On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 PQuigleyII at aol.com wrote: #Given the extensive number of Grateful Dead #references in Brokedown Palace, I was wondering #if the house Jhereg was named after Jerry Garcia. # #Jerry G. -> Jhereg? Nice idea, but ISTR hearing (from Steve???) that originally the book was to be called _Vereg_, but there was a copyright dispute or something similar. Steve? Anyone? Am I right on this? -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website