Hey, all! I just finished re-reading all of the Taltos books. Random things that struck me. Once again, Steve does a *great* job of interweaving things. Everyone in the world, it seems, knows about Devera except her mother. Not only Verra, but Vlad and Sethra--Sethra can even recognize her when she's a dragon! Sethra was supposed to kill Vlad in his previous incarnation as Kieron's brother, but she didn't. Hmmmmm. Sethra has been kind to Vlad all his life. Hmmmmmm. Vlad doesn't know why, but I've developed this notion; related to the interview question about Vlad and Kiera. I wonder how it feels to know that an ages-old vampire loves you and always has??? It's fun thinking about the SF implications implied in Issola. Steve seems to be setting up a classic human-colony-stranded-on-alien-planet story. It must have been an awfully well established colony--not only did they have pigs and hawks, they even brought in orca. If Dragaerans are in sixteen tribes by bloodline and one tribe (Jhereg) of mixed-blood outcasts, where did the 31 tribes before Kieron come from? If a Great Weapon is sentient, and attached to its owner, what happens when its owner dies? Does the Great Weapon remain dormant until it finds a new, compatible owner??? How did Pathfinder come to allow itself to be imprisoned in a false sword and retrieved by the S in G? Did it somehow know its destiny? That's about it . . . more later, I suppose. Now to go back and pick up Paarfi's works in preparation for Paths of the Dead. Mia