Talk:Janissaries (novel)

message: I removed the paragraph that bemoaned the unfinished series.  The author of the paragraph stuck the same paragraph in all three books' articles, as well as the series article, which is excessive.  The paragraph is a fair criticism, nevertheless I think it is adequate to leave in the article pertaining to the series itself and the last book, but not the first two.  Mike 05:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Jackaman, Kryptonita's original addition was way over the top, and qualified as POV in my opinion.  A simple warning suffices (as yours is), but if it must be on the first book, then why not the second, too?  And I notice you didn't add it back into to that one.  In the talk page for Janissaries: Clan and Crown Eldarone agreed with my reasons for taking the warning off Book 1 & 2, and leaving one in the last book and the series category page.  But besides that, if you have read Janissaries (novel) you should recognize that the book could have stood just fine without a sequel.  All important plotlines were brought to a reasonable conclusion, so a warning in the first book is out of place in my opinion.  The same is actually true for Book 3 (there's an important plotline in Book 2 that is not completed, however, and had to wait for Book 3 for resolution).  But the series was popular enough that readers wanted to read more about the characters, and after Book 3 the author wasn't producing.  There is NO cliffhanger at the end of the third book.  The battle is won, Lord Rick and his wife are happily reunited again, and everything is peachy keen.  If it were otherwise and it were a cliffhanger, then let slip the dogs of justifiably enraged readers!  But it is not the case. Perhaps you can convince me otherwise.  Mike 06:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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message: 37 or 38, including Rick.  Link to Janissaries text.
(1) 37.  Mason is already in the cockpit, Rick is standing outside talking to Elliot as the men file past: Rick had been counting. “Only thirty-four went aboard.” Elliot looked ashamed. “I can’t find any more, Captain.”
(2) 37.  Mason is in the cockpit, Rick and the men are locked in the hold with their weapons:  We are, he thought, thirty-six armed men and some heavy weapons
(3) 38.  Best guess is Pournelle lost count here and only 21 deserted from Parsons.  Odd thing is none of the mercs seem to be killed when following Parsons and facing something "like Vietnam, only worse."  
*22 - Desert from Parsons with Gengrich & Warner (search for twenty-two)
*12 - The dozen men Elliot brings over at the end of Book 1
*1 - Elliot
*1 - Rick
*1 - Mason
*1 - Parsons
*38 - Total 
Bromley86 (talk) 21:24, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many Mercs? 

message: Why is it called "Janissaries"?  Drsruli (talk) 07:45, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title