On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Sean Whalen wrote: >--- Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Sean Whalen wrote: >> >> > In _The Phoenix Guards_ there's no scene where all >> > the plots are exactly described and all the actions >> > explained. In fact, I'm pretty sure that some of the >> > information given is the result of editing mistakes >> > or changes in the plot from one draft to another. >> >> That's an interesting thesis - though I see no >> evidence for it. > > Khaavren and Tazendra interrupt a meeting between >Seodra and Gyorg Lavode. Seodra is plotting with the >Warlord for the rest of the book and under questioning >Khaavren says Seodra was meeting with the Warlord. >This isn't just a small typo, Gyorg is described and >talks with one of his guards as if he is a plotter. I >think that he was originally intended to be one of the >antagonists but his part was changed for some reason >to Lytra e'Tenith (maybe because it made sense for her >to get her line the stewardship of the Pepperfields). > > There are also some small typos that may confuse >the issue (e'Lanya being substituted for e'Tenith and >so on). When I first noticed this, I pararectally hypothesized that the shift in the political climate caused by the White Goblet Affair had the effect of causing Gyorg's involvement with Seodra to be forgiven, and perhaps forgotten (at least officially). http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi/1/2678 Who can say? (earlier posts in this thread:) http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi/1/2555 http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/archive.cgi/1/2537