> > > ISTR the transition being described as "peaceful" AFB, but the notes in > > my Timeline suggest that pgs.315-316 of FHYA are the place to check. > > The paperback has Khaavren trying to get into Daro's pants on pgs 315/6... I was referring to the hardback. Different pagination, I guess :-( > > Textev on that is a bit weak. The Paarfi books that we have access to > > were definitely published well after the references in the Vlad books. > > And what we know of Paarfi's previous publishing history suggests that > > it was for a far more scholarly market. Of course, we only have Paarfi's > > own word for that. > > > > My personal feeling is that the Vlad-period references to "Paarfi romances" > > are jokes put in by Brust, on the theory that the amusement value was > > worth the anachronism. > > Dumb explanation - Vlad doesn't refer to Paarfi in the original but to > "Historical Romance X" which Brust-the-translator, being unversed in > Dragaeran lit. and knowing his audience is as well, either ignorantly or > simplifyingly ascribes to Paarfi. This is a slightly different shading, but not incompatible with my point. > I happen to dislike knowing that the Empire will survive smoothly to > Norathar and would value a consistent belief-system allowing me to become > ignorant on this point. Well, you could just decide that Paarfi is a fictional invention of Brust's... Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. [Seen on a Nancy Button, http://www.nancybuttons.com/]