On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 06:07:05PM -0700, Frank Mayhar <frank at exit.com> wrote: > In a message dated Thu, 13 Jun 2002 6:42:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tyan at twcny.rr.com (Thomas Yan) writes: > > I'm curious. How did you discover Steve's books, and how > > did you learn of this mailing list? > I discovered Steve's novels long enough ago that I don't really remember > how. I was all of 23 at the time, and I assume I picked up a copy of > Jhereg from the local Waldenbooks in Nacogdoches, TX, cesspit of the > universe. To know that much I had to check the copyright date in that > copy of Jhereg; it was the second printing, in 1983. At that point, I > didn't yet know about the ARPAnet (which is what it _was_ then) and Usenet > was just getting off the ground itself. I discovered both about a year > later. I don't recall exactly how I found Brust. I remember finding, reading, and liking Jhereg at some point congruent to my presence on Fidonet. From a used bookstore at the time, being as I was poor. I liked Jhereg enough to notice Brust on a Fidonet echo and send a fan letter. If memory serves, I got back a list of other books to look for, which is why I was able to pick up Cowboy Feng's and To Reign in Hell before it was hard. I believe I found Yendi at the same used bookstore (a second trip after Jhereg), got Phoenix new, and eventually backfilled Teckla and Taltos. It made for an interesting reading order.. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org)