On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:22:29 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Ruhlen, Rachel Louise (UMC-Student) writes: > This falls in the same category as the "Orlaan/Loraan" controversy. _I_ > still don't believe there's no connection! > >Note that, in _Taltos_, Vlad talks about a Jhereg named Rolaan. I >think Steve just likes the sound of those phonemes. > >rone Also, names repeat in the real world, in every culture, but for some reason readers want every character ever mentioned in a fantasy world to have a unique name. How many guys named Bob or Steve or Jeff have you had working for you? At one point, my entire sales staff was made up of Chris's and Randy's. Drove the central office crazy, of course. -- lazarus "Therefore, my Harry, Be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out, may waste the memory of the former days." -- King Henry IV, Part ii Act 4, Scene 5