Posted by Peter R Booth on April 15, 1997 at 07:43:07:
In Reply to: 'Jan Holberk Vaenz' posted by Tim Stretton on April 07, 1997 at 05:03:13:
It's probably one along the lines of Philip Jose Farmer's Peter Jairus Frigate from the Riverworld series...definitely an in-joke of some description...actually; an anecdote. According to Terry Dowling, Vance put in "Shatterwrack" as a place in the Cadwal trilogy, before realising it was part of "Shatterwrack at Breaklight" part of Terry's fine Tom Rynosseros series...the two of them keep a communique. According to Terry, Jack forgets he's used names before or their origins...explains the legions of "Lumarths" and "Murgens" in his books :) Just remember, on Dar Sai, Girsen was an "iskish"...and "I and Skish" was mentioned :) Inventive to the end!