where I realize that what was a mostly fun fantastical romp (time travel! Assassins!) with perhaps some minor elements of seriousness (2355? Reincarnation?) suddenly, well, the world blows up (well, not literally. At least, as far as I know, though I'm not discounting the eventual literalness of this possibility in either series), and I'm left scrambling for what's going to happen to the pieces...

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[ase.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have thought to compare Teckla and The Graveyard Game, since tGG was probably a little more planned in its world-shaking, and also because I was completely sidetracked by the inexplicable-to-me appearance of the little gray guys.

I also love Joseph so, so much. My favorite character(s) in a book are reliably the snarky and competent ones.

[charlie-ego.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it is certainly true that Brust's strength (for me) is twisty plots that wrap themselves up very neatly within the book, and his multi-book arcs are more messy. Whereas Baker's twisty multi-book arc is much more thought out, but her plots within-book aren't all that.

The competent snarky somewhat-slimy person with surprising integrity and a soft spot is Awesome. (Hmm... I wonder if competence may be correlated with integrity to a certain extent, in the sense that a person without integrity will cut corners and therefore not do so well in the competence category: see Labenius.)