At 23:42 3/26/2004 -0500, Tucker wrote: >>Trouble is *EVERYTHING* could be a spoiler. We could start every post with >>a **SPOILER** warning or three (depending on how many books were >>referenced). > >. . . which is why we have individual judgement facilities, to facilitate >individual judgement calls. > >Should anyone care, my rationales: the Big Secret in _Orca_ and the end >result of _Issola_ are wild enough that I think people /should/ come to >them fresh. (The Little Secret in _Orca_ is kind of shocking, but since >all there is to it (so far, at least) is the one line at the end I don't >find it as important.) _Dragon_ is a weird case; the outcome is (sort of) >known already. >And it's just more fun to discuss the Big Secret in _Agyar_ with diverse >circumlocutions than to come right out and say "Agyar Janos is Charles >Foster Kane's sled." > I'll make a case in point: I have avoided reading about Agyar on this list because I have not read the book yet. I hope the above is not a spoiler. W