>Now, I have a question: I have been planning to hook some of my >friends on Dragaera, and am trying to decide in what order to loan them the >books. I used to be a big partisan of story-chonological order but, more and more, I've come to believe that publication order is better. As often as not Brust "forshadows" things that have already happened, but which haven't been revealed in the series. By reading them in publication order, you get that little extra thrill of discovery -- "Oh, that's what Vlad was talking about!" -- just a little bit more often, and I think that makes it well worth the while. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus