At 09:14 AM 6/8/2002 -0500, Michael R. Grindle wrote: > From reading Vlad, and reading comments by Mr. Brust, the question keeps >popping up in my mind; "How much of Vlad is autobiographical?" Mostly the idiot part. Serious answer: I enjoy starting out with wish fullfillment, and then following the consequences. Vlad came from there, at least in part. >P.S. The 'Finland Station' was the train station in St. Petersburg that >Lenin stopped at on his return(?) to Russia. I believe that is correct.