Edward Hahn wrote: > On 4 Apr 2004, at 7:29 PM, Brazee wrote: >> On 4-Apr-2004, djheydt at Kithrup.COM (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote: >> >>> Well, there's hommage, and there's painfully slavish imitation. >>> For my money, Brust can call it whatever he damnwell likes, >>> so long as he keeps writing it. >> >> But nobody is going to walk past a book called _Jhereg_ and say >> "I've always wanted to read about that", unless he's already been >> sold on the series or author. The title is meaningless to new >> readers. > > Therefore, by logical extension, this mailing list doesn't exist. > > ed The title is one very useful way of attracting readers. Good writing is even more effective. I starting reading Brust when he went to a SF convention in Colorado. Friends of mine have read his because of my recommendations.