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TRHickman

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Mar 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/21/98
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Fizban is a befuddled old wizard who is also a trademark of TSR, Inc. and is
used here without their permission.

Zifnab, on the other hand, is a rather befuddled old wizard under the
copyrights of Weis and Hickman.

Of course, neither of these bears any legal resemblence to ZANFIB ... a rather
befuddled old wizard character in Weis & Hickman's new Nightsword book due out
this May.

I hope this clears things up a little.

Tracy Hickman
TRHickman

Dr Jex

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Mar 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/21/98
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Who's Gander or Gandar? (However you spell his name) Zifnab mentions him in
the Death Gate series. He also refers to Raistlin as the young chap that
coughs and hacks up blood all the time and how disgusting it is. I like that>
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MRyanTyler

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Mar 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/21/98
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>Who's Gander or Gandar? (However you spell his name)

If I remember correctly, its Gandalf. Gandalf was the wizard in the Lord of the
Rings books. He's a pivotal character in all four of those books.

Mitch
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Lance Peter John

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Mar 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/22/98
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MRyanTyler wrote:

And whats Gandalf doing in DeathGate?

Lance


Dr Jex

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Mar 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/22/98
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> And whats Gandalf doing in DeathGate?
>
>Lance

Gandalf is not in Death Gate. It's just the fact that Zifnab mentions Gandalf
along with Merlin and Raistlin. It's funny. Especially when he wants to name
the elven ship; He tries to name it the Enterprise or the Millenium Falcon.
Great humor on the author's part.
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MRyanTyler

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Mar 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/24/98
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> And whats Gandalf doing in DeathGate?
>
>Lance
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The same thing Tanis, Raistlin, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, and a dozen other
people are doing in that book. Zifnab is kinda not all together upstairs, and
its explained more in the last few books.

Dr Jex

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Mar 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/24/98
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>The same thing Tanis, Raistlin, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, and a dozen other
>people are doing in that book. Zifnab is kinda not all together upstairs, and
>its explained more in the last few books.
>
>Mitch

Yeah, he is quite a character. He mentions the Millenium Falcon and the
Enterprise. I also recall of his dragon mentioning the land of Pern. Elven
Star was a good book. I'm currently half way through Fire Sea.
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