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Daughter of Regals and Other Tales (Stephen Donaldson)

I have the same comments as of Reave the Just and Other Tales, namely that I much, much prefer his short stories to his novels, because they all have very interesting ideas, however I find it very draining that they're all about nasty people, nasty situations, and depression.

Roll on disfiguring diseases, people wallowing in self-hate, people cavorting in casual mistreatment of others, destruction of beautiful creatures and last shreds of hope, etc, etc. Obviously great literature is stereotypically associated with black despair, but I get a certain "unhealthy obsession" vibe.

Dzur (Stephen Brust)

I have the same comments as of the last few Vlad Taltos novels. It was fascinating for what it revealed about the overall story of the series, but I didn't really find the novel itself as engaging as some of the others.

Our Man in Camelot

I have the same comment as I really loved all the previous Anthony Price novels, even though friends have warned me that the couple immediately preceding this weren't necessarily up to snuff, but although it followed in the general practice of Price novels, and was fairly interesting in the characters and history, I didn't really engage with it as much as the others.

( Major spoilers for Our Man in Camelot and War Games )