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Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« on: 05 June 2011, 15:17:00 »
I went in a local used bookstore last week and lo and behold, they had a copy (in awesome condition too!) of The Sword and the Dagger.  My out the door price was $1.50 + tax, so tough to beat.  There are definitely some points that were headscratchers as far as "that definitely isn't canon in how it works" but overall it seemed like a good b-tech novel.  My only complaint is about later writers using the doppelganger idea over and over again, but maybe that is just a trope of the universe.

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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #1 on: 07 June 2011, 22:00:47 »
Yeah, it's not a bad novel.  Not stellar, but it fills in some blanks.  Yeah, a couple of head scratchers for sure. 


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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #2 on: 07 June 2011, 22:10:51 »
way cool,

once I started looking for it, it took me almost 3 years to find it

now I see them at least once a year
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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #3 on: 12 June 2011, 19:06:47 »
Found my copy in a game store/used book store in Fort Walton Beach while on vacation. Got it for $2.95. It is like winning the lotto!

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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #4 on: 04 August 2011, 22:37:12 »
I finally found a copy on Ebay after looking for one for years.  Of course it was obscenely expensive, but I just couldn't resist finally having a complete collection of the published Battletech novels....

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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #5 on: 05 August 2011, 15:21:13 »
This is the one that covers Maximillian Liao's attempt to replace Hanse Davion with a double, and Ardan Sortek thwarting that attempt, right?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's also the first full length Battletech novel published, right?

How was it?
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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #6 on: 05 August 2011, 15:36:28 »
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's also the first full length Battletech novel published, right?

Second.

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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #7 on: 05 August 2011, 18:13:32 »
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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #8 on: 05 August 2011, 18:37:55 »
What was the first?

Decision at Thunder Rift.

How was it?

I found it just awful. Keep in mind that this is the same author who wrecked H. Beam Piper's Fuzzies, completely ruining the point of his original story.
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Re: Found a copy of The Sword and the Dagger
« Reply #9 on: 05 August 2011, 22:28:25 »
true but his fuzzy book came out before theyn found the manuscript for Beam's second book IIRC
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