Loophole Abuse/Literature: Difference between revisions

* In the [[Dale Brown]] novel ''Flight of the Old Dog'', the Soviets refuse to shut down their Kavaznya [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser]] [[Wave Motion Gun|Cannon]], claiming that the previous strategic arms treaties said nothing about ground-based laser systems. In ''Shadows of Steel'' it is said that while the USSR and China signed arms control treaties against selling to Iran, none of the other post-Soviet states did.

** Which is [[Did Not Do the Research]] in both instances; the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) would have forbidden the ground-based laser system, and the post-Soviet states consented that all treaty obligations on the USSR would also be binding on them when they were originally granted UN recognition.

* In ''[[The Guardians]]'', there ain't no rule that a Guardian can't become human, exercise human rights, and become a Guardian again. {{spoiler|And they gain a second Gift upon their second self-sacrifice, which is why Michael has so many Gifts.}}

* The land of ''[[Xanth]]'' has a law stating that the king must be an adult Magician and forbidding ruling queens. However, in one book an enemy is incapacitating kings one after another and they're running out of Magicians... until one of the heroes decides that if a Sorceress is really just a female Magician, there's no rule that they can't have a [[She Is the King|female king]].