Status Updates From Powers of Two

Just finished the half of this omnibus that covers Tim's first book, The Skies Discrowned. It's much different than what his work grew into, but elements of his style are there in embryonic form, even though a player of Tim Powers Bingo would only be filling in a square or two.

"There's a sketch of Ashbless, over the bar..."

"...Who else have you read?" "Oh...Byron, Kipling, Baudelaire, Ashbless..."

"...very much influenced by Ashbless of course..." --overheard by the protagonist at a party.