The Paarfi that Cawti is reading is probably not the same Paarfi that wrote 'Viscount' et. al. The Paarfi we're reading published during Zerikas reign, quite some time after Cawti was reading the other Paarfi. Steve "surrender, there's two of them" Simmons -- "There's a lot of my personality in my characters. I think that's why smart-asses are over-represented." Christopher Moore, in http://www.chrismoore.com/world_domination.htm