On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Philip Hart wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > > > And since I just looked at the text of the introduction to Dzurlord, I > > see that it says: > > > > A few hundred thousand years ago, or so the story goes, an > > accident happened to the godlike Jenoine who lived on Dragaera and > > whose genetic experiments led to the tribes which eventually lead > > to the Seventeen Houses. What remains is a large Sea of Chaos, in > > the northeastern part of the Empire. > > > > Bother. There goes a lovely theory, shot to little tiny pieces. > > Unless, of course, the intro to Dzurlord is not canonical. > > I wasn't responding since AFB, but anyway I have a strong impression that > Paarfi introduces the purple stones in _FHYA_ as being found on the shore > of the Greater Sea. Page 242 - "near the edge or the 'shore' of the Great Sea." > Also I think you're misguided re wading only into the Lesser Sea but can't > prove it. Yet. _Jhereg_, pg 151, Aliera says, "Walk into the Great Sea..." Of course Aliera says a lot of things in _J_ but I think by default this renders the question of _Dzurlord_'s intro's canonicity above a bit moot.