Posted: March 31, 1998 at 22:50:45: by Irv Koch
: A great analogy, using the road map. Sometimes years elapse between the time I read and then reread a book. If I needed to know every single connection in a Norton book, I would drive my
I tried this back in the early '70's and got my nose rubbed in it. I may even have a letter from Ms. Norton on the subject. What she said, and what various analysts (Sandra Miesel?) have shown, is that (1) She uses common ideas/things rather than reinventing the universe for each book BUT BUT BUT ... they're STILL not the same universe. You can have Dipples and Zachatans, but they're just props. Same as Shakespeare used classical characters such as various gods and heros in some of his plays ... same name and character but no connection. (2) Unless it's a specific series like Solar Queen or otherwise a sequel to something ... THEN you can play "timeline."
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