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- From: STUCS204@UK.AC.BHAM.IBM3090
- Subject: Re: Size of the orb??
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:22:19 GMT
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- >I don't have the books here with me, but I seem to remember the
- >picture on the front of Pawn of Prophecy was Garion, Belgarath and
- >Polgara standing on a rocky ledge, with Garion holding the sword
- >above his head. I'm sure the orb was visible on the sword then,
- >and it didn't appear to be much bigger that a clenched fist (about
- >heart sized, then?). Maybe this wasn't THE sword at all (after all,
- >we know little about Garion's heritage in this book), but I can't
- >check it out at the series is currently sitting about 100 miles
- >away from where I am... Oh! College life!
- >--
- >rjwalsh@maths.tcd.ie \ Drain you of your sanity
- >Robert Walsh \ Face the thing that should not be
- >Student Computer Research Group \
- >Trinity College, Dublin. \ - Metallica
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- I think its called Artistic licence although I really don't want to dwell on th
- et too closely.
-
- stucs204@uk.ac.bham - Richard
-
- p.s or perhaps its the ultimate spoiler.....
-