Just wanted to do a quick delurk and hello and ask a question. Steve -- I've been reading you (like others on the list ;-) ) since the initial publication of Jhereg, and have voraciously been consuming your books since then. (Even the silly associational stuff, like Dzurlord, and the graphic novel version of Jhereg.) Re: other points of discussion on list right now... 1) rpgs -- I recall an irc chat (from Pyramid) with you and Steve Jackson. Did anything come out of that? Like turning the Vladiverse into a GURPS supplement? 2) I vastly prefer hardcovers over paperbacks, and quietly applauded when Tor started issuing them as HC. I also have a severe inability to wait until paperbacks are published, so I'm really rather happy to like HC. I even like limited, beautifully bound HCs, but somehow I suspect that my tastes there aren't shared by others on the list ;-) New question stuff: I've long enjoyed the nonVlad Fenario stories. I've understood that Fenario is a reinterpretation of Hungary. Is there a decent collection of Hungarian folklore out there? Is the taltos (please forgive my lack of accents on that) strictly your invention, or did you borrow that? On rabid drooling fangirl notes: Any chance that we'll see the backhistory of Kragar? Or a Dolivar book? Arin ps. you help ease the loss of R.Z. Please do keep writing ;-) :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Arin Komins akomins at uchicago.edu Manager of Web Systems Architecture University of Chicago/NSIT tel: (773)834-4087 1155 E. 60th St. #302B Chicago, IL 60637 fax: (773)702-0559 ------------------------------------------------------------------