On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Steven Brust wrote: [regarding "Yavn": http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765341549 Yavn by Brust Steven Mass Market Paperback 0 edition Language: English Tom Doherty ; ISBN: 0765341549 Amazon.ca Sales Rank 88,717 ] > >Good lord! That is *weird*. That was the working title of the book >that eventually became ORCA, I think. YAVN, of course, stands for >Yet Another Vlad Novel. Which now reveals how Savn got his name. > >But I'm very curious about how they came across that bit of arcana, >and how it turned into a new book at this point. > Probably the same way that BINP has this: Title: The Paths of the Dead Author: Steven Brust Publication Date: April 1996 Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC Imprint: Tor Books ISBN: 0-312-85579-6 Item Status: Active Record Binding Format: Trade Cloth Bowker Subjects: FICTION_FANTASY_GENERAL General Subjects (BISAC): FICTION / Fantasy / General Dewey #: 813/.54 Yes, it says it was published in "April 1996". No doubt they have a copy that fell through a time warp. Note that they *do* also have a record for the current, *real* book (different ISBN, though). They also have the following: Title: Untitled Steven Brust: Brust Fantasy Author: Steven Brust Publication Date: Not Supplied. Contact publisher for more information Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC ISBN: 0-8125-3416-6 EAN: 9780812534160 Item Status: Active Record Binding Format: Mass Market They also have records for "The Lord of Castle Black" & "The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain." Someone should send them a memo about the latter...