I'm curious. How did you discover Steve's books, and how did you learn of this mailing list? I learned of this mailing list from DDB's announcement on RASF*. I first discovered Steve's books one glorious summer many years ago when my family was house sitting for a friend. They had a ton of books, so I happily 2 to 3 books a day. That was mucho fun. One of the books was _To Reign in Hell_, which I think I found somewhat puzzling at the time. Anyway, for whatever reason, I didn't seek out Steve's books and, to some extent, forgot he was the author of TRiH. So more recently I re-discovered his books because there were lots of discussions on RASFW, and because Jo Walton had a rave about him at her website: It looked like I was missing out a lot of the fun. So then I made up for lost time: all the pre-Issola Vlad books, _The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars_, _Issola_, the Khaavren romances, _Brokedown Palace_, _Agyar_, _Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille_, and all 5 Liavek books. Hm, I know I reread TRiH somewhere in there; looks like I forgot to record it in my minimalist booklog. Damn! - tky