> Note that _TPotD_ ends on a dramatic note, hence any claim by Paarfi that > his book is arbitrarily divided seems to me improbable. If _TLoCB_ ends > mid-sentence I will apologize. The division of Viscount into six "books" is presumably due to Paarfi, not to earth editors. Given that, it is sensible (yet still in some sense "arbitrary") to divide the three volumes into two "books" each. There's even clear precedent, in that that's exactly what was done with Tolkien. I also note that Paarfi inserted just such a dramatic moment at the end of "book one", and that he has a strong tendency to end chapters with dramatic moments as well. Alexx Alexx Kay Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers alexx at world.std.com http://world.std.com/~alexx "When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that can't happen." -- Young Richard Nixon on Teapot Dome scandal