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Priscellie:
Only if you mean "know" in the Biblical sense.

Sharlee:

--- Quote from: DARTHYAM on January 11, 2013, 11:58:53 PM ---All in All I think the 1974 birth is the most plausible; it even adds nice parallels to the real world
ex
1.) Mayoral elections line up and the Terrorist paranoia that Nick presumably planned to exploit in the aftermath of the deadly plague. Also
2.) Beginning of the War on Terror corresponds with the beginning of the Vampire War; End of Iraq War and death of bin laden corresponds with the end of the Vampire War

--- End quote ---

New to this forum, so I don't know if this has come up already, but here's another reason to vote for 1974 as Harry's birth year:

In the Ghost Story flashback when Harry first casts his fire-lighting spell, twelve-almost-thirteen-year-old Harry wishes he could skip the lesson and go watch Knight Rider on the TVs displayed at the mall.  The last original episode of Knight Rider aired in August of 1986, and the program wasn't syndicated by its makers, that practice having been reserved mostly for comedies and game shows in the mid-eighties.  Assuming young Harry's definition of "almost thirteen" meant "within three months of thirteen", that fits with a 1974 birth date, but not '75 or '76.  Unless we were to push Harry's birth even further back, or forward all the way to 1979 (12 years before the failed Team Knight Rider spinoff), '74 is the only year to fit with Harry's viewing preferences.

Priscellie:
Fantastic catch, Sharlee!

We should make a list of reasons why Harry's birth should be in certain years.

1974 (SF in 1999)

* Works with mayoral elections
* Dovetails with major post-9/11 historical events: terrorist paranoia, War on Terror, end or Iraq war, and death of bin Laden
* Closest to Knight Rider timeline
* Lydia's prophetic dream about the Challenger disaster in 1986 hits at a more plausible age (while still certainly plausible for Harry being born in 1976).  Assuming she's talking about the assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981, this is also the most plausible.
* CON: David Kotkin (age 18) takes the stage name "David Copperfield" in 1974, though his career doesn't take off until 1975.  Still, if Malcolm knew him from the SAM and even helped him choose a name, this isn't a deal-breaker.
1976 (SF in 2001)

* WoJ (who can be fallible)
* David Copperfield attains fame in 1975.
* Holy cats, I am seriously coming up blank here.What else am I missing?  Seems very likely I need to inform Jim he's wrong. :D

Orladdin:

--- Quote from: Priscellie on February 10, 2013, 05:56:56 PM ---...What else am I missing?  Seems very likely I need to inform Jim he's wrong. :D

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I very much love that this is a community where that can happen.  And that Jim's the kind of author who will listen, of course.  :-D

Sharlee:
Another small item for the timeline:

21 October 1805 - Admiral Horatio Nelson dies of a gunshot wound suffered at the Battle of Trafalgar.  Gard is present and takes the fatal bullet from his body.  (From "Even Hand")

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