I used to drive an old 1974 Chevy Impala - it was a truly awful brown color although it had a great engine (350) and I paid 400 dollars for it I called it Vlad!!! b Warlord wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kenneth Gorelick [mailto:pulmon at comcast.net] > > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 7:31 AM > > To: Dragaera List > > Subject: Awful thought > > > > > > Now that we know that our dreamweaver is a closet devotée of television > > shows, a horrible thought has occurred to me. Not only does he > > currently indulge in cop shows, but perhaps he started on less evolved > > fare of the sixties, such as "My Favorite Martian" or "My Mother the > > Car". > > > > Now, take this knowledge with Mr. Brust's obvious interest in horror > > and fantasy and his hypothetical universe where reincarnation is a > > reality, and the future may be revealed. > > > > After all, we have seen three things in the Dragaeran universe: one may > > be incarnated into a form quite different from the original (Dolivar > > the Dragon into Vlad the Easterner); Dragaera was settled by humans who > > seem to share a common heritage with us, as in Kelly's discovery of > > Marxist tracts that revealed to him the truth; and scientific > > developments occur (the orb was evolved). > > > > So, one can imagine Mr. Brust taking us either to an earthly past that > > is troublingly like the one in which we live, or a future which, like > > ontogeny, has recapitulated phylogeny. > > > > In this scenario our hero is reincarnated not as an Easterner, not as a > > Human, but as a murderous motor vehicle. In this tale, obviously > > directed at a future television serious, he will be known as.... > > > > > > > > > > Vlad, the Impala. > > > > > > *claps hands* Well done. :) > > W > > "Don't jump to conclusions." > "I didn't jump. I took a little step, and there conclusions were. > --Buffy