The Collected Writings of Professor Alistair Veyne
Front Matter
Origins, Ancestry, and Reproduction
- Dictation Notes: Examination of Stillborn Human-Elven Fetus
- Excerpt from a Treatise on the Reproductive Compatibility of the Principal Races
- On the Aesir and the Giants
- On the Alleged Common Ancestry of the Principal Races
- On the Alleged Renewal of the Elven Body
- On the Artificial Creation of the Gremlins
- On the Five Lost Kingdoms
- On the Human Race as the Original Pattern
- On the Limits of Hope in Cross-Racial Conception
- On the Supposed Lithic Origin of the Dwarves
Comparative Physiology, Demography, and Psychology
- On Aesir Thermoregulation
- On Birth Rate, Longevity, and the Misleading Arithmetic of Population
- On Comparative Alcohol Tolerance
- On Dwarven Bone
- On Dwarven Oxygen Tolerance
- On Elven Ageing
- On Elven Wound Healing
- On Gremlin Metabolism
- On Gremlin Sleep
- On Longevity, Expertise, and the Limits of Accumulated Knowledge
- On the Aesir Heart
Gremlins: Development, Sociality, and Misconception
- From the East Ward, Concerning a Gremlin Funeral
- 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 Language Acquisition and the Problem of the Unraised Child
- On the Alleged Absence of Gremlin Religion
- On the Cohabitation Tolerance of Adult Gremlins
- On the Developmental Stages of the Gremlin
- On the Persistent Fiction of the Gremlin Homeland
- On the Reliability of Gremlin Witnesses
The Aesir, Their Mammoths, and Their Household
- On Aesir Beds
- On Aesir Furniture
- On the Aesir and Mammoths
- On the Aesir and the Herding of Mammoths
- On the Aesir and the Myth of the "Slow Mind"
- On the Familial Character of Aesir-Mammoth Bonds
- On the Supposed Immunity of the Aesir to Cold
- On the Supposedly Perfect Memory of Mammoths
- The Case of Halvar and Mett
Dwarven History, Institutions, and Common Misconceptions
- On Dwarven Elevators
- On Dwarven Surface Architecture
- On Dwarves and Mountains
- On the Alleged Automatic Coronation of Exceptional Examinees
- On the Alleged Dwarven Aversion to Open Sky
- On the Alleged Stone-Eating Habits of Dwarves
- On the Great Dwarven Empire as a Supposedly Unified Culture
- On the Supposed Inability of Dwarves to Become Lost Underground
- On the Supposed Night Vision of Dwarves
Elven Life, Culture, and Misconception
- On Elven Age and the Human Inability to Believe It
- On Elven Bureaucracy
- On Elven Memory
- On Elven Patience
- On Elven Resistance to Disease
- On the Alleged Superiority of Elven Wine
- On the Popular Belief That Traditional Elves "Refuse to Harm Plants"
- On the Supposed Fragility of Elves
- On Traditional Elven Agriculture, Which Is Not Agriculture
- On Traditional Elven Gardening
- On Traditional Elven Hospitality
The Other Sapient Races
Mixed-Race Society, Cities, and Everyday Accommodation
- 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
- A Note on Practical Difficulties in Certain Mixed-Race Marriages
- Aesir Courtesy in a Human Dining Room
- An Elf at a Dwarven Funeral
- An Ogre at a Market Stall
- On the Architecture of a City Built for Several Definitions of a Person
Magic, Thaumaturgy, and Runecarving
Miscellaneous Corrections, Natural Philosophy, and Academic Irritations
Travel Journals: Humorous Field Incidents
Travel Journals: Sombre Observations
- 11 February, Outside Kher Vann
- 14 December, North of Hradsk
- 19 July, Karad Tor
- 2 January, Southern Rail
- 22 September, Western Drau Territory
- 3 April, Belleren
- 7 May, East Ward
- From Belleren, Concerning an Elf Who Had Outlived a Street
- From Karad Vell, Concerning an Imperial Road
- From the Northern Road, Concerning an Old Mammoth