Steve Rapaport <steve at romlin.com> wrote: >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Spoiler proposal >Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 19:44:59 +0100 > > > > > I haven't read all Dragaeran books, as Brokedown Palace seems to be out >of > > print. I'd like to avoid having that spoiled, for if/when I can put my > > grubby little hands on it. > > > >I'm with Martin on this, as I suspect many may be. I kind of agree that >anyone on a Dragaera mailing list is at least sufficiently addicted to have >read all the easily-available books released at least a couple years ago. I >know I have. But in the case of Brokedown Palace, I can't easily get a >copy >(here in Sweden), so I'm shutting my eyes when I see a Fenarian name I >don't >recognize. I actually stopped adding to the wikicity when spoilers for BP >began appearing all over it. > >The half.com solution is appealing, but that $2.51 will quickly become >$20.51 once I ship to Sweden. Maybe for Xmas. > >My own proposed compromise probably makes sense only to me, but I like the >idea of a general spoiler warning, with BP and any other out-of-print books >there may be as exceptions, which should be clearly marked and set aside as >spoilers, since they're not likely to be handy to everyone. > >Completely off-topic: I was on a business trip last week to Slovakia, and >twice met Hungarian chicks I wanted to impress. Both times I found I knew >a >few words, and silently thanked Steve. Thanks for all used book tips people, but as it happens I'm from Sweden too and have the same "+ p & p" problem. /That other Swedish guy with a non-typical Swedish name.