At 04:51 AM 12/4/2002 -0600, you wrote: >On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:34:00PM -0600, Matthew Hunter ><matthew at infodancer.org> wrote: > > Tue Dec 3 22:33:37 CST 2002: Mark. >Wed Dec 4 04:25:10 CST 2002: Complete. > >Spoilers to follow. The author is invited to stop reading now, >and start writing the next volume instead. > The next volume, and the third, were completed before the first was delivered. >Glorious Mountain Press: Of course, the Tor logo. > >University Press: Obviously an analogue for the publishers of >500YA. I don't recall the publishers and can't find my copy at >present, but the Vlad books were by "Ace". I can see only the >faintest of connections there, but time will doubtless reveal. As the copyright indicates, this part was written by Emma Bull. It never occurred to me that she might be referring to Tor, but I suppose it is possible. In fact, looking at the logo as you say, it's not a bad thought. In any case, Tor has published all of the Khaavren Romances. >Z-and-Bolis warehouse flood at Univ Press: Doubtless googling >will provide the real-world event that prompted this. The >mention of threatened lawsuits is intriguing. As above, you'll have to ask Emma. > >Eastern tribes of no claimed significant: Nemites, Letites, >Straves?. Who are they? They are, of course, significant, >because Paarfi said they weren't. If you say so. > >Kane and Habil: once misidentified as brother and sister, >actually cousins? Sounds like Paarfi is admitting to a mistake, >and we could discover their prior references somewhere. Let me know if you do. >"It was published by University Press, before the disaster" as a >means of establishing veracity for a book. Adron's disaster here >presumably serves as an analog for the presumed real-world flood >mentioned previously. Umm....okay. > >Zerika. Did anyone NOT know who she was from the first moment >she appeared (in disguise)? And for that matter, "no one is >anyone else" my ass. :) Er, what are you talking about? No character in the Vlad novels is secretly another character in the Vlad novels, at least that I know of. No character in the Vlad novels is secretly a character in any of my other novels, at least that I know of. No character in any of my other novels is secretly a character in any of the Vlad novels, at least that I know of. I think that covers it. I didn't know, when I made the comment to the effect of, "No one is anyone else," I was claiming I would never hide a character under an assumed name for a couple of chapters. >Two authors (of romances?) to identify: >Madame Payor, who writes characters incapable of traveling >Tremmel of Brock (Roc?), who writes stories centered around a >location, to which all characters are somehow drawn > >No immediate mappings present themselves to me, but it is 5am. Or to me, but I have may have missed something.