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[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

She's hitting Katharine Kurtz hardest, but there are also some sideswipes at Zelazny's abrupt descents from the high voice to the low.

Some of the universal principles she states are simply wrong. There are high heroes who whine (Achilles), who say "I told you so" (Oliver in Song of Roland; Mercutio in R&J); and heroes who are both vulgar and high-toned as appropriate to the situation (Mercutio again, or just about anybody in Shakespeare).