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Taltos Spoilers (was: Not really POTD, but has spoilers)

Tue Dec 10 01:34:38 PST 2002

On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:19:46AM -0800, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote:
> At 04:56 PM 12/9/2002 -0700, Jot Powers wrote:
> >Vlad: "Aren't you supposed to be here?"
> >Devera: "Not really.  I haven't really been born yet..."
> >(pg 79)
> >This supports the time travel theory, IMO.
> I can actually answer this, if people want to know my take on it.  If the 
> consenses is that speculation is more fun, however, I can understand that.

That depends.  Will it ever be a plot point?  Or is it just 
trivia either way?

It seems to me that speculation is fun primarily when there is a 
continuing structure of evidence to support one view or the 
other, and the challenge is finding the evidence and putting it 
together properly.  If you're working with Devera mainly as a 
"Oh, where can I put Devera in this book?" thing, sure, spill.  

OTOH, if Devera is going to be a major character in some 
future book, then it can wait.

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