On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:28:41 -0500, you wrote: >Jeez, how did I forget Zelazny, Bishop, Vinge (both), Heinlein, and >probably lots more others . . . Oi, I had forgotten RAH and Vinge as well. Fire Upon the Deep and Deepness In the Sky are truly impressive works. -- lazarus "Therefore, my Harry, Be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out, may waste the memory of the former days." -- King Henry IV, Part ii Act 4, Scene 5