On Sun, 25 May 2003, Steven Brust wrote: # #Okay, I thought it was kind of obvious. Just in case it isn't: yes, #Moorcock's Elric books are huge influence. # #Hmmm. # #You can think of the Vlad books this way: #A world created in honor of Fritz Leiber #Fantasy tropes created in honor of Michael Moorcock #A narrative style in honor of Dashiel Hammet #A general aesthetic in honor of Roger Zelazny Steve, unless you object this is going to get a section all its own at the top of my "Jokes and Allusions" page. -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website