/lit/ - Literature

One thing I like about the second Dying Earth book, The Eyes Of The Overworld, is any chapter can be reread in isolation, because each one is a little self contained episode of Cugel arriving at a strange place, getting into trouble with the locals, and leaving a trail of destruction and acrimony. The wry prose, irony, and witty dialogue improve with experience,and there is always picturesque scenery. Now, for all it's grandeur, I can't enjoy Wolfe's Book Of The New Sun in the same piecemeal way.