Steve Brust writes: > At 09:51 AM 12/9/2002 -0600, Davis, Iain E. wrote: > > > From: Jag [mailto:agrajag at dragaera.net] > > > Just because Brust says the name thing was unintentional, > > > doesn't mean they aren't the same person. Perhaps he intends > >Perhaps. I don't really find it likely. I think it is just one of > >those coincidences will annoy and haunt the author, because endless, > >unfounded speculation will be made about it. :) > Yep. Sometimes the discussion of these mistakes and proposed possible reconciliations of them with other known facts creates an opportunity to tell an interesting story which reveals the mistake wasn't a mistake at all, even when it was.