"Michael R. Grindle" <mgrindle at ameritech.net> writes: > >From reading Vlad, and reading comments by Mr. Brust, the question keeps > popping up in my mind; "How much of Vlad is autobiographical?" Not that > I think Mr. Brust is a sorcerer-witch-Jhereg-assassin, but I wonder if > Vlad's weaknesses are ones which Mr. Brust has, or fears he has? The > incredible writing of Vlad and Cawti's breakup seems to me as though it > MUST have come from a real life source...maybe I'm just not giving Mr. > Brust credit enough as a writer though. He's answered essentially this recently; see, in the archives: http://dragaera.info/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?mss:227:200206:nmpehcbmjbmmmljndknn -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing list, see http://dragaera.info