On 7/1/05, Vincent J. Cisneros <vincedotcom at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I was once tempted by a native edition of /The Phoenix Guards/, but > > > collectors' itch aside, $400 for a book in a language I can't even read > > > just couldn't be justified. > > 400 bucks - native tongue - now confusion abounds!?!? > I understand that the /PG/ books are written in the > Brusts English but am I missing something? No, Steve's just the translator, remember? This was a Paarfi copy. I found it in a secondhand/rare book shop just outside of Seattle. There was also a copy of the Necronomicon--but it looked like a fake; the cover smelled of lamb-skin--and a box from Berkshire, England labelled "FUNNIEST JOKE IN THE WORLD." I didn't open the box. Max Wilson -- Teach him horsemanship, and archery, and to hate every lie. -Herodotus, on raising sons