Chris Olson - SunPS writes: >The "Satan thing"? Are you referring to "To Reign in Hell"? Yes. Couldn't remember the name. >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? I didn't find it slow or boring. I was also 14, and found the ideas involved original. I suspect, given the reactions of my (somewhat older, and older when they read it) friends, that I'd find it less palatable now -- clearly, TRiH has a lot of fans, but it's got plenty of detractors as well (obviously, not anywhere near as commonly disliked as, say, Feng's). -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'