[Dragaera] Dragaera Digest, Vol 149, Issue 2

[Andreas Davour]

I have been mulling it over as well, and it feels like I have read *something* like that, but can't for the life of me remember where. Might be a good reason to re-read Orca, if that's the one.

/andreas
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On Friday, August 30th, 2024 at 7:22 PM, Calisto via Dragaera <dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:

> I believe it was in Tiassa, in the scene (or perhaps just after or before) when Vlad prevents a bunch of thugs from attacking the stage.
> I haven’t located the passage in the book, maybe someone else can track it down further?
> ….
> OK scratch that, I can’t find it in Tiassa but now I’m thinking Orca,
> Vlad is “in disguise” and talking about the two investigators following him, I don’t have time to track it down but I still think Orca is where it is from.
> I also remember it from somewhere, if I find it i’ll post again.
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> > Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 01:42:34 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Jerry Friedman jerry_friedman at yahoo.com
> > To: "dragaera at dragaera.info" dragaera at dragaera.info, Louis Eastman
> > almagaiz at gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Source of a line
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> > I don't have a perfect memory or anything, but I don't remember anything like that.? (Of course it's a common remark in real life.)
> > Jerry
> > On Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 07:30:14 AM MDT, Louis Eastman via Dragaera dragaera at lists.dragaera.info wrote:
> > 
> > Hello friends, I'm trying to find a line from one of the books and
> > searching my digital editions hasn't borne any fruit. I believe it was a
> > thought Vlad has; it was a line about hearing an orchestra play a
> > dramatic/terrifying piece during a play and realizing that none of the
> > characters in the play are going to make it out alive.
> > 
> > I hope I'm doing this correctly as I haven't been interacting much with the
> > list for a while. Also, I'm sure if someone else is looking for a line that
> > this would be a good thread to mention it.
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> > Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:17:54 -0700
> > From: Jon Lincicum lincicum at comcast.net
> > To: dragaera at lists.dragaera.info
> > Subject: Re: [Dragaera] Source of a line
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> > Vlad has certainly talked about going to the theater on occasion. Teckla
> > has some examples, and Tiassa does as well.
> > 
> > However, I do not recall any instance in the Drageraverse (prior to
> > Lyorn) where a play was said to be accompanied by musical orchestration,
> > and I'm certain the line you are describing is not from Lyorn.
> > 
> > The closest I can come up with is this nugget (from Lyorn):
> > 
> > "There is nothing quite like an orchestra tuning up. It is discordant
> > and annoying, and yet it generates anticipation; there is a promise
> > there, that from the meaningless noise will emerge its opposite. If I
> > were an Athyra, I'd find there some kind of metaphor for life. But I'm
> > just an Easterner who used to be a Jhereg; we don't find metaphors, we
> > just sell onions."
> > 
> > Majikjon
> > 
> > On 8/28/2024 6:29 AM, Louis Eastman via Dragaera wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello friends, I'm trying to find a line from one of the books and
> > > searching my digital editions hasn't borne any fruit. I believe it was a
> > > thought Vlad has; it was a line about hearing an orchestra play a
> > > dramatic/terrifying piece during a play and realizing that none of the
> > > characters in the play are going to make it out alive.
> > > 
> > > I hope I'm doing this correctly as I haven't been interacting much with the
> > > list for a while. Also, I'm sure if someone else is looking for a line that
> > > this would be a good thread to mention it.
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