In the Hambly case, it rounds out the world with context, without actually having to put it into the viewpoint character's conscious thoughts. In the other case... Hm. Brust is doing much the same thing, IIRC -- quotes from the character, quotes from people in his world... (Though IIRC again, Dragaera is partly based on a RPG world, so he probably has notebooks full of quotes that he can use, much as I would be able to mine many people for quotes about In Nomine, such as, "Being annoying in the service of God is what Ofanim are good at!")
I guess Asprin is just good at it and it's fun for him.
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Date: 2007-10-30 12:51 pm (UTC)In the Hambly case, it rounds out the world with context, without actually having to put it into the viewpoint character's conscious thoughts. In the other case... Hm. Brust is doing much the same thing, IIRC -- quotes from the character, quotes from people in his world... (Though IIRC again, Dragaera is partly based on a RPG world, so he probably has notebooks full of quotes that he can use, much as I would be able to mine many people for quotes about In Nomine, such as, "Being annoying in the service of God is what Ofanim are good at!")
I guess Asprin is just good at it and it's fun for him.