Thursday, January 21, 2021

DEATH ON A PALE HORSE by Piers Anthony

Sad to say, the first time I heard of Piers Anthony was when Brendan Kelly mentioned him on the Road to the Skeleton Coast podcast. Anyway, I finished listening to this audiobook last night. I give it 2.5 stars out of 5. Some interesting ideas in there, but I got bored with it halfway through, which makes sense because in the afterword he said his draft was 80,000 words  — the padding he did in the rewrites was to the detriment of the story. Also, his afterword illustrated what an eccentric jerk he is. Didn't appreciate how he badmouthed publishers and especially editors. Like Mates From States sang, "Everyone Needs an Editor".

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