> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:55:53AM -0400, Casey Rousseau > <casey at trinityhartford.org> wrote: > > It seems to me that particular item is one worth preserving a > modest amount > > of spoiler protection. One could even make the same statement without > > naming the alternate persona and avoid spoiling for readers who haven't > > gotten to it yet. > > Even Steve has recommended against reading _Orca_ first to > avoid learning > > too much aforehand. > > I don't have my books with me, but amazon claims Orca has been > out since 1996. Even if that's too early (it seems too early to > me!) then Dragon came out in 1999. That's either 7 years or 4 > years. Either way, that's an obscenely long time to put in > spoiler protection. > > I disagree with this. The length of time that a book has been out in no way establishes when a person might discover that book. As an example, lets take a teenager just discovering The Lensman Series. The series has been out what, about 60+ years ? With regard to spoiler space, err on the side caution, I say. W "Even duct tape can't fix a split infinitive."