The Garrett, P.I. universe by Glen Cook. Mainly because the place is lousy with deities -- of the sort who make "lousy" very definitely an
appropriate description. How prevalent are they? The main character, a Philip-Marlowesque private detective, has slept with a total of three
goddesses, and two others put moves on him but were interrupted.
Also, socially, the city Garrett works in could be said to resemble a MegaTokyo in which there were never any Knight Sabers opposing GENOM. One of the books
refers to how there are people in the crime syndicate who have no problem with turning a twelve-year-old into a drug addict so they can coerce her into being a
low-cost, high-turnover prostitute -- the use of the word "flatbacker" stuck in my mind. The mages consider themselves above any law but their own
whims -- and they tend to like pseudonyms that make "Looney Toons" sound modest and sensible ("Dreamwalker Doomscrye," anybody?). The urge
to clean up a city like that -- and the impossibility of the task -- could break Doug's heart. It's breaking Garrett's sometimes.
And then there's Garrett himself. Bob once cited a line that didn't make it into the final draft of DWII, in which he told Sylia that he
thought if she and Wetter Hexe could ever be introduced, they'd either become best friends or try to kill each other. I think Doug and Garrett would be
more likely to tend toward becoming friends ... but there'd some serious wisecracking competition.
Note that this is a series I greatly enjoy and recommend to other readers. But I don't want to see poor Doug there.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
appropriate description. How prevalent are they? The main character, a Philip-Marlowesque private detective, has slept with a total of three
goddesses, and two others put moves on him but were interrupted.
Also, socially, the city Garrett works in could be said to resemble a MegaTokyo in which there were never any Knight Sabers opposing GENOM. One of the books
refers to how there are people in the crime syndicate who have no problem with turning a twelve-year-old into a drug addict so they can coerce her into being a
low-cost, high-turnover prostitute -- the use of the word "flatbacker" stuck in my mind. The mages consider themselves above any law but their own
whims -- and they tend to like pseudonyms that make "Looney Toons" sound modest and sensible ("Dreamwalker Doomscrye," anybody?). The urge
to clean up a city like that -- and the impossibility of the task -- could break Doug's heart. It's breaking Garrett's sometimes.
And then there's Garrett himself. Bob once cited a line that didn't make it into the final draft of DWII, in which he told Sylia that he
thought if she and Wetter Hexe could ever be introduced, they'd either become best friends or try to kill each other. I think Doug and Garrett would be
more likely to tend toward becoming friends ... but there'd some serious wisecracking competition.
Note that this is a series I greatly enjoy and recommend to other readers. But I don't want to see poor Doug there.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.