Top post! Top Post! On May 26, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Howard Brazee wrote: > Or in particular, say "The latest book - which currently is _Sethra > Lavode_, even when the latest book's spoilers are not major plot > twists". > > I really see 1½ spoilers in Dragaerian novels, and neither is in > the Viscount of Adrilanka series, so the guidelines need to be > better defined. > > > Charles Sumner wrote: > >> At 12:57 PM 5/25/2006 -0700, Jon wrote: >>> [re: adding spoiler warnings] This most notably concerns certain >>> facts >>> revealed late in _Orca_, and many of the later events in _Issola_ >>> and _The >>> Viscount of Adrilankha_. >> >> Given your other comments, I'd recommend changing _The Viscount of >> Adrilankha_ to _Sethra Lavode_ because 1) that's where the meat of >> the spoilable things are and 2) since there's no specific book >> titled _The Viscount of Adrilankha_ it might help avoid some >> confusion from new readers. You could also list it as "_Sethra >> Lavode_ (aka volume three of _The Viscount of Adrilankha_)" if you >> wanted to keep the TVoA reference. >> >>> When writing a message marked with a spoiler warning, in cases >>> where the >>> spoiler itself would normally occur very early in the text of the >>> message, >>> it is a good idea to provide several blank lines (15-20 is >>> usually a good >>> number) >> >> I agree with the other folks who thought this should read >> something like "...several blank lines, 17 is a popular number." >> >> Charley >> >> >> "In my fantasy world, we have pie." >> Satchel Pooch - "Get Fuzzy" >> >> listinfo/dragaera >> >> >> > > listinfo/dragaera