There has been a lot of griping about the covers. TOR should be trying to
win back old fans and gain new readers but the covers they are slapping on
the books will not attract very many if any readers. That is too bad since
the reading material inside is really first rate.
Dale
"Dave" <mattie04@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The NEW Destroyer......
>
> A worthwhile effort at renewal. It has peeled off the extra layers of
> characters, relatives, hangers-on, that was stifling the series ==
> Mark Howard is still there, but basically as a writer's crutch, for
> exposition. So we have Remo, Chuin, and Smitty.
>
> And a little re-tooling on method. Not 100 percent assassination
> anymore, which was an awkward position. Sinanju will now kick your
> ass as well as kill you, so misguided henchmen can now be bonked into
> submission. Pretty good restraint from guys who can leap 200 feet
> into the air and take the wings off a jet fighter with their bare
> hands.
>
> Social satire as strong as ever. Good action. Dragged out plot -- if
> not for Chuin's whims, this could have been wrapped up much quicker.
>
> Good reading value, though. I had quit the series a while back (at
> the giant squid attack), but I'll be looking for the next one in April
>
> THE COVER: ugly as anything. The sword of Sinanju is there, without
> any explanation in the text - is it going to be the trademark?. Remo
> is ugly as anything, without creekbones. Chuin looks like an old joel
> grey swipe
>
> dave
>
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