On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:38:05 -0000, Mark Tiller <mtiller at ntlworld.com> wrote: > Did anybody else notice that Issola was written with a certain nod > towards television. One of the things struck me was the habit SKZB had > in the book of putting a dramatic line or paragraph right at the end of > a chapter as a TV Show would just before an ad break. > > The one that particularly springs to mind is 'Paitence my ass; I'm going > to go out an kill something' at the end of chapter 8. > > Mark These little prefatory notes are rather a staple of the Vlad books -- similar items occur in Yendi and Jhereg, f'rinstance. pe