> While I am not a representative of Tor Publishing, Inc. (nor do I play > one on the web), and indeed, I do not even own the omnibus editions > you refer to, I feel compelled to point out that all of the Vlad > Taltos novels up until ORCA were all published by Ace Publishing > (actually currently an imprint of Penguin Putnam), as indeed were the > omnibus editions. Always rely on Ace Publishing to give the authors with the slightly off the wall or "out of niche" books. I've heard several authors make the comment to this effect such as Robert Asprin and P.N. Elrod. I'm glad Ace was around to give them all thier first chances.