Philip Hart writes:
>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Joshua Kronengold wrote:
>> Scott Schultz writes:
>> >that's a sign that the Cycle has turned. By example from the Paarfiad,
>> Which is fiction...
>Says who?
Vlad?
Me?
The fact that it's a Dumas pastiche, and Dumas wrote fiction?
>Sethra wrote a history? (Actually I think she did - the Paarfiad.)
*giggle*. She made statements. I wouldn't put it past her (to be
Paarfi), but I'm skeptical anyway. And, of course, she wouldn't
scruple to lie even if she -was- Paarfi.
>Anyway, it's not correct that the previous reign was shorter than minimum
>- the White Goblet scandal did occur before 17**2 but that was hundreds of
>years past by the time of _FHYA_.
Quite. Which backs up my point, of course -- the White Goblet scandal
would make no sense if a reign never outlived its first Emperor or
Empress.
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