Baen is also the U.S. publisher for several of Martin Scott's "Thraxas" books (all of which have "Thraxas" in the title, so they're hard to mistake for anything else). Comedy-noir -- yes, I know that seems contradictory -- detective stories in a city sort of like Ancient Rome but with Elves and Orcs. "Whatever people's problems are, when they've exhausted all other avenues and can't afford anything better, they come to me. Sometimes I'm able to help them."
To point up the decadence of the society, characters in the series constantly use the same cliched expressions (Scott is too good a writer for this not to be deliberate). "Hot as Orcish Hell," "happy as an Elf in a tree," "sharp as an Elf's ear," "miserable as a Niojan whore" (Nioj is a very puritanical place), and my favorite, "wet as a mermaid's blanket," just to cite a few.-----
Gentlemen, it has long been my conviction that all citizens should provide services for which their talents best suit them in support of those who have been called to duty. In the case of politicians such as yourselves, that would be target practice.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
To point up the decadence of the society, characters in the series constantly use the same cliched expressions (Scott is too good a writer for this not to be deliberate). "Hot as Orcish Hell," "happy as an Elf in a tree," "sharp as an Elf's ear," "miserable as a Niojan whore" (Nioj is a very puritanical place), and my favorite, "wet as a mermaid's blanket," just to cite a few.-----
Gentlemen, it has long been my conviction that all citizens should provide services for which their talents best suit them in support of those who have been called to duty. In the case of politicians such as yourselves, that would be target practice.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.