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 Post subject: New Trivia
PostPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 8:26 pm 
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This trivia question deals with a more popular subject--that steel bladed, ruby red eyed enigma of entropy, the Shrike!

In what short-story from Dan's collection PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES, does the Shrike make an appearance? And for extra credit explain how this same story also relates to the ENDYMION books?

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 Post subject: Re: New Trivia
PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:46 am 
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You couldn't have made it easy and asked about the story from Worlds Enough and Time that I've read recently, could you?? (joke, joke )

I will have to poke around and get back with you soon. Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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 Post subject: Re: New Trivia
PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:59 am 
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Thank you for your patience!

The Shrike, well, shrikes, are mentioned in Remembering Siri, the short story which inspired the Hyperion books.

But I believe that the answer you might be looking for is the story called The Death of the Centaur wherein the centaur-hero named Raul does battle against the Shrike.
In Endymion I believe that it is said that the hero, Raul Endymion had been named after a centaur-hero from an old legend who was named Raul... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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 Post subject: Re: New Trivia
PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 11:05 pm 
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Yes, you are correct on both counts!

Did you have to read the story to get the answer or just do some skimming?

Off to think of another question to post...

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 Post subject: Re: New Trivia
PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 1:54 am 
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That is one of the books I've never been able to find at any of my local bookstores, so I had to order a used copy from the internet and skim through the stories until I found the Shrike references!
I am glad to have the book, though -- I've been looking for it for over a year.
I've heard very good things baout some of the stories. Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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