Jon Lincicum writes: Goodness knows where Brust "The Translator" got the money to pay Paarfi for the right to do this... Perhaps it's because he knows better than to play a seven duece off-suit? ;-) No, no, that's all handled by the publishers. Paarfi wouldn't sully himself with vulgar haggling. rone -- No IT story is complete without an unhappy ending. - Roy S. Rapoport <rsr at inorganic.org>