From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Steve Coltrin  wrote:   
   > "Evelyn C. Leeper"  writes:   
   >> As I wrote in my review of Dan Jones's THE PLANTAGENETS:   
   >> "And there are so many defections and deceptions that keeping track   
   >> of who is on which side almost requires a scorecard..."   
      
   It's difficult enough that I've never been tempted to also try to   
   memorize GRRM's fictional version of it.  But I did enjoy his   
   _Tuf Voyaging_.  That was actual science fiction, not fantasy.   
      
   > Doesn't help at all that everyone involved is named either Margaret,   
   > Edward, Anne, Henry, Elizabeth, or Richard.   
      
   It's worse than that.  For nearly 400 years, from John's death in   
   1216 to James's accession in 1603, every English king, 16 in total,   
   was named Edward, Henry, or Richard.   
      
   Earlier, there was nearly a century when every English queen was named   
   Matilda.  There were even two Matildas on opposite sides of the   
   so-called Anarchy.   
      
   And three of Henry VIII's six wives were named Catherine.  Two others   
   were named Anne.   
      
   There was a severe name shortage in the old days.   
      
   > In kollidge, my second semester of physics had a month of what was   
   > essentially shop.   
      
   I have an ancient version of the CRC handbook which contains   
   instructions on how to waterproof leather book bindings.   
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