Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad (was Re: elves and jinn (...))

Joe scripsit:

> What we need is a unifying force, a single break, which caused all others.
I don't agree.  A single POD could never account for what we've got here.
Rather, I think the unity of IB is thematic, and the interest of IB is
not a mechanical calculation of what-happens-next but rather watching the
unfolding of the theme.  (Not unlike the interest of actual history.)

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