On 12/5/05, Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> wrote: > > Me, I think. At least I remember reading through either the list mail or > maybe some Usenet archives with cryptic references to <spoiler> and Devera, > shapeshifting, etc., things that didn't make sense until later after I'd > read Orca. I personally am the sort of person who will sometimes skip to the > back of a book, so I don't always mind spoilers, but I'm also proof that > people can start searching for Dragaera info before having read all of the > books. > By the way, I note that there are a lot of things I haven't ever thought of spoiler-ing. E.g. that <spoiler> and <spoiler> separate in /Phoenix/, that Vlad in the same novel kills <spoiler> and is outlawed by <spoiler>, that <Orca spoiler> exists even though Vlad doesn't know it yet... it's just that the <Big Orca Spoiler> is so flabberghasting that I had to read it twice before I understood what was going on, so it has a special place in my heart as something that *ought* to be a shock. Some of the Issola spoilers are big, too. Maybe the fate of <Athyra spoiler> should be guarded, too, although honestly the only really big shocks in the series come in Orca, Issola, and Dzur. Especially when the Jhereg assassinate Cawti. Max Wilson -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.