Ascians

Peter Westlake · 31 Mar 1999, 12:48 · from urth-v0024.mbox · original

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From: Peter Westlake <peter at harlequin.co.uk>
Subject: (urth) Ascians
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:48:52 +0000
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Another connection, to augment rather than contradict the ideas so far:

In Vance's _The Dragon Masters_, the human beings breed dragons from
their reptilian alien enemies, who in turn breed mounts from humans.
They are farther from the human form than the blind Ascians, but very
reminiscent all the same. And we know Wolfe is a Vance fan.

Peter.

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