On 5/15/06, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2006, Jon Lincicum wrote: > > I suppose this really gets into how you choose to define "spoiler". > > I don't choose how to define things - that's done by people who use the > language and by dictionary writers. You can choose to ignore part of the > common definition if you like. Well, here's one definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoiler_(media) "A spoiler is a summary or description of a narrative (or part of a narrative) that relates plot elements not revealed early in the narrative itself." Revealing the fact that Z gets brutally murdered in the third chapter of /Dzur/ is only a spoiler because it's not "early in the narrative" of the series as a whole. This probably makes the Agyar thing a non-spoiler. Of course, I've never read it. > Yes, the line has been drawn, in much the same place, a number of times. > I don't know why it's not in a faq, but as I recall there is a clear > consensus that this particular bit of info should get a spoiler warning, > along with the two important bits of info at the end of _O_, and all > discussion of new Works until a few weeks after the ppb edition. Max Wilson -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.