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Re:Good Riddance to Long Books by Apocryphon on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:46PM (#33126678)
That exchange in all its aristocratic floridness brings to mind a scene with my favorite phrase from another work that was paid-per-word:

"The leprosy of unreality disfigured every human creature in attendance upon Monseigneur." - A Tale of Two Cities

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Re:Good Riddance to Long Books by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:55PM (#33126761)
Just to be clear: That exchange was not a direct quote, but many exchanges like that, can be found.

I tried reading some of Steven Brust's Khaavren Romances[0], where he adopts a similar writing style, but couldn't make it through them. I did like his Vlad Taltos[1] books, which are written in a much more "vernacular" style.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaavren_Romances

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Brust#The_Dragaeran_boo...

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