Bryan Newell wrote on Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:48:44 -0600 >Book of Taltos pg 313-314 - The emperor sits apart and watches all that goes >on to ... fend off the disasters that our world tries to throw at us from >time to time--disasters you can hardly conceive of. I assure you, for >example, that the stories of the ground shaking and fire spitting forth from >it and winds that carried people off during the Interregnum are not myths, >but things that would happen were it not for the Orb. In Response Peter H. Granzeau wrote on Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:21:54 -0500 >Book of Taltos pg 313-314 >>I keep seeing this kind of attribution. I assume it's a compendium of 2 or >>more of the Vlad Taltos novels. How about telling us just which of the >>individual novels you are quoting from? Hi, That is why I started typing The Book of Taltos, Phoenix, Lesson 11, pg 313-314 I think it is also useful to mention the Chapter or Lesson number, as the hardback and paperback page numbers can be different. Sometimes, if I have the paperback, I will go and check that the text is the same in both books. If I do that, I will include the page numbers >from that book too. Steven has corrected little things. I cannot find my copy of Phoenix. Pete, is the text (outside of the ...) quoted the same in Phoenix? I am wondering if the Orb could do much protecting before it was upgraded? If it could, why did the Orb not fix the drought that was taking place in Five Hundred Years After (paperback, Chapter the First, pg. 15)? Pete, on Mark's wonderful website CracksandShards.com, he has a listing of the Chapters and the page numbers for the paperbacks and the trade paperbacks/omnibus editions. But, it is easier if the person posting would just include as much information as possible. http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/contentsV.html The Book of Jhereg has the cover of Jhereg on it and includes Jhereg, Yendi and Teckla. Paperback, about 9 inches by 6 inches. The Book of Taltos has the cover of Taltos and includes Taltos and Phoenix. The Book of Athyra has the cover of Athyra and includes Athyra and Orca. They are all still in print and hopefully, will continue to be. It seems like my local Barnes and Noble tries to keep one set on the shelf. On this page, Mark has links to the books on Amazon.com. http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/books.html Bye. Linda G.