At 09:48 PM 7/17/2002, "Ian Sympatico" wrote: >Neal Stephenson's first book the Diamond Age was fantastic. His second book Err... his .first. book was "The Big U". Then _Zodiac_ and _Snow Crash_. _Diamond Age_ doesn't show up until 1995. Just picking a nit. Pendoug -- working on a Neverwinter Nights campaign loosely based on Dragaera (now how do I make the DM's avatar be the small girl model...) -- First they came for the fourth amendment, and I didn't speak because I wasn't a drug dealer. Then they came for the fifth, and I didn't speak up because I was innocent. Then they came for the second, and I didn't speak up because I didn't own a gun. Then they came for the first, and I couldn't speak.