On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: #Greater Revelation of _Orca_ [snipped] #> This is covered on Mark's Cracks-and-Shards page but hasn't #> been discussed on this list. Here's my take on it: #> #> 1. In the initial books, Steve had no idea that [...] #> 2. When he "discovered" that, he either didn't remember #> that inconsistency, or more likely did remember and cackled #> evilly and left it as it was. #I have to disagree; there are too many little clues in the #early books, and even a couple mid-sized clues like the [...] Hmm. Looks like something I should look into, in my copious nonexistent free time. Gaertk, if you want to list these points and send them to me, I'll put them up there. -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website