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Spoilers was:RE: February 25, 2005-Sethra Lavode paperback version in bookstores

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Sat Feb 26 14:34:40 PST 2005

I'm a proponent of using spoiler warnings on newsgroups.   But what consists
of "current" depends upon the newsgroup.   Also how much of a spoiler it is
makes a difference:  There are particular elements of the books that are
more of spoilers than others.   So I will still *spoiler* references to the
end of _Orca_.   But not to the end of the much more recent _Issola_.   That
ending isn't nearly as much of a spoiler to those who haven't read
everything before.



In a golf newsgroup, today's PGA results require a spoiler, yesterday's
don't.

In a movie newsgroup, if the movie has only been out for 2-3 months, I add a
spoiler.

In a SF newsgroup, I wait until the paperback is out for 2-3 months.

In a list server designed around one subset of books by one author - I wait
until the hardback has been out 2-3 months.




But that's silly - why would someone subscribe to this list server if they
were able to wait that long to read the book?