Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!root From: root@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: id AA17442; Mon, 20 Feb 84 09:46:08 pst Message-ID: <5706@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 12:46:17 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.5706 Posted: Mon Feb 20 12:46:17 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 04:17:45 EST Sender: root@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 28 Message-Id: <8402201746.AA17442@decwrl.arpa> Date: Monday, 20 Feb 1984 09:47:19-PST From: amber::chabot (Lisa Chabot) To: net.sf-lovers Subject: more harping on consistency RE: The self-consistency of Deryni novels I didn't think they were self-consistent. On the first page of the first book (published) I seem to remember two characters introduced as being close friends for many years, yet, because the author resorted to a weak literary device of a conversation to convey information to the reader (but probably not between the conversants), these two familiar friends then speak in an overly formal manner about things that such close friends wouldn't need to speak of. One would think they'd rarely met. Either that, or one or both were insane. RE: The self-consistency of RAH novels I want all of you men (or boys) who spent your teens reading Heinlein books to remember We're all out to get you!!! ( :-) ) Lisa S. Chabot UUCP: ...{ decvax | allegra | ucbvax }!decwrl!rhea!amber!chabot ARPA: ...decwrl!rhea!amber!chabot@{ Berkeley | SU-Shasta } reality: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlboro, MA 01752 shadow: ...{ decvax | allegra | ucbvax }!decwrl!rhea!avalon!chabot