Dragaera

started rereading _TPotD_

Gaertk at aol.com Gaertk at aol.com
Sat Jul 12 17:26:55 PDT 2003

Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> It seems to me that I'm rereading Book One of The Viscount 
> of Adrilankha, aka TPotD.  So what happens after chapter 
> 17, when Book Two is announced?

You're rereading *volume* one.  We'll call that a typo on the
fancy title page.

> On page 31, "SB" complains about Paarfi referring to a 
> "two-story stone bungalow", which my dictionary calls "a 
> small house or cottage, usually with one or one and a half 
> stories".  Whatever that means. So does this reflect more 
> on "SB"?

1.5 < 2, though I'm not too sure what a half floor looks 
like.  Could this be one of those houses in three sections,
one above another, with the third halfway between?

> In Morrolan's dream (pg 44), he sees a fish with jewels for 
> eyes (green and red) - are these the e'Drien colors?

That was my thought too when I read it.  I haven't gotten
around to verifying it yet (I'm not sure we've even seen
the e'Drien colors).

> Chapters 2 and 5-7 - Arra starts referring to M. as 
> "milord" in Chapter 5 (though not "Lord Morrolan").  Why is 
> this?  Why does Lady Teldra do the same?  Arra certainly 
> isn't part of the Empire, and T hardly more so.

"Milord" and "milady" are generic polite terms for addressing
the nobility.  Used quite a lot in that sort of society 
(though maybe not in the East).  Just be glad Brust didn't
actually *name* someone "Milord".


--KG