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ArtificiallyEnhanced

Caiphas Cain: my favourite things.

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ArtificiallyEnhanced
, December 18th, 2009 at 20:45 (508 Views)
So, I'm currently about halfway through the Gravalax incident and he is in the tunnel with the =I= and the fireteam (keeping things as generic as possible to avoid spoilers) and one thing that's really standing out to me is the way Sandy uses the different "authorships" if the books as a compilation to bring it all together, especially the way the inquisitor narrating between the chapters makes sarcastic comments about various writing styles.

Cain's cowardice is still a bog plus though, who doesn't love the idea of the man who tries to constantly run away from things always landing himself deeper and deeper in the doo doo.
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  1. Mal's Avatar
    This was the whole appeal of Blackadder (onwards from the 2nd series).
  2. ArtificiallyEnhanced's Avatar
    Yeah, Blackadder rocked!
  3. ChadMS's Avatar
    Indeed it did! Have you ever read Flashman? He is a similar character to Cain.
  4. ArtificiallyEnhanced's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by ChadMS
    Indeed it did! Have you ever read Flashman? He is a similar character to Cain.
    I haven't, but i've heard good things about it. I'll have to put it on my to read list.
  5. Rork's Avatar
    Aye, Cain is pretty much the only GW fiction I look forward to reading. I like it when stuff isn't taken too seriously (which the vast bulk of GW fiction does) and turns accepted wisdom on its head.
  6. ArtificiallyEnhanced's Avatar
    Amberly's little footnotes always make me smile, as you mentioned, it turns the accepted convention on its head when she is making the sarcastic comments about events, especially when she's putting herself down too!
  7. Pixie's Avatar
    ...not fair! Now I'm curious about the books.
  8. ArtificiallyEnhanced's Avatar
    Oh, do read them if you get the chance. I've found some of the BL stuff to be rather hit and miss but this is an excellent series.