On Dedications and a Bit of Vanity.

[patjade]

It's no secret that I had been a friend of a writer, Andre Norton, since my teen years. Over the years, we had written a lot of letters to each other, and she had sent me a lot of books, while i sent her a few things I thought might interest her. One of those things was a design for a sword made of dragon scale. I had gone into great detail on how

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[nimras23]

That's really neat. Often I find myself wondering about who the people are that the author dedicates their book to, and why. It's one of those things that your average reader will simply never know.

[patjade]

It was a bit of a surprise to me when I first found out, but I was delighted to receive a copy of the book. I was in one of those mischievous moods when i saw the copies for sale in the Exchange and thought it'd be fun to autograph them.