{"id":2381,"date":"2011-05-31T20:06:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T00:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:50:50","slug":"killer-byte-a-diana-tregarde-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2381","title":{"rendered":"Killer Byte: A Diana Tregarde Short Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Killer Byte<\/a>: A Diana Tregarde Short Story (1994) Mercedes Lackey<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A really long time ago–a lifetime ago it sometimes feels like–I read the Diana Tregarde books. And was quite disappointed when Mercedes Lackey stopped writing them. But as I didn’t have ready access to MZB’s Fantasy Magazine, I missed all the short stories. So when I ran across several for the Kindle, I decided, “why not?”<\/p>\n

Diana’s undead boyfriend spends his nights on bulletin boards, and comes across a situation he finds disturbing. Diana and Andre decided to poke into the situation and (hopefully) save someone from harm.<\/p>\n

First things first, this story was written in 1994. And deals with computers. So it is extremely–almost insanely–dated. Dated to the point it was distracting, to be honest.<\/p>\n

Putting that aside, the story was OK, but a little obvious (Because it was so dated? Perhaps.) and I found the romantic elements rather cloying. OK. Extremely cloying. But the banter and romantic comparisons were also dated, so that didn’t help.<\/p>\n

I’m actually rather glad I didn’t come across these stories previously, because I think I would then have been unlike to read the books, which I do remember enjoying. But I suppose only a reread would tell me if it was my memory or if they were as good as I remembered.
\nRating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Killer Byte: A Diana Tregarde Short Story (1994) Mercedes Lackey A really long time ago–a lifetime ago it sometimes feels like–I read the Diana Tregarde books. And was quite disappointed when Mercedes Lackey stopped writing them. But as I didn’t have ready access to MZB’s Fantasy Magazine, I missed all the short stories. 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