some of them, you'll be able to predict how it's going to end from the first paragraph, but others will keep you guessing until you're almost at the end. Because of their parabolic nature, they're all somewhat predictable. They're almost parabolic in their language, and the fact that there's a life lesson to be taken from each one. Like most such collections, these stories were a bit of a mixed bag. Quite the contrary: I think if you read these first, and then Storm Dancer, you might just have a better appreciation for the latter. Understand, though, that I'm not saying you have to read Storm Dancer in order to appreciate these stories. So I appreciated these stories, because I got to revisit some familiar places and cultures, and in some cases, get a deeper understanding of how that world works. When I first read Storm Dancer, I thought it was a richly detailed world.
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