I wasn't trying to imply anything -- I just wanted to make sure you'd read Orca without giving away any spoilers to those few people on the list who hadn't yet. On Oct 7, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Scott Schultz wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, how many of the Vlad books have you read? > > If you're implying that the Taltos Cycle is already rather > Lankhmarian, I'd > have to disagree. Conan would be at home in Lankhmar but I don't think > Vlad > would feel particularly comfortable there. Dragaerans take a much more > "matter of fact" approach to both magic and the gods than the folks of > Lankhmar would. > > If you're implying that I don't know enough about Vlad if I'm > satirically > picturing him as Fafhrd, I can only quote the wisdom of the inimitable > Foghorn Leghorn - "Ah say, it's a JOKE son!" > > Just to clear things up, I've read the entire Vladiad and Paarfiad > multiple > times, excepting _Sethra Lavode_. Being a cheap bastard, I don't > normally > buy hardbacks unless it's something like _The Dark Tower_ that I know > will > be read by most everyone in the family. Call me a philistine. ;-) > > > >