Casey Rousseau writes: >Joshua Kronengold writ: >> There's some indication that parts of The Phoenix Guards may have had >> prior publication, so it's entirely possible that Vlad read them; he >> certainly read -some- Paarfi. >I thought it was Cawti who was reading the Paarfi romance. Did he make a >comment about reading them himself? Booksearch isn't helping me. Cawti was reading the Paarfi romances, or at least what was available (given the timing of what we've seen, some other History than that of the Guards, or the serialization thereof, prior to their Compilation in Book Form). But Vlad expressed an Informed Opinion of them, unless I Misremember, and therefore has at least Accquaintance with them. -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme@(io.com, labcats.org)) |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^-- "Get your mind right and you can make a stick /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\ your wand and the sky your hat and a puddle |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\ your magic..." -- Granny Weatherwax '---''(_/--' (_/-'