Dragaera

A Vlad reference in an unexpected place.

Sun Oct 3 13:44:03 PDT 2004

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:52:32 EDT, frieda2133 at aol.com <frieda2133 at aol.com> wrote:
> From: Y Y wrote Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:24:46 -0700 (PDT)
[snip]
> "I made every effort to write them so they could be read in any order.
> I am aware that, in some measure at least, I have failed (I certainly
> wouldn't recommend starting with Teckla, for example)"
> 

Yes, I read Issola first, because it was the only one I could find at
the outset, though I found myself mostly confused, so I don't
recommend reading it before the rest. I don't think I'd recommend
starting with Taltos, because it's just too frustrating listening to
all these cryptic conversations. (Actually, I think Brust is evil, er,
clever, for doing this, because he is forcing you to read every single
book in the series. For example, in Issola, the events of Orca are
unspoiled. We don't hear that spoilery thing about Sethra revealed at
the end of Orca, and Morrolan barely avoids suffering the wrath of
Cawti by almost revealing the other spoilery thing at the end of Orca.
But it's rather bizarre to read Jhereg after Issola, because the
relations between the characters seem to be different.)

[snip]
> To Elizabeth Harper,
> 
> Yes, you only have a current beginning.  I am hoping for an
> explanation of why Vlad's memory was messed with in Taltos
> (mentioned in Dragon).  This could involve something that happened
> in Taltos or it could involve something that happened before Taltos.
> 
[snip]

I thought the memory problem was caused by Vlad being hit with the
spell in Dragon?

Charmian