On Apr 5, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Charles Sumner wrote: > Welcome! > > The mysterious coachman is a common figure in Hungarian folktales. > Since Steve draws from them a lot, it's not surprising to see the > coachman (coachmen?) show up in Dragaera. They might be one and the > same, they might not; it's just one of those folktale mysteries. > > For more coachman fun, you should check out The Gypsy by Steven Brust > & Megan Lindholm. It's not set in Dragerea, but it's a fun read and > the coachman figures in it fairly prominently. > > Charley > > > At 11:33 PM 4/4/2005 -0700, Carolyn P. wrote: >> Hello, I am new to this shiny list. I was wondering about Miska, the >> eternal coachmen that pops up in Brokedown Palace and his counterpart >> ( or same self) in The Paths of the Dead . Is there anything to this >> Miska/coachmen? Or am I being silly? I wrote to Mr Brust on the >> subject, but I am nervous and afraid he wont reply, or maybe that he >> will ^_^; . >> Does anyone have any thoughts or perhaps a direction they can point >> me in?.... >> thanks > > Oh Steve will reply but he wont answer your question. Steve gets sadistic pleasure from our suffering and speculation :-)