From:	Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject:	The ED/SR Connection
Date:	Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:58:04 -0700 (PDT)

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> Well, I can see where that attitude might develop,
but as I seem to recall, the IEs were developed before
ED was, so they weren't included simply to link the
two games. I'm pretty sure that was the case, at least
-- the old Tir Tairngire book had several clues about
Immortal Elves, including a description of a portrait
of Alachia (with thorns). I seem to recall Rob
Charette's "Never Trust an Elf" coming out before ED,
and I know that "Harlequin" was released in 1990, a
good three years before ED was released.

Yes, but they weren't taken to such extremes until
after ED appeared.

> Somebody else (I forget who) commented that the
connection was never made "official." I strongly
dispute that point as well. Caroline Spector's trilogy
is about as official as you can get, even if the first
two books were never released in the States (Worlds
Without End is the third). With Aina and Ysrthgrathe,
as well as several other characters from ED and SR, it
fairly solidly establishes the connection between the
two.
> -- Josh

That would be me, Josh. As far as that being official,
the general consensus is that the novels are not canon
material. A lot of what happens in them doesn't fit
the rules of Shadowrun, so they're taken with a grain
of salt. (Just off-hand, Psychotrope causes a number
of adult deckers to become otaku and heals one of them
of paraplegia.) So until someone comes out and says
"Yes, ED and SR are one and the same." it's still
disputable, even with WWE (hey, sure Aina's in both SR
and ED - but that Aina in ED? She isn't the same one,
y'know. ED is all just a fantasy world...).

;)

Seriously, I don't dispute that they're supposed to be
the Fourth and Sixth Worlds, but the fact of the
matter is that no one in FASA has ever been officially
prepared to say that.

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow, aka Doc'booner, aka Doc' Vader)

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