Gandalf dies? **-----Original Message----- **From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info **[mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info] On **Behalf Of Rion Bergquist **Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 12:59 PM **To: 'Charles Sumner'; dragaera at dragaera.info **Subject: RE: The Orca Spoiler - Time to let it **go? (was Re: Proof Mario isAlive?...) ** **umm so what you are telling us is that you are **ok with being the guy in **line to see Revenge of the Sith who tells a 7 **year old that Aniken is Darth **Vader and that his son in gonna be Luke **Skywalker. ** **I don't think that the fact that I have known a **spoiler for 10 years makes **it any less a spoiler for the audience yet to **read the various pieces out **there. Heck at this point I'd think it's safe **to assume that there were **children being born when Orca was released that **may, in 6 years or so, get **to that book. I think it'd be nice for us to **leave them the magic that we **all came to on our own. ** **Or one more view on it - Had someone spoiled the **Hobbit or the Lord of the **Rings for you before you read them? Did you **know Gandalf would die, or that **he'd get better? I didn't and I am damn **thankful that there was not, when I **first read those books, (books that were 30 **years old at that point) someone **at my side, or in my e-mail telling me about **pivotal plot points. ** **Just my views, **Rion ** ** **-----Original Message----- **From: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info **[mailto:dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info]On Behalf **Of Charles Sumner **Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:16 AM **To: dragaera at dragaera.info **Subject: The Orca Spoiler - Time to let it go? **(was Re: Proof Mario is **Alive?...) ** ** **At 11:35 AM 12/5/2005 -0500, you wrote: **>>>[Spoiler] that indicate she believes Mario is **still current and active **> **>>Shouldn't we "spoiler" these bits? I don't **think everyone on the list has **>>read all of the books. **> **>Isn't the mailing list the final stage of total **Brust addiction? How can **>you have considered getting on this list until **you have read all of the **>books and are impatiently waiting for the next? ** **Next month will be the 10th anniversary of the **release of Orca and I think **it might be time to let that particular spoiler **go. The Issola spoiler is **4 years old this month (3 years if you want to **count from the paperback **publication) so I don't mind hanging on to that **one, for now. ** **Yes, I do know that there are some people on **this list who haven't read all **of the books, but I still think it's a bit silly **for us to still be using a **spoiler-warning for a book that's 10 years old **on a list designed to **discuss these books. If this was a general- **purpose, SF mailing-list, then **sure. But the Orca spoiler is central to many **of the discussion on this **list, as I suspect the Issola spoiler will be **when Dzur comes out. ** **Can we put something in the sign-up email that **says something to the effect **of, this mailing is for the discussion of Steven **Brust's Dragaera novels, **be warned that you might see spoilers if you **haven't read them all yet. ** ** **Charley Sumner ** **An open mind is one thing, letting geese run **around in there is completely **different. ** ** **_______________________________________________ **Dragaera mailing list **Dragaera at dragaera.info **http://dragaera.info, **http://lists.dd-b.net/cgi- **bin/mailman/listinfo/dragaera ** **_______________________________________________ **Dragaera mailing list **Dragaera at dragaera.info **http://dragaera.info, http://lists.dd-b.net/cgi- **bin/mailman/listinfo/dragaera