--- Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote: > John Klein wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > > > > You know, I don't recall ever being involved in another discussion > > group where an author says, flat out, that something is the case, and > > debate then continues on whether it's /really/ the case. I suppose > > this is a natural consequence of having a group based around a set of > > novels that are naturally attractive to suspicious people... I mean, > > lying to people in the course of telling a story is, basically, an > > author's job, but lying to people randomly in interviews usually > > isn't. > > > > (Maybe it's his hobby. Heh.) > > Or maybe Brust has had a history of having fun with what the truth is - > in > his books and even in his songs. Can anyone give me an example of his saying something about his work, apparently seriously and not in fiction, that turned out not to be true? And how much fun could it possibly be to tell someone that Devera's (even mistyped) father was Kieron, or that she was the dragon, if it's not true? Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com