I haven't bought a copy yet, but have glanced at it briefly-- there is
one very interesting artistic "slip" that may or may not be deliberate.
One of the Vargr characters is consistently drawn much larger than a
normal human, to say nothing of a normal Vargr... unusual for the species,
and (before the recent publication of V+V) I would have even said impossible.
The obvious explanation is that this Vargr is of the massive Urzaeng breed,
but that begs the question: which came first, the mention of the Urzaeng
in the V+V book or the art in the Flaming Eye? Don't get me wrong, I think
that the representation of the varied subspecies is really wonderful, but
I just had this perverse vision of a conversation at DGP....
"Look at these great art layouts for the Flaming Eye book!"
"Yeah, this is really good stuff-- urk! Look at the size of that Vargr! We
can't use these-- the continuity hounds would eat us alive!"
"Oh, damn, you're right-- Hey, I just had a thought! Why not add a line about
a really rare breed of giant Vargr to the V+V book before it goes to press?"
Nah. Too silly. Also out of line with my view of DGP, which is of a very
meticulous and careful bunch of people who dislike obfuscation (except where
justifying thruster plates and constant fuel consumption irrespective of
Jump distance). |->
Just babbling,
metlay