Yendi

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Steven Brust: Yendi (1984, Ace Fantasy Books)

209 pages

English language

Published Dec. 27, 1984 by Ace Fantasy Books.

ISBN:
978-0-441-94456-9
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OCLC Number:
10883285

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4 stars (1 review)

4 editions

reviewed Yendi. by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos (2))

Twisty but very good

4 stars

The second in the series in publishing order. I should be clear about this, like the works of CJ Cherry (for example) Brust kind of jumps all over his timeline and publishing order is not chronological order for the characters. This is actually quite deliberate given some of the reveals in later books. For this re-read I have chosen to go with publishing order (unlike last year's Cherryh re-read) as there is actually no real consensus on chronological order. Brust himself cheerily admits he has no clue (or particularly cares, I think). This one is set approximately one year before the debut, chronlogically. This one is, twisty. Each novel is named after a 'house' in Brust's fantasy society. Each house has certain characteristics for which they are known. Yendi are known to like elaborate plots. Thus, Brust establishes one of the central pillars of his storytelling. A fondness for baroque …