Editing Steven Brust (section)

==== Writing style ====
There is a certain amount of variation in the writing style amongst the Taltos novels, as well as between Brust's various series. Brust uses a different narrative approach in almost every novel in the Taltos series. Some of these approaches are more purely stylistic and have minor effects on the actual story-telling; some are profound and involve the point of view of characters whom the reader never expected to get to know so well.

Further, as the writing of the Taltos novels has spanned over four decades, they have been influenced by events in Brust's own life. A fascination with the Mafia&nbsp;– subsequently brought into a somewhat shocking perspective by the murder of a friend&nbsp;– profoundly influenced his storylines, as did the breakup of his marriage. The events and arguments of his books, especially ''Teckla'', are acknowledged by Brust to be influenced by his lifelong interest in Marxist theory and practice. Brust's parents were activists in the Workers League, the predecessor to the [[Socialist Equality Party (United States)|Socialist Equality Party]], and he continues to identify as a "[[Trotskyist]] sympathizer," linking to the SEP-affiliated [[World Socialist Web Site]] on his personal website.<ref name="SHInterview">{{Cite web |last=Olson |first=Chris |date=February 3, 2003 |title=Interview: Steven Brust |url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030203/brust.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008045518/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030203/brust.shtml |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |access-date=December 29, 2012 |publisher=Strange Horizons }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brust |first=Steven |date=August 30, 2012 |title=About |url=http://dreamcafe.com/about/ |website=Dream Cafe}}</ref> He endorsed the SEP's presidential candidates in the 2016 US elections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Steven Brust replies to petition of writers against Trump |date=May 30, 2016 |url=http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/05/30/brus-m30.html}}</ref>