At 11:05 PM 1/21/02 -0500, you wrote: ><decloaking...> > >--githyanki (but not githzerai) derive originally from the works of George >R.R. Martin, specifically the book _Dying of the Light_. Although I >noticed this separately, I was slightly startled to find this interview >with the man who wrote the githyanki entry for the Fiend Folio >online: http://www.planewalker.com/loz/mi_stross.shtml. The idea that I >could become "famous" and be interviewed for game-related stuff twenty >years in the future is rather weird. > >BTW, Martin just provides the name "Githyanki", a mention that they were >the slaves of another mentally-powered race, a mention that their >appearance is demonic, and a reference to their psychic powers (they are >often referred to as soulsucks)--he never gives a straight description, >and a live githyanki is never encountered. I don't think that's quite accurate. The name Githyanki comes from Martin, but the psionic master/rebellious slave race idea was taken from Niven.
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