> Who wants it to end? I sure don't. Screw endings, I hate endings. I like > middles. Isn't that what sequels are for? <grin> > I can just imagine a 90 year old Steven Brust, having written all but > one Vlad novel, lying on his deathbed, drawing his final breath (or his > final hand, as the case may be), and an angry mob of Vlad fans > surrounding him, demanding the final book and threatening to put him on > life support. Heh. Why do I have this "Amadeus" picture in my head of Brust lying dying on his bed while he talks aloud to someone at a typewriter-- the voice of Vlad filling his head, bluring the line between Brust the writer, Brust the translator, and Brust-the-Vlad.... And yes, the fans would be there, making sure his IV is properly inserted. Oh, yeah. And the Asian bondage-babes giving him a sponge-bath. Can't forget that.... ;) Chris