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As prose poetry, yes. He can knock me over with a feather. Writing in poetic form? His songs are the only parts of his writing which I find uninspiring. I don't think his talent was meant to be confined to poetic structure.arabisha wrote:I always wanted Donaldson to publish a work of poetry because his use of words is so unusual and quite charming.![]()
If he were inspired that way, certainly. But his songs always strike me that he had to work for them, like they don't come naturally. To me, the larger his canvas, the better his instinctively epic sweep can express itself.arabisha wrote:I bet if he wanted he could write some amazing verse. Highly focussed and with a beauty of sound and image and rhythm.
It has been a while since I last read Mordant's Need - but it seems to me that it was not clear that Eremis could use Gilbur's mirrors as both Gilbur and Vagel could certainly do. I think simply the mirrors that Eremis used were simply Eremis' own mirrors.IrrationalSanity wrote:It is because of this that we can safely assume that both Eremis and Vagel are Adept, as they must both use the mirrors that Gilbur produces from Vagel’s instructions. Since practically everyone in the story with powerful Imagery talents is also Adept, it is probable that Gilbur is as well, though this is never stated (or even implied) by the text.
Well, I guess it could be - I just felt that I would have noticed if evidence pointed to Eremis being an Adept. Could be I just forgot, the last time I read it was 2 1/2 years ago (my fourth read).IrrationalSanity wrote:A couple of places spring to mind, though I don't have the books immediately to hand.
In Eremis' room, SRD mentions that the mirror they watch the battle on is his copy of that glass. While I suppose he could have made it himself, it is just as likely in the story's context that Gilbur just made more than one - one for each member of the cabal.
In the other instance, it is one of the other characters (Barsonage?) who realizes that Eremis must be an Adept, because he suddenly realized Eremis used one of the mirrors from the "captured collection" (the slug mirror) to clear the rubble after Darsint's arrival. There is a slight narrative conflict here because on the battlefield King Joyse assumes Eremis is the creator of that mirror, and wonders how a 10 year old (which Eremis would have been the first time the slug was summoned) could already be such a powerful imager. Barsonage's assumption makes much more sense in the entire context, and he just had not had the opportunity to tell the King about his epiphany.
Yes, thanks Myste, this is pretty much the way I had perceived the roles of Gilbur, Eremis and Vagel.Myste wrote:In Ch. 51, "Things Men Do With Mirrors," Eremis admits to Terisa that he actually created the slugbeast mirror by accident early in his career. When his stash was raided by King Joyse, he gave it up willingly and joined the Congery.
In the same chapter, during the battle, Eremis sees that the slugbeast is dead, and wonders when Gilbur will act. I think that Eremis (working with Vagel) can formulate mirrors that show what he wants them to. Gilbur can manufacture the mirrors quickly. With Vagel & Eremis designing them, and Gilbur--who is in their employ--making them, they can do anything. Why else would Eremis keep Gilbur--who is an extremely unpleasant, inarticulate, and grubby person--around, except that he needs Gilbur to translate from the mirrors Gilbur has created?