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November 5th, 2011, 08:32 AM #1
Theft of Swords - The First Riyria Omnibus
The time is almost here for the release of Theft of Swords! I just finished the book last night and I liked it a lot.
Good layering of plot and backstory throughout, I have to say.
I'll be interested (as I'm sure Michael and Robin will be) to see what people who read the Ridan versions have to say about these new editions.
Review to come soon...
November 7th, 2011, 07:25 AM #2
Theft of Swords actually is ALREADY available in the UK - I guess I didn't realize it had an earlier release date until I saw people on facebook and sending me emails that they just picked it up. That is very exciteing.
Anyway...can't wait to read the review Rob. Please let me know when it goes up.
November 7th, 2011, 12:27 PM #3
Michael, you'll be the first to know when the review is live! I think you'll like what I have to say.
I will say this book might have earned a spot in my personal Omnibus Hall of Fame (© PeterWilliam)
November 7th, 2011, 01:16 PM #4
Once I've finished grad school (i.e. March 1), I'll get more play-online time. One of the things I am considering is a year-end popular vote, or merely appointment by, of course, myself for the omnibus award. All are eligible, however once awarded, that particular omnibus goes out of future runnings. It shall be called.....what else would I call it?.....Omnibus Prime.
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November 20th, 2011, 10:06 AM #9
Riyria Revelations #1: Theft of Swords
Hadrian and Royce are partners in crime, a mercenary and thief who make a living working for the various nobles who rule over the lands of Avryn but spend most of their time feuding with one another. One particular job ends with Hadrian and Royce being arrested and charged with regicide. Determined to prove their innocence and take revenge on those who framed them, they set out on a quest that could change the fate of Avryn and the whole world.
Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria Revelations series is already a proven success, with both small press and self-published editions of the books selling well. Orbit have picked up the series and recast the original six books as three omnibuses, bringing them to a wider audience. Whilst this laudably rewards the author's success, it also raises the stakes: standing out from the crowd in self-publishing is one thing, but how does Sullivan's work stack up compared to the current fantasy heavyweights?
The answer is...okay, actually. Sullivan's ambition with this series was to create a series that in a way beat against the current trend for adult, edgy, violent and explicit fantasy novels in favour of something more straightforward or 'classic'. Something that evoked the spirit of say Eddings or Brooks without being as dire. Sullivan lists Harry Potter as an inspiration, particularly the way it welded together accessibility and a classic structure with darker elements (such as major character deaths), and that's certainly a reasonable ambition.
Theft of Swords (which combines the first two novels in the series, The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha) is a fast-paced, straightforward read with a fast-moving plot and easy-to-read writing. Sullivan's risk in aping the simpler form of fantasy fiction is that he might skirt towards blandness, and this is certainly a problem in the book. He has a fairly blank prose style which is effortless to read, but also somewhat forgettable. His skills with characterisation are somewhat stronger, but still not as great as might be wished. Particularly odd is that his central characters of Hadrian and Royce are not very well-developed at all, and many of the secondary characters are more interesting and better-drawn. The central duo do get a bit more fleshed out towards the end of the second half of the book and we also get a possible reason for why Sullivan had to hold back on certain revelations about them, but it is a bit of a challenge to read a book where the two heroes are so (apparently) shallow.
Other issues can be found in the worldbuilding, particularly the existence of apparently substantial kingdoms with walled cities in them that are only about 20 miles wide. Sullivan aims for some consistency here - a couple of hundred soldiers forms a large army in this world, presumably because populations are correspondingly tiny - but it's still a bit odd. On the racial front, things are fairly traditional: dwarves are geniuses for stonecarving whilst elves are long-lived, pointy-eared types. The only dwarf we meet is a grubby villain, whilst the elves are (in this first book anyway) kept firmly off-screen and are the enemies of humanity, but these are minor (and not particularly unprecedented) twists to the established formula. Naturally, the main storyline also revolves around prophecies, chosen ones whose arrival will signify the end of the world and so on, and it won't take a genius to guess who the chosen one is going to be.
The principle problem with the book is its very predictability. At first, reading an epic fantasy without blood spraying over people's faces every five seconds or two mandatory graphic (and usually badly-written) sex scenes per book is a refreshing change of pace, and feels like a valid direction to take at this time. However, the book's embracing of classic tropes without doing much (or, at times, anything) to subvert or challenge them eventually gets dull. Brandon Sanderson, for example, is also writing classic epic fantasy but remembers to put in plenty of interesting twists: a post-magic-apocalypse setting, a Wild West angle and, of course, lots of original magic systems. These flourishes are absent from Sullivan's debut work.
Theft of Swords (***) is an easy, relaxing read but also one that lacks depth or originality. It's fun enough to warrant reading on (and the series rep has it improving massively as it continues), but I do wonder if publishing these stories as 650-page omnibuses rather than their original 320-page, bite-sized chunks was a mistake. A fun popcorn read, but ultimately not much more. The omnibus is available now in the UK and USA.
November 22nd, 2011, 11:05 AM #10
Thanks Werthead for taking the time to read the books and write a review. I think that you've done a good job accurately portraying the flavor of the first two books.
I did want to take a moment to provide some insight to my motivations when writing this series. You mentioned:
The truth is that I had no intention of publishing these books. So my only ambition was to write something that I wanted to read. My audience was small, just a few friends and family, and so while I did write using classical tropes and avoiding graphic violence and sex, that was only because this is the kind of book that suits my taste, not some commentary on the market as a whole.
The fact that I wasn't writing for publication is important as it explains why my stories start off so simply. My focus has always been on the last book…to make it the crowning achievement…and to get there by making each book better than the one before. This, by definition, makes the first book the weakest.
So when you observe that the books seem to lack depth, originally, and are very predictable, my response is…you're absolutely correct…given what you know at this point. But just like Inigo Montoya in The Prince Bride I know something you do not…I'm not left handed. There is actually more at work then you can know from where you are standing now. I liken it to The Sixth Sense, which for me seemed like just a simple little movie until the big reveal. Then upon re-watching, I noticed all kinds of things that were there, but without context, did not register.
Of course, when the books got picked up, it might have made sense to rewrite them, moving some of the depth (both in character and world building) sooner. After all, from a marketing perspective, the first book needs to be the strongest in order to ensure the maximum number of people stay for the next one, right? Well I didn't do that, mainly because I'm more interested in telling the story "my" way then making a ton of money (sorry Orbit but I think we'll still do all right). My thought is enough people will see it through to the end and their journey will be all that much better because it started out small and blossomed into something truly amazing. My hope is they'll convince others to "hang in there" and in the end everyone will be rewarded.
There's no doubt that this is a risk, and there are some who will conclude that I lack skill, or talent, or both based on what they read before quitting. For those that leave the ballgame in the 7th inning to avoid the traffic – I understand. None of the reviews will mean much to me until the final book. The good news is that comes January 31 so only another few weeks of waiting. If after reading that, if people want to proclaim me "lacking" then I'll accept that…after all they made their decision with 100% of the information.
I hope this post doesn't come off as defensive. I'm really just trying to explain more what I was shooting for and why the books are the way they are. I can't be on each readers shoulders explaining this, but since the post is here in my forum and I obviously participate, I thought it would be good to provide some further clarification.
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No problem Michael. It hit many of the right buttons for me, looking forward to the next books!
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November 4th, 2013, 05:12 AM #15
I'm reading Theft of Swords (the first novel in the first omnibus), and I have some mixed feelings, although I'm enjoying it. Certainly I feel no temptation to give up and stop reading. However, there are some real flaws here. Let's see... For context, I did a quick search and found some positive reviews and a particularly vitriolic negative one:
Going back to my own impressions:
One thing that bothers me is these chats the characters sometimes have that go like this: "Hey, let's explain to each other this thing both of us already know just so that the reader will get the information." It's not like it's happening all the time, but when it does it's a particularly annoying way to do info-dumps. For example, look at that explanation about the six gods... come on, those guys should already know that!
The characterization is thin. You get a feeling of who the characters are because they are archetypal to a large extent, and they are pleasant enough to share the adventure with, but there's little to make them truly come to life.
Also, there's a roleplaying-game-like quality in the way the characters interact with each other. It's like they stick together because they are all playing characters, and therefore that's what they are supposed to do. For example, look at the way Myron joins the group. Actually, my problem is not so much how he joins the group, but how he immediately and unquestioningly gets accepted into the dynamics of the group and everyone accepts him as the group's unofficial "wikipedia".
The story and character motivations are rather simplistic, although maybe that's a feature of the story rather than a bug.
Having said all that, let's go with the positive: this story is fun! I want to keep reading and find out what happens, and that's not a small thing. It's what fantasy stories are supposed to achieve, in my opinion.
Nowadays, epic fantasy is full of grittiness and dark realism, and I love those stories as much as anyone, but there's also a place for light, fun stories, and this one goes back to basics and tells an appealing tale. There's a reason the "classic" approach is classic, and the reason is that it works. Here, the author seems to be having fun telling this story, and this reader is also having fun reading it. It takes me back to the sense of fun I had when reading epic fantasy as a kid or teenager, and that's a good thing.
I have found the author's comments in this thread interesting, and I look forward to seeing how this series evolve...


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What do you eat when you have your teeth pulled out? A bowl of chew-friendly Chinese porridge/congee. (I had all four of my wisdom teeth extracted last Friday and this is what I have been eating.)
For ingredients, Rasa Malaysia recommends dried oyster and chicken breast fillet. Top the porridge with fresh shredded ginger, chopped scallions, a few drops of sesame oil and a dash of white pepper powder…you will feel better in no time…
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Mmm I love congee. It makes my tummy all warm and happy. I love century egg congee. Posting a recipe (sorta, my congee is always changing) later this week. :)
Ouch about the teeth! I hope you heal fast! I hate going to the dentist, it's one of my worst fears.
Mine is dried oysters and pork. And top off with yau char kuey. Recipe on my site :)
pls. i would like to have a recipe of your congee w/ pork and dried oysters. i've always wanted to know how make that dish. every time i eat at dimsum, that's the first thing i order, but i don't get to go to dimsum place cuz it's an hour drive where i lived. i would appreciate it so much if u will share your recipe. thanks……………
Hi !
My favourite porridge is with :-
peanuts, dried oyster and pork.
Sometimes I used dried scallops to replace the dried oyster.
And a must have – yau char kuey to go with it.
Have a nice day and hope you will get well soon.
You must have been kinda "knocked out" after such an ordeal, some more can still cook??? Terrorlah!
That sucks, hope you are feeling better.
Eeeew! Four at one go? You are very brave! *applause* Wish you a speedy recovery.
Mmm kai Chook. Men and women from afar have been known to embark on culinary pilgrimages just for a fix. Finely shredded steam chicken, lots of pepper and top with crispy euw char kueh. Great midnight snack. Nice work on the weekend pubication and hope the tooth fairy visits. As we say here, Cheers Big ears:-)
I love rice porridge. Filipinos have a version called Arroz Caldo, with chicken, ginger, garlic, black pepper and scallions.
i can have porridge anytime of the year. i made it once before using basmati rice and it didn turn out as nice as yours. maybe i shud get some jasmine rice huh?
I can have porridge anytime!
Dried scallops, and shredded chicken with all the toppings here and not forgetting fried shallots! Recently, I made my congee with abalone and dried scallops. But no toppings :O
Hope you are feeling better now, and can eat more "solid" food too! You cook so solid, so must eat solid mah! *lol*
Four at one go?! Ouch! You are very brave.
We make a broth from either chicken or pork bones. The rice has to be jasmine rice – basmati doesn't come together as well. What else goes in depends on what is on hand. Chicken, pork, fish, dried scallop, century egg, fermented tofu, green onions, cilantro, fried shallots or garlic, preserved vegetable, white pepper…the possibilities are endless. However I've not done dried oysters before.
We don't make our own you tiao but do get it if we're having porridge at East Lake Seafood Restaurant in San Jose.
four wisdom teeth extracted on the same day? man, it must be horrible and scary! poor RM, sayang sayang~
I love porridge too!
I lived on milkshakes when I had mine extracted. Hope you're feeling better soon!
Congrats on your write-up in the paper too–it's well deserved. :)
My fave toppings are thousand year old eggs, minced pork, scallions…yum!
Other things could include crispy anchovies, or the canned fish (dace) with black beans
I feel for your mouth: when i had my four wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic just before I went to university years ago my face swelled up to three times its size and yellow, purple and black bruises welted my chest. Hideous…. Mum fed me junket and yoghurt and soup.
Re congee: I feel like I missed out when I lived in HK… I just never really got into it and now, back in Melbourne, looking at your post, I'm sad about that!
i like mine with dried oyster, century egg, mince pork, salted egg (mash the yolk and stir in the white) and loads of shredded ginger..
century egg, peanuts, lean pork, yow char kwai, ….abalone, if i can afford it… and i like mine the cantonese style, where the rice is all smooth and creamy…not the teochew
Amy – I agree, going to dentist is always not fun, and the "grilling" sound of the machine always gives me creeps…argh!
Pablo – Somehow I never like yau char kuey in my porridge because I don't like soggy stuff. I love my yau char kuey crispy and hot off the frying wok.
May – yes, dried scallops are great with porridge, but my brother told me a scary story about dried scallops and now I am very skeptical and don't dare to eat them too much. :P
WMW – have to cook lah, or what else to eat? Yoghurt every day? Hehe. :P
Maya – I am still on medication, not fun. :(
Simcooks – what to do, have to get rid of them once and for all. I was sedated so I didn't feel anything until they were pulled.
C2 – thanks for your kind word and your well wishes. :)
Marvin – Filipino has a porridge version too? Cool, sounds very similar. :)
Princess – yep, jasmine is the way to go.
Tiga – I must add, fried salted fish is also great with porridge…I must dig them out from my pantry. ;)
Nate 2.0 – correct, the possibilities of porridge are endless. Really. My other used to make porridge with crabs, oh my, soooo good.
Oppss – awww, you are sooo nice and sweet. Thank you and I feel much better already. :)
Susan – I also have yoghurt in addition to porridge. Thanks for your kind words on the featured articles. :)
Selina – yes, canned fried dace with black beans, how can I forget that?
Stephanie – oh no, swelling face? I am lucky because I do not like a swollen face, well, maybe just a little but not 3x the size of my face. Don't be sad about congee, you can make it yourself at home…really easy.
SC – ooooh, yes, salted eggs, how can I forget that?!
FBB – wah, abalone with porridge, that's the first time I heard of that topping, but don't you think it's a little sayang to take porridge with abalone. Yes, Cantonese creamy style is awesome. Mine was half way there because I was too impatient to wait for them to boil…haha.
Herein lies the secret :
Slice yau char kuey thinly or not more than 1 cm thick.
Place it in a toaster oven and give it a 1 – 2 minute toast.
Enjoy the crispiest yau char kuey you can find!
no wonder you're so wise bee yinn but to extract 4 in one go is really a painful experience. but then again having it done just for once certainly make up for the 4 times of pain.
psstt… i'm totally unwise at all :D
Poor you with the teeth. I just had two out one by one, and that was not nice at all, so sending lots of warm fuzzies your way.Get better soon!
I like all rice porridge, salted fish/eggs, century eggs, pig intestines and offal like kidney and liver! Fish porridge, chicken porridge, pork mince porridge with that orange preserved veg – well looks like if you make porridge with it I will enjoy it :)
I love dried oyster & pork congee. My grandma use to make that when we were little. Another on of my favorites is with dried scallops. It gives a nice sweetness to the congee.
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Ouch! Poor you. :( Hope you feel better soon.
i love peanuts and dried scallops and those preserved chinese pickles
i always pick the mussels/dried oysters out.
r u saying now you are 4 less wise ? quickly come up with some hard hot spiking meal then everything ok !
Read 'teeth pulled out', *pengsan*. Got up, read 'extracted teeth' pengsan. 4 at 1 go?!! Sorry, cannot read further edi. *wiping off cold sweat*
I hope that you are feeling better now, and that you are able to eat solids soon! My favorite ingredients are 1000-year old egg (pi dan) and scallions. But dried oysters and chicken sound fantastic!
I usually have chicken rice porridge, never try dried oysters before. Sounds yummy
Try porridge with scallops, peanuts, dried oysters and yam / taro. This porridge is named ' Fah Sang Hou See Chouk'. Has been a favourite porridge for 3 generations in my family.
Hi! Hope you are much better now.
What's the story behind the dried scallops ?
Hi RM, i can never not order the ground pork/duck egg porridge with extra scallions and wontons skins. (pi dan su ro zhou).
rasa malaysia,
I don't like oyster leh. I like my porridge with salted egg/fish, prickle vege, century egg, wanton skins, peanuts, chicken/pork/fish, etc… never ending story lah. hehe.
Wish you'll get well soon. Rest well. :)
ouch. i am resisting my wisdom tooth to be taken off, though the dentist advised me too.
i like to "chai sim", those pickled ones in bottles with my porridge. they are so so yummy if the correct brand is bought.
and also "bak hoo" (pork floss) in porridge. so so delicious!
Owie! I send hugs.
Pablo – thanks for the tips…I tried before and nuked too much it became too hard. LOL.
Babe – No lah, I have 4 wisdom teeth but it doesn't mean I have wisdom. LOL. I don't know why they are called wisdom teeth to begin with.
Msiangirl – pig intestines in porridge…bravo, you are a true Malaysian girl.
Hakka house – yes, dried scallops give that great sweetness, but let me tell you this story later about dried scallops… ;)
WC – I am already better and am eating in Beijing now. LOL.
Kok – aiya, you don't know what you missed out…you must have had bad dried oysters…high quality dried oyster are so good.
Lyn – yes, preserved Chinese pickles are the best…if only the western version ones taste more like those. :P
Keropok – Bak hoo…OMG, I almost forgot…that's awesome with porridge, you are right!
Panda – thanks for your hugs. :)
BSG – I am already too wise beyond my age so I do not need wisdom teeth…too pandai also no good. LOL!!!!!
Tummythoz – aiyo, like that also scared. You got yours pulled / extracted already not? Hehe.
PE – wow, century eggs…you know your porridge. Hehe.
Andaliman – you should try dried oysters…they are great as a flavoring agent for soup and porridge. I absolutely love them.
Lannie – I never tried porridge with yam/taro, sounds intriguing as I love yam soooo much! Share the secret 3-generation recipe please? ;)
May – OK, drum roll please? My brother used to work in China and he told me that some Chinese food processors make fake scallops with snakes! He saw that with his own eyes…I am not kidding!!! He said they peel the skin of the snakes off, then pull out their little bones, and then cut them up and dry them. Think about it…the snake flesh is creaming white and scallops too. After they are dried, you can't tell as snakes are supposed to taste good too hence people use snakes to cook soup in China. So that's my scary story…
Eatdrinknbmerry – you certain love your porridge. Slurp slurp.
Wished I never asked.
i luv mine with deep fried "ikan billis" d tiniest kind, pork/chix floss, pototoes/carrot/cabbage…ah.. congee d best :)
Mmm.. the basic MUST have toppings on my porridge are quite simple.
A dash of soy sauce.
A dash of pepper.
Golden fried chopped garlic with the oil.
Oooh, and that preserved black shredded olives that comes in those jars.
And for colour, a few ringlets of spring onions wouldn't hurt.
Good job on the blog!
Le Belch.
I like paddy frog and wagyu beef which i blogged about recently. Slurps!
Yeah! Frog leg man! ahahah! And pork liver..
I love chicken congee when im sick. You really stepped up a notch with your congee with dried oyster and chicken recipe.
Mine kinda weird…. I love porridge. Just like everyone love to eat rice. I rather choose to eat porridge than rice nowadays. However, My favourite ingredients for porridge is pumpkin and chicken; dried scallop and dried mushroom; oyster mushrooms with seaweed…
Kinda weird right? But I just love it..
Sounds divine, yummy. Where are the methods/instructions? Assumed the rice/water/dried oyster & chic are to boil together? thanks :-S
I don't see the recipe :( it looks delicious! i would love to make it someday
I don't see the recipe either… :(
Do you have a recipe for this? Would you recomend using chinese sherry or cooking wine for this?


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"Perhaps the Lord Steward wishes to keep the dying close at hand," a soft voice intoned behind me. I turned and saw the same young man whose cuts I had tended, the friend of the boy with the sliced throat. He looked much the same as he had the last time I saw him, sitting at his friend's side as I walked away, save that the grey crescents beneath his eyes had darkened. "Forgive me. I could not help but overhear," he added.
I sighed and shook my head. What might this one want? I wondered. "There is nothing to forgive," I said, my tone perhaps more brisk than I had intended. "I suppose that if that is the Steward's bidding, there is naught we can do to alter it, and therefore little to discuss."
"True enough, my girl," Ioreth put in, "though I still say that it gives much to speak of, even if 'tis not ours to decide. I will see you again soon enough." She patted my hand gently and bustled off, but not before casting a curious glance at the soldier.
"Is there aught I can do for you?" I asked him. I would be expected to report to the Warden in a few minutes.
"Yes, well—I never did thank you. You were very… kind to Tarondor—to my friend."
I gave a modest bob of my head. In the beginning I had been almost afraid to speak to the men who came to us fresh from the battle; they were rough and grim, and their fear was a new kind of fear, their bitterness a new kind of bitterness. But now I was practiced, and I had words to give back to them. "It is the least we can do, for those who have risked life and limb to defend us. And it was no small kindness on your part, either, that you remained there with him."
The young man shrugged. "He's gone—they took him away but a little while ago," he said quietly, and stared at the floor.
"I'm sorry."
He smiled, shaking his head quickly, as an animal might do to ward off a troublesome insect. His next words came more rapidly. "You must think me terribly strange, with what I said. I was weary indeed, and ill."
I tried to remember. "About… killing someone without seeing him?"
He nodded. "The day one man can slay another, sight unseen, would be the ending of the world, indeed. We do not wish for a different sort of war; a just end to our current one would be more than sufficient, I think."
"Yes, I should think so." I did my best to return his smile, though my black-winged dreams were now pressing much closer into my mind. "And I do not think you to be terribly strange. I can see how one might desire such a thing." What were the words he had used? No skin and no blood. Yes, I realized, I could see that desire clearly, myself. We were in the thick of it here, a mire of all things torn and ruptured and broken and unclean, and I could only imagine what had begat them on the field of battle. The impacts of metal against flesh, the crush of the fight, the movement against one's own will. I saw it too, for a moment, in his eyes, and felt I nearly understood. "I need to go, now," I said, "and report to my station."
"Yes, that was what I would speak to you about," he said, with a hurried gesture for me to stay a moment more. "As I have been deemed… unfit to return to battle at the moment," he began, acknowledging his own injuries with a dark, scornful glance, "I wondered if I might be of service here. I am no healer, of course, but I know my field dressings well enough, and have a ready pair of hands wherever they might be needed. I cannot sit idle." He finished with a tone of uncertain hope, as if he were a new vendor painfully eager to move his wares.
In turn, I cast an appraising gaze over him like a seasoned buyer. It was true, we might well be in need of more assistance, but he was clearly spent. The blue pupils of his eyes were ringed with red, from lack of sleep and a certain number of tears, no doubt, and he still wore his torn clothes. Perhaps the Lord Steward wishes to keep the dying close at hand, he had said to me.
"The best service you could do for me—for all of us," I told him, trying to summon Fíriel's firm, gentle way of speaking, "is to go and rest yourself. I promise that you will heal more quickly if you do this, and knowing that would lighten my own burden a great deal."
He stared back at me in return and I had to struggle not to look away. "I said that I cannot sit idle, good lady," he said, and the uncertainty had suddenly vanished from his voice. "Lying abed while my friends yet fight and die will do me much more ill than good—and that I promise you, unless you truly believe that I would hinder you in your efforts."
There was a long moment of silence. Valar help me, I thought, this one might try to stare clear through to the back of my head.
"Very well, then," I sighed. "Let us go and see what the Warden would have from you."
* * *
Several hours later I was in the dispensary. There were no windows, and the rows of glass vials winked back at me from their high shelves, reflecting candle-light.
"You ask for no little amount of poppy," said Elloth, studying her inventory with a fetching frown. Elloth, who was under the tutelage of our herbalists, was undoubtedly the prettiest girl in the Houses of Healing, and consequently the prettiest girl in the entire City for the time being. And although none us were enjoying the war, I could not help but suspect that she took a certain amount of pleasure from the knowledge of this condition. But then again, perhaps I was also slightly envious.
"I know," I replied, "but Valacar wants it. Now, may I have it, please?" I folded my arms over my chest and tried to convey just the right amount of impatience.
"It really is a lot," Elloth continued, creasing her brow as she looked at me. She was, after all, the well-learned apprentice herb-mistress, and I but a lowly blood-letter. "More than the surgeons usually ask for. 'Twould kill a man, if given all at once."
"He knows that, Ell," I said wearily. "Now, can you please get it for me?"
She shook her lovely head. "I'm sorry. Supply is very short. The herb-master said we are to dispense it only for the patients who will live." She bit her lip and narrowed her eyes. "Just as well—we should be healers and naught else, I always thought."
"Perhaps…" I said, and just behind my ribs, something snapped, like a thin thread stretched beyond its limit. I only realized what I was saying after the first words had left my mouth. "Perhaps if you came to the wards, if you saw the man that Valacar was going to work on before he told me it was beyond hope, perhaps if you saw him ripped open by some orc-blade, like a carcass in the butcher's shop, perhaps if you heard him cry out for his mother, then…" I stopped to catch my breath; my hands had made themselves into fists. "Then perhaps you might think differently on what we healers should do!"
The other girl stared at me, and even in the dim light I could see the tears forming in her eyes. She was twisting her mouth in the way women do when they are making an effort to control themselves. This is not her fault, I told myself; sacrifices are necessary, in times like these…
"Valar, Ell, I'm sorry. I didn't mean—"
"No," she said, taking a quick breath through her nose, her voice noticeably higher. "It must be terrible for you, that you would speak so. Please tell Valacar that I apologize." She blinked, and though a single droplet trailed down her fair cheek, she managed to raise her chin as her eyes met mine.
Better to apologize to the man who will now spend a longer time dying, I thought, but I merely uttered a clumsy farewell. When I left, Elloth's face was such a beautiful picture of noble suffering that I did not feel half so sorry.
* * *
"Elloth sends you her apologies," I said to Valacar when I returned to him empty-handed, "but nothing useful."
"Oh?" Valacar was among our best surgeons. He never talked down to the women in the Houses, and for that reason he was one of my favorites. Today his apprentice had been laid low with a fever, and Valacar had called me away from the main ward to help him on his rotation. At any other time his asking for me would have made me quite proud, but now I saw only the stark necessity of the situation. We had reached a point, I think, when endurance was valued higher than skill.
"They're rationing it out now. Surgeries only. Elloth told me, only for the ones who will not—" I glanced over Valacar's shoulder at the pale man lying on his surgeon's bench, then quickly looked away. He had passed out, I was relieved to note, but then, Valacar had told me that he had been going in an out of wakefulness for nearly an hour.
Valacar nodded. I had never seen him looking so tired, and it unsettled me. We were all a sight grimmer now, as if a slow poison were leaching into our veins.
"I understand the idea of it," I went on, trying to pull my thoughts together, "but it seemed as though we had so much, in the beginning. I mean, how many more days—"
"We'll find a way."
"And Elloth is such a stupid biddy, anyway, she wouldn't know about it at—"
He raised his hand slightly. "You're shouting."
I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose. He was a surgeon, after all, not some gossipy old goodwife, and had no need for a burst of girlish spite. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." Whatever had snapped in my chest was now aching. A rushing noise filled my ears.
"You look tired," he said, not unkindly, though his voice sounded distant to me.
"No more than you."
"I suppose you're right," he smiled. He grew grave again and looked at our patient. "We'll find a way," he repeated, and he went over to the small table that held his surgeon's tools. He selected a large knife and very deliberately began to hone it with a small whetstone that was also there.
"There is a spot in the north garden," he said, without looking up from his work, his words undercut by the scrape of metal on rock, "a little circle of young trees, with a white stone fountain at its center and a small bench. You may not have seen it, yet."
"I think I know it."
"Good. Pleasant, is it not? I want you to go and sit there and rest, and come back in ten minutes."
He looked up at me, his face neutral. "Ten minutes. I promise I'll be here when you return." Then he turned his attention back to the blade in his hands.
* * *
When I went out to the gardens, I did not find Valacar's little circle. I simply rounded the corner of a high green hedge, and a moment later I found myself on my knees next to a flower-bed, retching. Breathing hard, I shifted myself so that I was sitting upon the grass with my legs tucked under me, face to face with a small white statue of a lovely maiden. I stared at her blank, round eyes until the world ceased spinning. She looked very solemn, but enviable in her pale stone serenity.
"Are you all right?" I turned around and saw a well-worn pair of boots on the ground beside me. Looking up, I saw that they belonged to my insistent soldier friend, standing above me with an expression of mild concern. Had he been witness to that whole pitiable performance?
"Fine—fine, thank you," I stammered. He offered me a callused hand and helped me up. I sat down on a small bench near the statue. He sat down as well, at a respectful distance—there was already some impropriety to it, of course, a girl and a young man alone together like this. He was wearing a clean shirt, and his dark hair fell more neatly about his face.
"It seems like it would take a great deal to upset you," he said quietly. I gave a mute shrug in reply. "I'm sorry if I was rude to you, before," he continued, after a pause. "It was not my intent."
"There was no harm done," I said, tonelessly.
"This is quite a place," he observed. Then he was quiet again, facing my silence for the second time in as many days. "Do you want…would you like me to leave?"
I looked at him, and wondered what he knew of these gardens. During my lifetime, entire portions of Minas Tirith had been left empty and silent, the streets and buildings falling into disrepair. Through all this, however, the Houses and their beloved gardens had remained well-kempt—this was no small source of pride for our Warden. The hedges were trimmed back nicely, the flowers well-tended, the fountains and statues kept free of cracks, all for the benefit of those who came seeking healing and respite. But now the sky was a murky, opaque shade of brown, and the loudest clashes from the battles below us reached even to the sixth circle. All our meticulous care seemed to be a mere trifle, a quaint little joke when set against the chaos that was now beginning to consume us, and I realized I did not care to be alone here.
"No. No, please, stay if you like." I noticed that the leather bag of a courier had taken the place of the sword he had worn when I treated him. "Tell me, did the Warden set you to work?"
"Yes, and I am grateful that you took me to him." He gave a short bark of laughter. "Although I must say, I am certainly the oldest errand-boy in the entire City. The moment I saw your Warden, I should have known he would not be one to let a simple man-at-arms lay hands on his patients!"
"Message-taking is an important duty," I assured him, and he gave a conceding shrug. "And how are those cuts?"
"Mending, thanks to you. And what have you done, since we parted ways?"
I went through the duties in my mind, trying to boil them down. "I helped to set a broken leg, I fetched a good deal of clean water, assisted in the surgery-rooms and…" I ventured a sidelong glance at him. "I made an apprentice herb-mistress cry."
He raised an eyebrow. "Really? Was it that very pretty one?"
I straightened up on the bench. "There are no very pretty apprentice herbalists in Minas Tirith. They're all plain as cows."
He snorted, and laughed again. "Then you must have some very comely cattle." I smiled in spite of myself.
At that moment, a high unearthly shriek pierced the air. It was as if the sound of Valacar's knife scraping against the whetstone had been enlarged a thousand-fold, but there was a new malicious depth to it, as well. There was death and rot and dark triumph in that noise, and I felt as though it might stop my heart beating within my breast. We both covered our ears.
"What was that?" I whispered when the abominable utterance had passed. I shuddered at the chill that had suddenly come over me; it was as if the coldness were lodged within my own body, as if there were some icy mass at my center.
"That was the Black Captain or one of his ilk, most likely," he replied, clasping his hands together. His breathing was audible as he looked around quickly, as though said Captain were lurking behind the trees and hedges at this very second; I could have believed that, so closely had the noise rattled inside my ears.
"Have you heard the stories?" he finally asked. I nodded. "They have come on winged steeds, horrible creatures—it is said that the Dark Lord himself horsed them so."
"The Dark Lord," I repeated, closing my eyes. "Tell me," I said slowly, "what other news of the battle?" We had changed places, I realized, for now I sounded very much like he had when he inquired about the chances of his wounded friend.
He drew a deep breath, and leaned back on the bench, resting his weight upon the heels of his hands. "As your good dame Ioreth said, the City is now besieged. There is a great host, more orcs and men than anyone can count." As he laid out the statements, one after another, it became clear to me that this was a message he had delivered before, or else had heard spoken often. "And trolls, and all manner of fell creatures under the hold of Mordor. They have brought great towers and engines with them, and will not rest until the outer wall has been breached. Shall I go on?"
My stomach tightened, but I nodded. "It would take a great deal to upset me, sir," I said, giving his phrase back to him as evenly as I could manage.
He gave another smile, which vanished almost as soon as it formed on his lips. "Fair enough," he assented, and stared up into the darkened sky. "Rohan has been summoned to our aid, but there has been no sign yet of King Théoden's men, and we know not what numbers he has at his disposal… By the time they arrive… if they arrive, it may be too late for Minas Tirith."
I dug my fingers into the edge of the bench. It was one thing to toil under a cloud of dread, another thing entirely to hear the long-feared news in plain words from the mouth of someone else. "So we come to the end, then?" I thought of my mother, and realized I would never see her again.
"Aye, perhaps," he nodded. "But nothing yet is cer—" He was interrupted by another dreadful screech. The same wave of ice washed over me, and to my ears, at least, this call seemed even closer than the first. I shut my eyes, and even after the cry was finished, I kept my hands clamped to the sides of my head, for I could have sworn that I heard its echoes rebounding off the white stones of our City, or else it had merely left its black mark vivid upon my mind.
After some moments I felt another hand over one of mine, and I opened my eyes. He gently pulled my hand away from my ear, and held my fingers between his palms. I let my other hand drop. His grip was rough but warm.
"But nothing yet is certain," he finished.
No, nothing yet is certain, I wanted to say. Except that we will soon run out of pain-draughts, and that my favorite surgeon has no doubt finished driving his knife through his patient's heart. Nothing yet is certain, save for that hideous death-call, which seems now more real to me than all the bread and water I have tasted in my life…
But I said nothing. I simply let him hold my hand until I felt warm again, and then for several moments more. I looked down at our fingers, pressed together over the cool stone of the bench. We were only sitting in a garden, that was all, and for the time we were safe.
"Bold of you," I remarked dryly, but made no move to pull away.
"You took care of me, once," he replied. "And Tarondor." He carefully released my hand, depositing it into my lap as if it were some breakable object. He stood up. "Thank you for your company. Mayhap I will see you later."
"Mayhap." I watched him go through the arched doorway that led back into the Houses. My legs felt stiff as I rose, as if I had been sitting for hours instead of minutes. I dusted off the front of my skirt once more, and went back inside through those same doors, because Valacar would surely need me again.
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Also, I can understand why people would play Valve games under WINE, but why should linux users fork over good money for Valve games when there is a constant possibility of not be able to play them due to Valve breaking things with updates. It's far too risky and slow in my opinion.
To say it again clearly for a second time: I don't know if it's coming or not, and never claimed to. I'm on the fence, with a wait and see attitude. I only responded to this thread because I think the naysayers are so damn ridiculous.
That said:
There are some hints that it might possibly show up, such as the binary. There is no confirmation. On the naysayers side however, there is absolutely nothing whatsoever that proves it's not coming. That link you tried passing off was a hilarious attempt, but obviously proves nothing.
To sum up:
Steam is coming people: a hint of proof
Steam is not coming people: nothing
Therefore, yes, it is up to the naysayers to prove it's not coming. That, or just let people have their hope.
The binary vanished. It's a non-proof since they pulled it and the binary had not been working at all. And no, getting a window showing on screen with some hacking on the binary is not a "functioning binary", it's a GUI test at best. On the other side the article is on a Valve maintained place, namely their support place and it states clearly and unmissunderstandably: "There are no plans to create a native Linux Steam Client at this time." That's quite a proof over there. And if you claim this to be old, look at the modification time: "Wed, 12th May 2010". This is clearly a lot later in time than the binary. So if they say "after" the binary incident that there are no plans then the binary is nothing else than a little mockup of somebody at valve but nothing which convinced them to go any further. It's not unusual to allow enthusiastic employees to cook something up. And it's also not unusual for such work to not get far as it doesn't convince the management. That's called business life.
So to sum it up your statement should be correctly like this:
Steam is coming people: no proof (rumor about a non-working binary)
Steam is not coming people: hard fact article by valve itself modified in May.
Therefore, it is up to the yes-sayers to prove it's coming.
I searched the steam forum in the past (before the hype) a lot of times for questions about linux and so on. Every thread in the forum i found was closed down by the forum admins within days with the notice->we have no plan to support it, therfore thread closed !
now take a look at the steam forum..the post about linux is huge.
If valve would have no interest in this rumors and would have no plans to bring the client they could shut down all the rumors within a second with a single forum post. But they don't. So, why let all the rumors, the article on this uk newspage etc.. uncommented when i would take only 1 second to say "No interest in Linux for the near future/never" ?
And that is for me the best sign !
109 pages as of writing. Pretty good.
Not exactly proof but just another hint for the pile.
Guys... calm down...
Just like I said we have options:
-Threaten to nuke Valves northpole HQ
-Create a virus that spreads like wildfire on Windows and instals an overclock tool that will permanently nuke every Windows user out of the PC market out of orbit, geniously increasing the Linux marketshare
We shall not be ignored!


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Bob Seger Debuts New Song And Returns Classic To Setlist
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band's tour opener on February 27th in Toledo, Ohio was full of surprises -- mainly the debut of long awaited new material, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. Seger took to the stage and opened with a one-two punch cover of John Hiatt's "Detroit Made," which slammed straight into Otis Clay's "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You." During the 24-song set, Seger touched on most of his greatest hits, including "Like A Rock" -- a tune absent from Seger's setlists over the last few years. Fans are still buzzing about the debut of the new song, "All The Roads," which will presumably be featured on Seger's next studio set, due out later this year. Also included in the setlist was Seger's take on Woodie Guthrie's "California Stars."
Seger has just added three new stops to the band's itinerary. The new shows will be April 18th in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania; April 23rd in Reading, Pennsylvania; and May 4th in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Bob Seger explained to us why he had originally retired "Like A Rock" from his live set: "We tried 'Like A Rock' real hard. It's. . . I just can't do that song because the last two choruses are so high. They're right in the same key of the highest part of 'Turn The Page' -- which I still do in the same key that the record is, 'Turn The Page.' But the highest part of 'Turn The Page,' which is at the very end. Both those choruses on 'Like A Rock,' the two final choruses are (laughs) and Don kinda looked at me, like, 'We don't have to do this song' (laughs) Y'know, Don Brewer was having mercy on me! (laughs) I said, 'Yknow, you're right Don, let's not do this song.'"
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March 5 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
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March 13 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
March 15 - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center (with Kid Rock)
March 16 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome (with Kid Rock)
March 19 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
March 21 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
March 23 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
March 27 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena (with Joe Walsh)
March 29 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome (with Joe Walsh)
March 30 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena (with Joe Walsh)
April 2 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center (with Joe Walsh)
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April 9 - Dayton, OH - Wright State University's Nutter Center
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UNH Institute on Disability program named high-impact nonprofit
Monday, December 17, 2012
DURHAM — The RENEW Initiative for Youth and Community, a program of the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire that provides school-to-career transition planning for youth with emotional and behavioral disorders, was named to the Social Impact 100 (S&I 100) of the Social Impact Exchange.
"We are very honored that RENEW has been recognized as an important intervention, and we're pleased that being included on the S&I 100 will help others recognize the positive impact RENEW has on disadvantaged youth. I am continuously amazed at how young people with emotional and behavioral disorders begin to believe that they can achieve happiness and that they belong as a result of the RENEW process," RENEW project director Joanne Malloy says.
The S&I 100 tracks the number of people served across the portfolio of these top nonprofits the same way the S&P 500 tracks the profitability of America's large-cap companies. Donors are able to give directly to nonprofits in the S&I 100. Major foundations, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and others are supporting the Social Impact Exchange. The Social Impact Exchange is also working with donor advised funds, such as Schwab Charitable, to offer the S&I 100 to their philanthropic clients.
The Social Impact Exchange is a national membership association dedicated to building a capital marketplace that scales high-impact social solutions to improve the lives of millions. The Exchange creates the conditions for breakthroughs to go big in order to deliver impact where it is needed most. Together, Exchange members are making it easier for philanthropic giving to achieve major positive change by supporting strategies that improve lives and change systems. By creating standards to evaluate impact, identifying and tracking highly effective nonprofits, and fostering significant collaborative funding to scale up top social interventions, the Exchange helps foundations, donors, business, and government increase the power of giving to achieve greater social good. To learn more, visit www.socialimpactexchange.org.
The Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire was established in 1987 to provide a coherent university-based focus for the improvement of knowledge, policies, and practices related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. Its mission is to strengthen communities to ensure full access, equal opportunities, and participation for all persons. Learn more at www.iod.unh.edu.


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