So here we are at week 2 of the read along of Red Skies Under Red Skies. This week our questions come from one of Scott Lynch's biggest fans Little Red of Little Red Reviewer.
Now that we know a little more about Selendri and Requin, what do you think of them? I worry Locke is suddenly realizing this con might be a bit tougher than he expected.
Requin reminds me in a lot of ways of Barsavi. There's that sense of menace permanently under the surface and he covers it with a thin veneer of civility. Of the two I think Selendri provides a bigger challenge to Locke than her boss.
Isn’t the Artificers’ Crescent just amazing? If you could purchase anything there, what would it be?
So many of the ideas and settings that Lynch came up with for these books and brilliant. In some ways I hope the books never get made into films, because I just don't think a film maker would be capable of bringing the pictures to screen that Scott Lynch dreams up. I think if I could buy anything from the artificers it would be an animated clock.
What did you think of Salon Corbeau and the goings on that occur there? A bit crueler than a Camorri crime boss, no?
In the way that Camorr made me think of a Renaissance Venice, Salon Corbeau made me think of pre revolution France. I kept flashing on Mel Brooks The History of the World Part 1. They have a chess game in that set in pre revolution France that is played with life size pieces much the same as the cruel game in Salon Corbeau, except without the deadly forfeits.
The Archon might be a megalomaniacal military dictator, but he thinks he’s doing right by Tal Verrar: his ultimate goal seems to be to protect them. What do you think he’s so afraid of?
Like many politicians the Archon has masters and they're the ones that worries him. In his case it's the Priori.
And who the heck is trying to kill Locke and Jean every few days? they just almost got poisoned (again!)!
Locke and Jean have made a lot of enemies in their time. The logical choice is the Bondsmages, but this isn't their style. Someone else is playing a game and our two master thieves don't know who the new player is.
Do you really think it’s possibly for a city rat like Locke to fake his way onto a Pirate ship?
Normally you'd say no, but Locke is not just any city rat, he's a Camorr city rat and there's very little a resourceful Camorri can't pull off.
