[Dragaera] M-O-O-N spells Taltos (Minor Vallista spoiler)

[Jon Lincicum]

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From: "Jeffrey Kiok via Dragaera" <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> 
To: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> 
Cc: "Dragaera" <dragaera at dragaera.info> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:42:04 PM 
Subject: Re: [Dragaera] M-O-O-N spells Taltos (Minor Vallista spoiler) 

I also assumed it was like a "press style" as Philip Hart said. Following 
the plot where Vlad is dictating to the "metal box," he is making up 
quotable lines and demanding appropriate attribution. 

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Philip Hart via Dragaera < 
dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote: 

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>>> The chapter titles were amusing (the ones I recognized) and I got the 
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> I thought this was 0) a reference to press style, where someone demands 
> their scoop be acknowledged and 1) a joke about his name being pronounced 
> or spelled in a counterintuitive way to non-Fenarians (a feature, now that 
> I think about it, of "Brust" [if it's in fact "oo" as I have in my head]). 
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Hate to be "That guy" but spoiler space is pretty pointless if people top-post in their replies. 

Can we please keep reply text posted BELOW quoted content. Last time I'll mention it. Thanks. 

Majikjon