----- Original Message ----- From: "M J" <saint_erythros at lameassbitch.com> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: Amber -> Dragaera? > > So, I was rereading the Amber series the other day, and I > noticed that Corwin's sword's name is Grayswandir. > > "Blackwand!" flashed across my brain, and I began to make > other demented connections, such as TALL, dresses in BLACK AND > SILVER, and IS A BADASS SORCERER AND SWORDSMAN. Morrolan > e'Drien does not, as far as we know, have an annoying son who > hangs out with an annoying nephew and invents annoying > computers, but he DOES hang out with Verra, a Chaotic sort if > ever there was one, although I am not sure Verra is in any way > descended from Khaavren, who is of course the Dragaeran > version of Benedict. (... Khaavren may well be more glompable > than Benedict, but I cannot swear to this.) > > I wish I could do better for Aliera than Fiona, which would > make Mario Julian, which cracks me up, but I just can't. If > she were, say, Deirdre, this would be Wrong, Inaccurate, and > Ridiculous. > > I bet that makes Daymar Brand, only Daymar doesn't want to rub > anyone's nose in anything, and I'm not sure that he's ever > tried to kill an illegitimate nephew. (Do those exist? Or is > illegitimacy only reserved for children? No, they exist. > Phew.) > > Anyway, what I think I'm trying to say is, I need someone to > smack me and tell me "NO STOP THIS IS WRONG AND SILLY," and > where better to find this than on the Dragaera List? > > =AC > MJ > > PS I bet people get Dworkin and Barritt confused all the > time. > > > I discovered the Dragaera books by asking around for "something like Zelazney's Amber books that I haven't read already." BTW, the other great result that inquiry returned was Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet. Many roads lead back to RZ. LJ