Just finished Escapement, and thus the Engineer Trilogy, by KJ Parker. Probably the best set of books I've ever read. Just amazing. Finally got to Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians. Like two chapters into that right now. After seeing what some of the prose looks like, I have no doubt that this book just dumped out of Brandon's brain in a heartbeat. Very fast-paced and funny. The pace reminds me of a short story that I'm working on, and the words on those pages came off the tips of my fingers faster than any others have before or since. Really looking forward to this read. Ah, and I very innocently found the "last page" thing. Was laughing out loud. I wanted to see how many pages the book was (honestly. I do this quite often with books and rarely ever read anything on that last page...) and there was that danged paragraph with parentheses around it, and I couldn't help myself. Really funny. And a great way to keep people from reading the REAL end of the book. Hoo hoo!
And yes, Children of Dune is still on hold while I'm reading these others. Character & Viewpoint is definitely next.
