{"id":5072,"date":"2015-01-24T12:49:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5072"},"modified":"2018-04-09T20:48:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T00:48:23","slug":"sorceress-of-darshiva-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5072","title":{"rendered":"Sorceress of Darshiva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorceress of Darshiva<\/a><\/em> (1989) David Eddings<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This isn’t particularly one of my favorite of his book, but there are still fun parts, such as their meeting with Senji.<\/p>\n

After about three hundred years of argumentation, it suddenly occurred to the disputants that Senji was not merely talented, but also appeared to be immortal. In the name of scientific experimentation, the varying bureaus, departments, and faculties agreed that an effort should be made to have him assassinated to verify that fact.\u201d\u2019
\n\u2018They didn\u2019t!\u2019 Beldin said.
\n\u2018Oh, yes,\u2019 Senji replied with a grim smugness. \u2018Melcenes are inquisitive to the point of idiocy. They\u2019ll go to any lengths to prove a theory.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That idea absolutely delights me–not just that they’d decide to kill someone to determine if he was immortal, but that it took them 300 years to realize that possibility.<\/p>\n

It’s also got another favorite passage of mine:<\/p>\n

\u2018Only an idiot tries to fight a war on two fronts, and only a madman tries to fight one on three.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I said, it’s not my favorite in the series, but it’s still fun.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Harper Voyager <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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