Gaertk at aol.com writes: >trouble finding a publisher for his Song of Ice and Fire, and >we'd probably miss out completely on Erikson and Hobb (though >she could continue writing as Lindholm and not make any >money). Eh -- I think Hobb's just writing traditional SF/Fantasy trilogy, with recognizable beginnings and endings, and doing just fine with it. See Clayton's body of work, or numerous trilogies. -- 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 '---''(_/--' (_/-'