At 06:43 PM 6/13/02 -0400, Thomas Yan wrote: >I'm curious. How did you discover Steve's books, and how did you >learn of this mailing list? The first thing I read was _The Phoenix Guards_. I didn't know anything about Dragaera or any of the Houses--I felt like I was peeking over Paarfi's shoulder trying to figure out what everything meant. I understood none of the blithe references to thousands of years etc., and I thought maybe a 'year' was a lot shorter in the Empire, except that didn't always work out right. Anyway, I was fascinated, and I moved on to _Five Hundred Years After_. After that I read _Freedom and Necessity_. I'm pretty new to Vlad Taltos The Series; when I noticed the omnibus editions I picked them up. That was about 8 weeks ago. Haven't read Athyra yet--I'm not willing to pay $40 for a used paperback. Hopefully _The Book of Athyra_ will come out soon. Google led me to Cracks and Shards, which led me to Dream Café, which led me here. Great stuff. -- m e e r s a n . "Yea, though I walk through the - - -a t- - - . shadow of the valley of Brust, a s t o u n d . I will fear no spoilers: for I d o t - n e t . have read the books. Mostly."