On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 05:33:39PM -0600, David Rodemaker wrote: > Personally, the whole series has been ruined now that I find out that St. > Brust isn't writing this out longhand with quill and parchment... Neal Stephenson did this for _Quicksilver_. IMO, the book suffered as a result of it. I think it made him too committed to the words he had put down, and he isn't the least loquacious of authors to begin with. I shudder to think what would happen if this happened to Paarfi :) -Jot -- Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan