Greg Rapawy writes: >who map fairly easily one to one; or the many >well-crafted homages built in to all of the books (one >that leaps to mind is the scene where the Teckla sees >Pel's ring, which I think refers to a scene in which >Aramis reveals himself as head of the Jesuits). Damn! You found one I'd missed. Nice. ER...though...I might have missed it because I haven't read that far in VdB; I don't remmeber that scene. ;) -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'