On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: > I expect that _Tiassa_ will be somewhere between _The Book of > the New Sun_ and _I Will Fear No Evil_. Hmm, somewhere between austere, baroque genius and titillating, popular schlock. Go out on a limb next time... Incidentally, one great virtue SKZB and Wolfe have in common is that they keep in mind what the reader is thinking about the available information. John M. Ford does this too - sometimes to the point of being too smart.