Rob Bokkon <vikipants at hotmail.com> writes: > I think this story is a classic example of Vlad not knowing wtf he's > talking about...it's absolutely filled with inconsistencies. For > example: 1. The mention of "Lower Kieron Road". I'm sure that Dragaera > City probably had a Lower Kieron Road, but don't you get the > impression that Vlad means the one in Adrilankha? 2. The mention of > teleportation. As made clear in FHYA, teleportation wasn't possible > (except for one or two notable exceptions) until /after/ the > Interregnum. 3. The mention of revivification. When Vlad talks to If you're talking about _Jhereg_, then note that Steve edited it out of the _The Book of Jhereg_ omnibus (and also did something like use "amorphia" and "chaos" interchangeably). This is why I've joked that someone with a lot of time should compare _The Book of Taltos_ with the originals. > Verra in Phoenix (p. 117) she mentions that, in the post-Interregnum > society, "even resurrection of the dead has become possible". I have a > feeling that Verra knows what she's talking about here. Of course, > what's really going on here is that Jhereg was the first book written, > and there was nothing like a set-in-stone chronology at the time...but > for the sake of argument, let's just say that Vlad doesn't have the > vaguest idea what he's talking about. - tky