Theoretically there are to be nineteen of the things. One for each House, Taltos, and the last book, possibly called The Final Contract. Of course he has to live long enough to write all of them. I must say, Brust just might be able to pull off writing that many books about one character. Being a stylistic shapeshifter doesn't hurt.
>1. We know that metal attracts magic, which is why >there isn't anyone wearing heavy armor, etc. Why does >everyone use swords and we rarely hear any mention of >wooden weapons? Steel is more effective, and that amount of steel is a reasonable gamble. >2. In _Dragon_ we see the first use of bows or >crossbows, and Vlad has no idea what they are. Is >there some honor thing that we don't understand that >allows them to be used in warfare, but not on the >streets? The Dragaeran culture originated in a tropical rain forest, where bows are no effective. They are very slow to accept change. >3. Is the game of S'yang stones based on a real game >and do you have rules for it? Nope.
Yendi and Monty Python:
>/And the _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ reference, in _Yendi_ I
>/think.
Talking about the Sorceress in Green, Vlad is told that "she'll turn you
into a newt." "I'll get better," he says. In MPatHG, a bunch of
villagers are accusing a woman of being a witch, and one of them says,
"She turned me into a newt." The knight looks at him, and he says, "I
got better."
Teckla
Steve
Simmons comments.
And I've said this about one scene:
Another review
Reference is made to Verra being barred from Fenario, as in Brokedown
Palace.
'Morrolan' and his Eastern name both mean "Dark Star", Brust says. And it's a
Grateful Dead
reference.
Also.
Pel not being in the Dramatis Personae is a simple mistake, along with the
misprint of the Cracks and Shards URL.
Cawti is said ex cathedra (Brust said so somewhere, although it fits vaguely
with Devera's comments) to be Miklos's daughter.
Verra being barred from Fenario is mentioned in Issola.
There's analysis of the books as Marxist
allegory and speculation about Verra's role.
Orca
We get a link with the Khaavren novels -- mention of his Special Unit Group at
Dzur Mountain.
Dragon
I'm not sure where to place the book chronologically. Most of the action
happens shortly after Taltos, but the narration occurs after
Yendi.
>Sethra's comments about the defender starting the war were interesting.
These were taken straight from Clausewitz: _On War_, book six, chapter
five.
>>And there was the irony of a quasi-dwarf telling an elf that a human was one
>>of the Old Ones. Although *that* raises a question: are the Serioli
>>indigenes, or more experiments of the Jenoine?
Issola
Review
"tragya" is "We're in deep shit" and "legalabb" is "at least", I'm told.
Five Hundred Years After
>In FHYA when Adron first went to the city in order to get to the palace,
>the Lord Mayor sent word to the Emperor in order to know if Adron should
>be allowed when. When relaying this information to the Emporer,
>Khaavren says that the request is from the Lord Mayor of Adrilankha
>(FHYA 75-76).
>
>We feel an error has been made in this.
Yep. My boo-boo.
The Paths of the Dead
Brust insists that Orlaan is not meant to be related in any way to Loraan and
the similarity of the names is completely a coincidence. He's pretty
insistent, in the face of fans going "we respectfully disagree".
Brokedown Palace
The names on the map are Hungarian translations of
Grateful Dead song titles. "Fenario" isn't even a translation.
Give me ideas!
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