Re: YASID: The Long Memories of Dragons

On Sat, 25 May 2024 19:42:29 -0600, John Savard wrote:

On Sat, 25 May 2024 19:23:35 -0600, John Savard
<quadibloc@servername.invalid> wrote:
 

And indeed from there I saw the answer, which David DeLaney had given
me; I had gotten some details wrong; it was a woman, Segnbora, who spoke
to the dragons - and the passage was from a supplemental chapter at the
end of "The Door into Shadow" by Diane Duane.

 
The actual passage involved was merely:
 
"The Dragons have promised to remind human beings to insert another
one-day intercalary day every 3300 years—though there is still
disagreement over why they laughed so hard when they promised."
 
...so my memory had embellished it with considerable detail.
 
John Savard

And transformed a female protagonist into a male?
For shame! Typically patriarchal behavior.

Could you refresh my memory on how to search Google Groups?
Over the years I have tried occasionally, with mixed results.