On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Howard Brazee wrote: #In a SF newsgroup, I agree. In a listserv designed to discuss dragaera #minutia, no. We will all read the books within a couple of months - at #least of paperback. You will. I will. What about the person who picks up a copy of a book, says, "Hey, this is great!", Googles "Steven Brust", and joins this list? We owe them consideration. We were all Brust newbies once. We may well be newbies for other authors in the future. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website