H.T. responded to my suggestion: > >I was given the first of Raymond E. Feist's books, Magician, later > >released in two volumes in massmarket paper on hard cover for > >Christmas '82 when I was 12. I ate it up. > > Feist seems a little old but maybe not. Then, perhaps you were a > mature 12 year old? Given that I'm the one that suggested Donaldson, yeah, I probably don't work as a model for what to give your step-brother. At twelve I had a paper route so that I could fund my book habit. I bought The One Tree in hard cover when it came out around my 12th birthday. OK, so I'm twisted enough to hold my own on this list, aren't I? :) Casey