I was just thinking of building up this section. Turtle Fan 04:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Out of print?
Are The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump and Thessalonica out of print? Eugene Public Library only has one ratty, poorly-printed copy of the former, and none of the latter. Case is quite charming and playful, unlike some of HT's more recent work. I wonder why he didn't think the Confederated Provinces and its neighbors made a worthy universe to revisit. I'd much rather have seen it than the monotonous worlds of Atlantis, The War That Came Early, and Supervolcano.JonathanMarkoff (talk) 21:57, September 13, 2016 (UTC)
Mediocre sandwich with great bread
An excellent, grabbing beginning, and a brilliant, action-filled climax, are separated by tedious, repetitive chapters describing daily life in a 6th-century Greek city. I wonder if this started out in shorter form and HT had to expand it to fill an editorial quota.Matthew Babe Stevenson (talk) 09:52, May 3, 2020 (UTC)
- I disagree, I quite enjoyed the slice of life stuff. HT's a great guide for exploring those premodern civilizations.
- If you feel otherwise, steer clear of the Hellenic Traders! Turtle Fan (talk) 18:44, May 3, 2020 (UTC)
Christianity
Likewise, Thessalonica should be the more general Christian rather than Eastern Orthodox. That article has a big sub-section already. ML4E (talk) 16:53, September 14, 2020 (UTC)
- The case is if anything even stronger in this book. Turtle Fan (talk) 02:04, September 16, 2020 (UTC)