Shortly before meeting Gryphon in 1991, I had read Heinlein's The Number of the Beast, which opened my eyes to the idea of crossover fiction. My avatar tended to refer to his wife Deedlit Satori as "Deety", based on one of the lead characters in that book--Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burrows--herself named after Dejah Thoris of Mars.

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense that TNotB will be inspired by UF, written by Lazarus Long in the 22nd century, then brought back through a time machine to try to get Eyrie on copyright infringement.

Further inspection leads me to believe that the Gay Deciever is a spacecraft made by new DeLorean Motor Corporation in the Republic of Texas.

Even further inspection leads me to believe that it is time to put the tinfoil back on my head. Later!

--rR