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| Mercenary: Possible Book Error | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 18 2008, 10:42 PM (3,742 Views) | |
| Apollo | Dec 30 2008, 07:25 AM Post #46 |
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There was no error. Bah. |
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| Umbreo | Dec 30 2008, 09:52 AM Post #47 |
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Yes there was, someone had just already found it before me. But I did find it myself. Read previous pages Apollo < |
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| nathanielandbartimaeus | Dec 30 2008, 11:09 AM Post #48 |
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I did mean the forum, not the books. Heck, you know the books way better than I do.
Not a bad idea. But that means i have got to post it after every post. Tedious job. |
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| Sentynel | Dec 30 2008, 06:55 PM Post #49 |
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Doesn't really count as an error; Stroud neatly retconned it when we challenged him.. |
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| Umbreo | Dec 30 2008, 10:43 PM Post #50 |
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Well, he did manage to worm his way out of it with his (somewhat desperate) explaination, but you have to admit it was definately an inconsistency. |
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| kitty jones | Dec 30 2008, 11:12 PM Post #51 |
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Utukku
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You're quite determined to find an error aren't you Umbreo..? I thought I'd found one in Ptolemy's Gate at the end were Farqual is talking to Nouda and have always wanted to re-read the book and check it but I haven't gotten round to it....
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| Umbreo | Dec 31 2008, 12:54 AM Post #52 |
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No, I just don't like being told that I haven't when I have. My post above stands. An error in PG you say? Explain. |
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| Dansariki | Dec 31 2008, 01:11 AM Post #53 |
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Gah! Why the can't the Merc just have made a mistake? |
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| Umbreo | Dec 31 2008, 01:14 AM Post #54 |
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As I said, an inconsistency. JS managed to talk his way out of it. His answer was good enough for me, therefore it should be good enough for all of you, but still, an inconsistency. What's this error in PG? |
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| Dansariki | Dec 31 2008, 03:17 AM Post #55 |
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But it's been fixed, so It's done. I'm not aware of one in PG, ask Kitty. |
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| Apollo | Dec 31 2008, 05:26 AM Post #56 |
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You seem to be keen on exposing JS as erroneous. Tread lightly, Umbreo. |
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| Umbreo | Dec 31 2008, 06:01 AM Post #57 |
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I was talking to Kitty. And please don't get the wrong idea, I don't want to expose Jonathan Stroud as erroneous, I worship the man. |
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| kitty jones | Dec 31 2008, 03:19 PM Post #58 |
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Well as I said before I'm not sure if its an error or not.... ...It's more a kind of question which probably has an obvious answer....You know at the end were Nouda is in Makepeaces body sitting on a throne , and Faquarl is talking to Bartimaeus , Nouda says to Faquarl : ''You did not lie . It is exactly as you said'' and then later on '' Where is my army that you promised me''....There is a footnote on the bottom of the page which refers to Nouda's previous summonings and it says that he is a higher entity than a marid and that beings like him are very rarely summoned... So my question is how did Faquarl communicate the whole plan to Nouda about taking over the government/world and everything , if Nouda is very rarely summoned....??Would Faquarl have had to make a magician summon him ? Or did he communicate with him in the Other Place...?? |
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| Sentynel | Dec 31 2008, 03:33 PM Post #59 |
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Faquarl could have spoken to him directly in the Other Place, or had another spirit relay the message if he wasn't able to return himself. |
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| kitty jones | Dec 31 2008, 03:40 PM Post #60 |
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Utukku
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That's what I thought but can spirits talk to each other in the Other Place...???
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