>>Tigana (an alternate history taking place in "Italy"), > >That was the first series of his that I read and I very nearly quit after >the first few chapters because the plot devices he was using to get the >story started seemed hackneyed, to me. After much pestering by a good >friend, I picked it up, again, after a year and never regretted it. Oops, I'm actually thinking of Fiannovar. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail