Joshua Kronengold wrote: > It's possible that on re-read, it improves -- certainly, _Tekla_ (by my > money, Steve's second slowest book, though I've heard claims that the > Satan thing... The "Satan thing"? Are you referring to "To Reign in Hell"? I would not consider that book slow by any stretch. Damn good, with an ending beyond belief, with a host of great characters (on par with the usual), but slow? Or, are you referring to something else, and I'm just slow (and tired...:)? :) Chris "Blind man's night is music to the deaf, and everyone has *two* paths, not one, whence comes tragedy and comedy, forsooth and damn straight, son." - "The Gypsy" - Brust & Lindholm