>As an aside, this is an excellent work on the subject with much to
>recommend it in terms of its scholarship and the delicacy of its
>innuendo,

Innuendo? Sir, you slander him.

Professor Fuzoku is getting roundly sick and tired of the constant snickering from the undergrads, and has begun docking anyone who yells "That's what she said!" during any of his lectures an entire letter grade. Yes! That IS what she said! Toph Beifong was renowned for her ability at, and indeed, her enthusiasm for, taking on all comers! Day or night! Sometimes two at the same time! No less than five independent primary sources confirm it.

Hong Fuzoku is a scholar, a man well-endowed with wisdom who has plumbed the very depths of history and emerged spent but triumphant. His expertise and deft touch deserve respect. He will not be mocked for his perceived shortcomings.

Fortunately, he has a new book coming out soon. Building on the work done in Boomerang Diplomacy, Professor Fuzoku plans to explore in intimate, exhaustive detail the oft-abusive and always dysfunctional relationship between Fire Nationals and Water Tribesmen in the postwar era. It will focus mainly on the period from 100-125 ASC, with especial emphasis on Fire Lord Zuko's tumultuous, often passionate diplomatic tete-a-tetes with both of the famous children of Chief Hakoda as they attempted to come to an equitable agreement regarding both nations penetration into each others spheres of interest.

Steam Powered: Fire Lord Zuko's Congress with the Water Tribes will certainly not be mistaken for anything other than the work of serious scholarship it is. He's already begun planning the graduate seminar.

>Sokka's own memoir of his time in the Fire Nation,
>Crazy from the Heat, is much funnier and has considerably
>better illustrations. It's tied for the title of "Sokka's second-best
>book" with his chronicle of his travels with Toph, The Adventures
>of Snow Savage and Dirt Girl.

Some feel that Sokka's later-in-life survey of that great mythological figure and good-luck charm of the Fire Nation army, To Wang Fire, Thanks for Everything, Ty Lee, is also a strong contender for the second-best slot.

Sadly, it was something of a flop on initial publication, with a limited print run. It was only half a century later, when Varrick Global Enterprises used it as the basis for the wildly popular Wang Fire mover serials (the first "talker", in fact, was a Wang Fire serial, Wang Fire and Piandao versus Nuktuk) that a second printing occurred. The people of the United Republic, somewhat to the consternation of actual Fire Nationals, took instantly to the bombastic-but-hilarious Fire Nation hero, and today the book can be found in any reputable bookstore, along with Wang Fire comics and paperback novels.

-Merc
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