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By playing to some of fantasy's standard "bad guy" appearances and behaviors, Audriss is very swiftly established in the reader's mind as worse than Corvis Rebaine ever was-and every time I emphasize that, either via those tropes or through more detailed examination of motives and actions, it pushes the reader toward further sympathy for Corvis Rebaine, because he's trying to stand up to this vastly more evil figure.

[GUEST POST] Ari Marmell on Why Anti Matters 2010

Oh Ed. The same was-and can be-said for Vista, but let's get to the core of the argument:

Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Ancar was not the fool Falconsbane had thought-although a fool he certainly was-and he would certainly use Nyara as an additional hold over his captive Adept.

Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

He had not told her what the worst thing was-and she had not really wanted to know.

red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

Yet here he was-and he had better go forward, because the triton would hardly let him go back.

Falcon Street 2010

Money bought magick, and magick made money, and no matter how lowly born a Mage was-and the Magegift could appear in any family, regardless of degree of birth (Corellius, for example) -he could count on becoming rich before he was middle-aged.

Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

Rachel lifted her eyes to his face, noticing, even as she blinked away the memory of a mass of vivid blooms which had jostled each other in splendour around her bedroom window every summer of her life before she was banished from her home, how like his father he was-and, in turn, his mother.

Dearly Beloved 2010

I can't think where I got the energy, for I'd never have thought to he still up in arms when Susie, of all women, was hollering uncle, but there it was-and I truly believe it was the cause of all that followed.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

She was-and is-a staunch supporter of freedom of speech.

Interview with Author David Wellington 2010

He could then discover exactly how far from home he was-and determine if he actually wanted to return home.

Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010