Daily Archives: December 19, 2002

Loss of Lore

At a friend’s housewarming party last weekend, I was reminded of something that always irritated us when it occured in fantasy fiction. People would wind up making stupid mistakes because, long ago, someone lost the lore that would have told them they were about to screw up royally. Joel in particular could launch into an exquisite minutes-long rant about how upset he was at “Careless lore-losing M*********ERS!” without repeating a single profanity.
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