At 15:03 -0400 05-5-2005, Bato001 at aol.com wrote: >I wish I could remember where I saw this discussion before. It may >have been before the list, or an on-topic discussion on the list a >few years ago. I do remember that it was never resolved then. This >is the type of discussion that list geeks(like me) love and that >Steve thirves on. > >John D. Barbato, OD I do recall this being discussed on rec.arts.sf.written quite a while ago when I was still a regular lurker there. And Google Groups does have three threads on the topic (at least when I search using Brust Aisse), but all three also falter at determining Phent and Greenbough. The only real answer there is: >From: goldf... at OCF.Berkeley.EDU (David Goldfarb) >Subject: Re: [BRUST] _Phoenix_ publisher in-joke? (No spoilers) >Date: 1999/09/09 >Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written > >In article <keshlema-0909990152120... at pm466-18.dialip.mich.net>, >jere7my tho?rpe <keshl... at umich.edu> wrote: >) ...is Brust poking fun at the SF publishing industry? And, if so, >)who are Phent and Greenbough? > >When Brust signed at The Other Change of Hobbit in early '92 I >asked him about this. He said they were Minneapolis-area music >promoters that he didn't like. It strikes me as somewhat cheating >to mix media like that, but I don't get a vote. > >-- > David Goldfarb <*>| "Questions are a burden to others. >goldf... at ocf.berkeley.edu | Answers are a prison for oneself." >goldf... at csua.berkeley.edu | >aster... at slip.net | -- _The Prisoner_, "Dance of the Dead" So I don't know if there really is a direct correlation to a publisher there, or not. I've liked the joke and remembered it each time I've reread Phoenix, though, so even if it only halfway works, it's still appreciated! Back to lurking! - Nancy.