The Collected Writings of Professor Alistair Veyne
Front Matter
Origins and Ancestry
Reproduction and Mixed Marriage
Comparative Studies: Lifespan, Population, and Measure
Gremlins: Development, Sociality, and Misconception
- On the Gremlins
- On the Developmental Stages of the Gremlin
- On Gremlin Language Acquisition and the Problem of the Unraised Child
- On the Cohabitation Tolerance of Adult Gremlins
- On an Unfortunate Seasonal Confound in the Study of Gremlin Cohabitation
- On Gremlin Dishonesty
- On Gremlin Eggs and the Persistent Myth of the “Gremlin Mother”
- On Gremlin Landlords
- On Gremlin Metabolism
- On Gremlin Sleep
- On the Alleged Absence of Gremlin Religion
- On the Persistent Fiction of the Gremlin Homeland
- On the Reliability of Gremlin Witnesses
- The Examination of Mr Tibb
- 27 May, East Ward, Bellcross
- 7 May, East Ward
- Concerning the West Lecture Room
- From the East Ward, Concerning a Gremlin Funeral
The Aesir, Their Mammoths, and Their Household
- On the Aesir and Mammoths
- On the Proportions and Habits of the Aesir
- On Aesir Thermoregulation
- On the Aesir and the Herding of Mammoths
- On the Aesir Heart
- On the Familial Character of Aesir-Mammoth Bonds
- The Case of Halvar and Mett
- A Digression Concerning a Mammoth, a Magistrate, and One Extremely Unhelpful Gremlin
- On Aesir Beds
- On Aesir Furniture
- On the Aesir and the Myth of the “Slow Mind”
- On the Aesir Languages and the Boundaries Assigned to Them
- On the Supposed Immunity of the Aesir to Cold
- On the Supposedly Perfect Memory of Mammoths
- The Refusal at Esk Ford
- 14 December, North of Hradsk
- 18 July, Aesir Summer Camp
- From the Northern Road, Concerning an Old Mammoth
The Dwarves: Constitution, History, and Institutions
- On the Dwarven Constitution
- On the Great Dwarven Empire as a Supposedly Unified Culture
- On the Alleged Automatic Coronation of Exceptional Examinees
- On the Dwarvish Languages, Living and Inherited
- The Destruction of Durn Ossek and the Evidence for the Conqueror Worm
- On the Failure to Reoccupy Durn Ossek
- The Conqueror Worm and the Evidence of Its Solitude
- The Poverty of Grendon
- On Dwarven Bone
- On Dwarven Elevators
- On Dwarven Oxygen Tolerance
- On Dwarven Surface Architecture
- On Dwarves and Mountains
- On the Alleged Dwarven Aversion to Open Sky
- On the Alleged Stone-Eating Habits of Dwarves
- On the Supposed Inability of Dwarves to Become Lost Underground
- On the Supposed Inedibility of Dwarven Bread
- On the Supposed Night Vision of Dwarves
- 11 February, Outside Kher Vann
- 19 July, Karad Tor
- 21 September, Northbound Rail, Outside Karad Tor
- From Karad Vell, Concerning an Imperial Road
- The Evidence Below
Elven Life, Constitution, and Culture
- On the Elves and the Consequences of a Long Life
- On Elven Ageing
- On Elven Resistance to Disease
- On Elven Wound Healing
- On the Supposed Fragility of Elves
- On Elven Age and the Human Inability to Believe It
- On the Alleged Renewal of the Elven Body
- On Elven Memory
- On Traditional Elven Agriculture, Which Is Not Agriculture
- On the Popular Belief That Traditional Elves “Refuse to Harm Plants”
- On the Supposed Estrangement of the Elves
- On Traditional Elven Gardening
- On Elven Bureaucracy
- On Elven Patience
- On the Alleged Superiority of Elven Wine
- On the Common Elven Tongues
- On Traditional Elven Hospitality
- 2 October, Southern Elven Grove
- 3 April, Belleren
- From Belleren, Concerning an Elf Who Had Outlived a Street
Humans, Their Nations, and Their Wars
- On the Characteristics of Humans
- On the Human Languages and the Evidence of Their Kinship
- On the Convenient Misremembering of the First Southern War
- On the Persistence of a War in the Census
- On the Geographical Distribution of Approval
- The Boundaries beneath the Roads
- The Keeper of the Interval
- The Witnesses at Rook’s Weir
- 2 January, Southern Rail
- On the Men Available for Service
- The Definition of a Mule
- The Language in Which the Question Was Asked
The Other Sapient Races
- On the Classification of Sapient Peoples and the History of Its Abuses
- On Professor Ardell’s Proposed Taxonomy
- On the Apemen, and the Errors of a Human Standard
- On the Characteristic Faculties of the Kobolds
- On the Constitution and Conduct of Ogres
- On the Distinguishing Characteristics of the Drau
- On Apeman Sign Language
- On Ogre Politeness
- On the Myth That Ogres Cannot Plan
- 22 September, Western Drau Territory
- 6 March, Lower Kobold Warrens
- 9 November, Western Ogre Territory
- From the Western Drau Territory, Concerning a School
Mixed-Race Society, Cities, and Everyday Accommodation
- On the Architecture of a City Built for Several Definitions of a Person
- A Drau Guide and a Human Soldier
- A Dwarf, a Gremlin, and a Boiler
- A Gremlin in an Elven Household
- A Human Child and an Aesir Veteran
- A Mixed Mining Crew
- Aesir Courtesy in a Human Dining Room
- An Elf at a Dwarven Funeral
- An Ogre at a Market Stall
- The Water Below Merebridge
- The Fields Below the White Stair