Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 3/26/2004 9:04:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, > "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> writes: > >> In this list server though, I wouldn't be surprised if some >> of us waited until Brust's books made it to paperback. >> Certainly any Vlad books should be assumed to be read >> within a month of that. I would say any other Dragaeran >> books would be close behind. > > Is _Brokedown Palace_ still in print? And how many people > knew it was a Dragaera book before coming here? Good point. Spoiler warnings might be warranted for that reason. But has anybody in this newsgroup put a spoiler about what happens to Vera? Will someone's enjoyment of that book be lessened with such a revealment? It's not like the spoiler(s) at the end of _Orca_ that we want to wait for. Should we be putting *spoiler* on the end of _Dragon_? In a SF newsgroup, I say yes (and have done so). Here, I say now - and there is a current thread here for that spoiler that assumes we have read it. How about the spoiler at the end of _Issola_? Give some examples of what spoilers you think are appropriate in this newsgroup. > And not long ago you had to pay $20+ if you wanted a copy of > _Athyra_ or _Phoenix_. If that happens again, I would agree to a tightening of the spoiler standards.