muhahahaha, classic salesmanship 101, the first few were free, the rest come at a cost.... nothing serious, his firstborn, a pound of flesh, a great weapon, whatever, i'm not fussy ;-) seriously, i TOLD him to take the whole set, he was all "oh no, i won't read that much in a week". oh ye of little faith... at least he appears to have seen the error of his misguided ways later, rafe -----Original Message----- From: Casey Rousseau [mailto:casey at the-bat.net] Sent: Monday, 6 December 2004 10:52 AM To: dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: RE: you suck Rafe writes; > bay whilst I sit here coding away. Anywho, this morning I received > this from a friend of mine that I recently loaned the first few Vlad > books to and thought I'd share with you all. Take a trip down memory > lane to the time when you first happened to come across the blessed > goodness that is Vlad and his adventures... (heh, and you should also > note the time the email was sent). Oh dear. I have to say that with Vlad, you really should either lend the friend your whole set, or only lend one at a time. Teckla gets a lot of us down. It's not my favorite to read. Steve says, "I know there are many people who don't like it. Tough." I agree. It certainly succeeds in pouring out the emotions of a painful divorce. It's a bit raw, and there really isn't _that_ much done explicitly to build you up for it in the first two novels, but when it came out, yes, I was floored. There's a lot more to the story. Some of it hasn't come out yet. Tidbits have been poking out from behind the curtains here and there. Tell your friend to keep reading. Casey Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies.