I haven't read _Brokedown Palace_, _Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill_, _Gypsy_, or any of the short stories except _A Dream of Passion_. In a message dated 6/14/02, Gaertk at aol.com writes: >I intend to spoiler protect the Greater Revelation of Orca >regardless of what anyone else thinks, since that is the >one thing that *I* would have been upset had it been >spoiled. I don't normally mind spoilers, but having _Orca_ spoiled would definitely have put me in a bad mood. As it was I thought the Great Revelation was pulled out of a hat (sorry, Steve) until I reread _Orca_ and the others and realized that yes, indeed, there were clues. Rae