> I find it interesting that Steve is so much in favor of flat, > unambiguous statements when so much of his writing is about characters > who often are quite deliberately ambiguous, or deliberately vague, or > who use carefully worded statements to give a completely wrong > impression of the facts (like Aerich's accusation to Shaltre). However, where his characters might be vague, his writing style and word-choice is not... At least as far as I can recall from my numerous readings... :) Chris