From: rmadill@lonet.ca
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 15:09:42 -0500
Subject: George R. R. Martin

Greetings.

I've been browsing through your web page lately, searching for a new
series to read that will be satisfying, and noticed that an author by
the name of George R. R. Martin wasn't listed.  In my opinion he is
worth checking out, although I think he has only written one book, which
is called "The Game of Thrones".  Now I must admit that I only bought
this book because on the front cover in big letters was the quote,
"Brilliant - Robert Jordan".  And also it won the best fantasy book of
1996.  Anyways, there is not a lot of information on this author, and he
isn't well known as of yet, but his first book was fabulous.

Also of note.  I've read some of your reviews on authors such as Tad
Williams and Melanie Rawn, and they convinced me to go back and read
through the series, which I had grown bored of after reading through the
first books.  And I thoughroughly enjoyed the series.  Thank you for
poiting out the obvious, and I also intend on going nack to Stephen R.
Donaldson's series, after reading only half of the first book.  It seems
I am a little too quick to judge.

Jeff Madill

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From: docds@ix.netcom.com
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 12:33:41 -0500
Subject: Lois Bujold

Hi, I just saw your review of The Vor Game.  I've read all of the
Vorkosigan books, and I encourage you to go out and find them.  The
Warrior's Apprentice is probably the one you should read first in order
to understand the rest of them.  I think there are now compilations of
the Vorkosigan books, and those might be cheaper.  They're called Young
Miles and Cordelia's Honor.
Brad Sellers
brs@neoucom.edu

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From: m reuther 
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 01:31:53 -0800
Subject: Looking for something to read?

Here's a book for you: A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley. Great story that
captures the very heart of one man's search and ultimate rejection of the
American Dream. Using professional football as a background, Exley, a
dreamer with literary inclinations - he wants to write The Book - boozes
his way across America and through countless jobs while pursuing his own
idea of the Holy Grail. Read it, then read it again slowly and savor it
like a good wine. You won't regret it.  

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From: Spencer Allen 
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 19:26:51 -0600
Subject: books to read

Doug-

	well, i like your page on book reviews. you've read all the books i've
read and enjoyed and then some, for the most part. i just reada what books
you've read by harry harrison, and i wanted to recommend, if your enjoyed
his style, the West of Eden series. i haven't read his other books, so i
can't compare it to them, but the world he constructs is unbelievably
beautiful. i also had a question. i am looking for some kind of site or
group of people i can talk to aoubt writing and throw some stories and
ideas at. if you know of anyplace, i'd appreciate you response.

thanks,

Spencer Allen

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From: Peter Kolthof & Marjolein de Gruijter 
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 20:43:17 +0100
Subject: Recommendation?

Hi Doug, 

I stumbled across your excellent page while looking for works by Guy
Gavriel Kay and even though I don't read as much SF as you do, I
scrolled down your list. Impressive! And very nice, such a lot of effort
and with such friendly intentions too. I couldn't help but notice your
Prattchett-entry and how you wondered which books in his Discworld
series are in the top 5. Well, I have them all and although I'm not on a
par with the fanatics at alt.fan.prattchett, I do have my personal top 5.
First, read "Good Omens", written together with Neil Gaiman. It's a
hilarious story about the ending of the world (..next Saturday, in fact,
just after tea..) and the starring roles are filled by an angel and a
demon who miracurously cooperate. 
Second, try any of the following: Men at Arms, Lords and Ladies, Small
Gods, and the latest one, Hogfather. Then if you feel like reading more,
you have plenty left to choose from. 

Keep up all those nice reviews (and read Iain Banks' Complicity, it's
good!) and I'll keep visiting from time to time. 

Regards from Holland (not Michigan, but the REAL stuff!),
Marjolein de Gruijter

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From: GLypHe@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 04:08:59 -0500 (EST)
Subject: So many books!

I was just searching for books on the web when I got onto your page.  Nice
job!  Musta took a LOT of time!  Anyway, I looked through all your authors and
lots of your comments, pretty cool.  Anyways, since you said you wanted some
reading suggestions, well. . .  These are my favorites anyway, most of which
are fantasy/humor, (you've already got most of my sci-fi favorites)  No
guarantees that you'll like 'em.

Laurell K. Hamilton- Guilty Pleasures (vampire, 1st in series)
Allen L. Wold- Jewels of the Dragon (very sci-fi)
Vivian Van Velde- Dragon's Bait (More young adult, but not w/o appeal)
Joan D. Vinge- Psion (though, the second book, Catspaw, is better)
P.N. Elrod- Bloodlist (another vampire, but original)
Tanya Huff- Bloodprice (Another vampire, but all her other books are equally
good)
David Weber- Oath of Swords (a fantasy, but everything else he's done is hard
core                     .             sci-fi [Honor Harrington])
W.M. Simmons- One Foot in the Grave (ANOTHER vampire, but different, more
.             modern)
Josepha Sherman- King's Son, Magic's Son (elven/mage, follows the style of
.             Mercedes Lackey, Margaret Ball & Mark Shepherd)
Robin Hobb- Assassin's Apprentice (about an assassin, what else?)
Tamora Pierce- Alanna Series, sort of young adult, but very good
Danial Hood- Fanuilh (original)
John Dalmas- The Lion of Farside (another original, it'd take too long to
describe)
Lyn Flewelling- Luck in the Shadows (1st book of a new author, not bad)
Philip Jose Farmer- Dayworld Rebel (futuristic, he's got a lot of other books,
but I        .             only read this series)

Well, actually I could think up more, but that's a lot.  By the by, I agree
with your comments about Brooks, I mean I liked the Shannara series, but
unlike some other books, I didn't read it over and over again.  Same thing
with Eddings, I am a character person, and when the characters keep on
changing like in the Shannara series, it's a bit sad.  I really like Brust
too.  
I also noticed that you read some stuff under one author, but not others.  For
Simon Hawke, you didn't read the Wizard on 4th St series, and the Outcast
series is pretty good to.  Rober Asprin's Myth series.  Esther M. Friesner's,
well, she wrote a lot of funny stuff.  Alan Dean Foster's Flinx and Pip
series. Terry Brooks Landover series (I think that was the name.)
Anyways, if you have time to find this stuff and read it, I hope you enjoy it!
Irena

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From: Jeff Lathan 
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:33:17 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Tax related political question

Doug,

I have been looking at your library page for quite some time now.  In
fact, I just checked it and read your review on the latest Clancy.  I
saw your comments on taxes, so that made me a little curious.

I checked your home page and went through some of the links you had
available in the politics area.  Namely, the gay rights discussion and
the IQ debate.  I did not read of all the texts, but I read enough to
say that you are obviously an intelligent guy that thinks things
through.

That is important because I would like to ask you about your tax
comment.  I have a few friends with, I gather (it is impossible to get
a good feel for your complete view on taxation from the brief comment
in the review), the same basic idea on taxes as yourself.  The problem
is, they cannot explain why they hold the view in any kind of
intelligent manner.

Before I bother you anymore with my question, I will tell you a little
bit about myself so that you know where I am coming from.  I am 24,
typical white surbanite kid from Mequite (right outside of Dallas).  I
have a computer science degree from Texas A&M.  As for politics...  I
believe that people are people; do not discriminate based on anything
(skin, nationality, religion, sexuality, etc).  

The kicker: I firmly believe that I should not have to pay a higher
percentage of my salary towards taxes than anyone else.  I believe that
I have no obligation to others beyond what I choose to have.

So, my question is this: Why do you believe the opposite?  There must
be good reasons that I have not heard if people I believe are
intelligent believe them.

Thanks,

jeff

## Because I occasionally review political books and my views
## tend toward the liberal side on many (but by no means all)
## issues, I occasionally get letters from conservatives asking
## me to defend or discuss my own views.  I prefer to keep 
## politics out of the book review business, but I'll answer
## the occasional letter if I have time, as below.

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From: ingram@procyon.tcu.edu (Doug Ingram)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:34:44 -0600
Subject: Re: Tax related political question

Why do I believe in a progressive tax system?  

Well, I guess it is just my background.  I've always been taught
that those who have more of anything should be more generous.  
It's not that I believe in socialism...after all, I am a practical
person.  I just believe that asking someone who makes, say, $200K
per year to pay, say, %40 in taxes is just about as painful as
asking someone who makes $20K to pay %10 in taxes.  

To a person making $200K/year, the loss of $80K is painful, but
hey, you've still got $120K.  Of course, the argument there is
that the $200K person is being "punished" for making a lot of money,
and I can see that point.  But it isn't like the $200K person
has no incentive to work harder (the capitalist argument against
progressive taxes) because the tax rate isn't 100%.  And yes,
the $200K person is being asked for more, but I think that with
the freedoms we have in this country, a forgotten concept is that
of responsibility.  

If you make a lot of money, then I believe you have a "responsibility"
to share more of it in the form of taxes.  After all, if not for the
system we have that the $200K person took advantage of, that degree
of success might not be possible.  So I believe that those who get
the most out of our system have a responsibility to share the most.

In a much more practical sense, I know from a lot of research I've
done that the increased socioeconomic equality brought about by
progressive taxation have other great benefits, such as a reduction
in the crime rate (this is why Europe has so few problems with
widespread criminal violence like we have here).  While I'm not
willing to go as far to end the crime problem as to impose a
socialistic taxation system, I am also not willing to completely
ignore the benefits.

So there are some relatively disorganized thoughts for you to
chew on.  The justification for a progressive taxation system
seems so apparent that I'm surprised you've never heard a
believeable defense of it before.  To be sure, I am quite
familiar with the arguments for flat and regressive systems
(my father's side of the family is close to the Armeys), but
I simply don't agree with the logic and the packaging.

See ya,
Doug

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From: Plastic Nuclear Ferret 
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:05:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hey there

doug,

found your site, and i have to say:  keep up the good work.  i won't extoll
the virtues of what you've done, etc.  more likely than not, it's already been
said.

anyways, i noticed that you were lacking one of my favorite authors up there:
joe haldeman

haldeman wrote the forever war (his vietnam experience put into a futuristic
story) and a few other collections of novellas and other works.  he is a
techie-author, but he doesn't overwhelm one with too much information.

the three books that i would recommend for reading are:
1) dealing in futures (a collection of novellas w/a short desc of the story
behind the writing of the novella... my favorite work of his so far)

2) the forever war (classic)

3) there is no darkness (written with his son i think...)

oh, i just would like to say that i agree completely with your reviews of
Steven Brust's work.....  i hated 'to reign in hell', and 'cowboy fengs space
bar and grille' was weak, but the two series' worth of dragaerian books
rocks.  i suggest also that you read 'brokedown palace'.  this is a precursor
to even 'the phoenix guards'.

anyhoo, enjoy your reading... 8^)

later-

shane

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Subject: Octavia Butler, Diamond Age, & TWOT
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:25:41 -0500 (EST)

I was reading some of your reviews and thought I wopuld add my two cents.

If you get a chance you might try Octavia Butlers Exogenesis series: I am two
books into it and it is great! I previously had read her novel Patternamster
and liked it.

I like Diamond Age much more than I liked Snow Crash ( though I did like Snow
Crash fairly well.) I haven't read his new one yet. On the "cyberpunk" note
you might give Idoru (Wm. Gibson) a read if you see one at the used store. I
enjoyed it the most of his that I have read. 

On the subject of Robert Jordan: I am not a rabid fan but I have enjoyed his
Wheel of Time series, but it certainly isn't the grail. The books are fairly
derivative, though written in an engaging and page turning style and if you
felt like starting them (I only started reading them two years ago) more than
likely, judging from the books you like the best on your site, you wouldn't be
so ravenous for the eighth that you couldn't hold out for the paperback.
Please don't think I am trying to push you though just tring to give you a
more balanced look at the series. Jordan's Conan series is pretty
entertaining.

Happy reading,

Robert "SkolarBob" Wright

ps: Thomas Disch's Concentration Camp is also worth a look and pretty easy to
find in used stores. 

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From: William D Chernenkoff 
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:51:50 -0500
Subject: liked your page

i'm not much into dragons and wizards so i haven't read margret weiss's
death gate cycle

but check out her "star of the gaurdians" series

great sci-fi

reminded me of star wars!

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From: Apintrix 
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 17:55:36 -0500
Subject: web page

I just learned html and, inspired by your page, have dedicated most of mine
so far to reviewing the science fiction and fantasy books that I consider
worth consideration for whatever reason.

I hope you don't feel I'm biting off you and sue me or something, but:
1)we have different tastes,
2)I'm reviewing based on how good I think a book is, not how much I enjoyed
it,
3)we've read different books
4)you have a line on your page that suggests other people do own review
pages, which is why I figure you wouldn't mind :-) I hope?

anyway: if you wanted to check it out. I just finished my reviews last
night-ish, and now that it's done I thought I might send you the address.
Just in case you're interested.

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~ewo3/authors.html

--lizzie 

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From: crash 
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:27:28 -0800
Subject: reviews

I don't want to ream you, but I think you rating system is a little off. =
 I loved Neuromancer, it's one of my favorite books; but hey, everyone =
has their own opinion.  You gave it a 6, I personally would have gave it =
a 8.  I also noticed that you gave The first book of the Jedi Academy =
trilogy a 6.  A 6?  Come on, that whole series sucked.  How can you give =
Neromancer and Jedi Search the same rating?  That is the ultimate =
insult!  I loved Star Wars, but the Jedi series still sucked it.  The =
fact that I read the whole series is proof I'm a fan, that's dedication. =
 I don't want to take up a whole lot of space trying to prove Neromancer =
is much better than the Jedi Search.  You read both, if you couldn't =
tell the difference there is no way in hell that I could prove it to =
you.  I figured that if I pointed it out to you, you would realize they =
errors of you ways and corrected it accordingly.

   crash@aznet.net

p.s. you don't need to justify you rating of Terry Brooks, he is O.K. at =
best.  I read Sword of Shanara and I was not impressed.  As a matter of =
fact I don't see how anyone who has read a lot of good fantasy/sci-fi =
(Card, Zelazny, Tollkin, Anthony, Asimov, Wolfe) could think Brooks was =
that great.=20

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From: Bruce Stirling 
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 23:17:03 -0800
Subject: book review

snow in august by pete hamill

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From: Daniel Lundmark 
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:02:47 +0100
Subject: Just wanted to throw in a small thanks

Hello,

My name is Daniel Lundmark, I'm from Sweden, and I've been quite a frequent
visitor to your page from time to time. As I've just finished Riven, mostly
by my self, but still with some badly needed help from your Riven-guide, I
thought it would be approiate to take this oppertunity to thank you for your
pages.

The guides to Riven and Myst, first of all, are great. I love the way you've
made them. I usually have problems with ordinary walkthrus, as I tend to
read to much to easily. Not so with your hints. I can still play the games,
even with my lousy character. :-)

As for your book reviews page, that's even better. That was the reason I
found your page in the first place, at least I think it was. (It may have
been the Myst-guide) It's also the one of the reasons I've read Stephen
Donaldson. And THE reason I've read Hyperion (and loved it). I pretty sure I
wouldn't have read the three Star Wars books about Zahn either... Ah, let's
admit it, you've been a pretty major influence on my reading. Of course I
don't agree with all of your opinions, but how boring it would be if we all
had the same opinions, right? An example: I didn't really like the two
chronicles of Tomas Covenant that much. I think the reason is that I could
never really stand Covenant himself (and the fact that nothing good ever
happened to him), except for near the ends of the two series, which I
enjoyed. BUT, I read them two years ago, I think, and I am going to reread
them, as my english has improved quite a bit since then. I believe I may
understand Covenant better that time.

Well, I seem to be strolling from the intended path of my letter...

Let's just conclude this, and maybe I'll write another letter sometime
discussing literature, I give you a great bit thanks for helping me with
Riven, and an even greater thanks for the work you invested in your book
reviews. I've really enjoyed them.

Have a continued great time,
Daniel Lundmark.
dan.lun@swipnet.se

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From: "Maureen O'Byrne" 
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:50:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hi!

Hello 
I feel funny, being critical to someone who've I've never met you and
the first thing I tell you I how I think you should improve yourself,
ok your website, but here goes.  You forgot "A Horse and His Boy,"
under your CS Lewis section.  And that is one of my favorite Narnia
books, so you should fix that.  Just for me :)  I found your website
in a search for Ursual K. Le Guin. We have read a number of books
together by the way, I found we have simular tastes ( in the reviews ) 

Oh and not like I read a lot of Anne Rice, but she has two Vampire
books not on your list, one brand new called "Pandora" and the one
before which I can't remember the name of.  If you're interested, and
I know you're not because you would have read it by now, as it's been
out for two years, you can find it on someone's website.  Oh, it's
called Memnoch the ?Devil? (not sure about the last word in that title)

I think that you should read David Brin's "Glory Season" I have no
read anything else by him yet, but I liked that book a lot, and your
review was somewhat favorable of him, so i would recommend that one.
(Obviously you found something in his work, you've read a few of them)
 Glory Season is about a futuristic world (of course) that isnt Earth.
 It has a world wide female clone society, males have been
marginalized into strictly for 'breeding purposes and sailors.' Non
cloned women ( a neccessaty to continue the gene pool / evolution
thing going) and men are forced to eck out a living.  Doesn't require
a great leap of faith to belive that this is a world ripe for revolt. 
It isn't a sweeping "Lets change the world into a utopian paradise"
book, it is more about the protaganist's (a non - clone) loss of
innocence and grasp of the world she grew up, yet never saw.
I liked the book.
A LOT.
Not one of my favorite-all-time-books, but not bad though.  But, I
should mention this, I didnt get through it the first time.  I was
about 15 and got through the first 100 pages.  THe whole "new society
descriptions + protaganist strikes it out on her own" thinging bored
me.  Then last summer I picked it up and didnt put it down.  It is one
those 
leaves-you-with-a-"Jeez, why did this book end and WHY can't it be a
series?"-feeling.

So I hope you responed to this.

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From: Jason Swenor 
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 21:48:32 -0500
Subject: your books

Doug,

As a fan of Julian May, Tad Williams and Guy Gavriel Kay, and from the
favourable reviews you've given these authors, I found your page very
interesting.

Intervention is actually the second series (originally published as one
book in hard cover).  The Saga of Pliocene Exile (the best of the three
series) was first and Intervention was followed by the Galactic Milieu
trilogy.

Based on our similar taste in books, I recommend Matt Ruff's
_Fool_on_the_Hill_.  I enjoyed it immensely.

Good reading, 

Jason

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From: Glenn OR CJ Waddell 
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 16:20:31 -0600
Subject: Hello

Hello Doug,
  I am writing you to suggest you read (or include in your lists) a couple
more of Stephen Brust's books.
"The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars."  Very good read.  It is one of his more
unusual books, and I think it falls into the category of Love it or Hate it.
  Also, "Brokedown Palace".  It is similar to the prior mentioned book, in
that the storyline is  broken up into sections that don't feel like they
belong together (although they do in the end.)  Brokedown palace is about
the "Easterners", and is set probably in the past with respect to the Vlad
series.
  Just wanted to pass them along,
Glenn Waddell.

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From: BUXTONM@ohs.ocs.k12.al.us
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 09:07:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Robin Cook

You need to give Robin Cook another chance. "Mutation" was definitely 
not one of his best. His newest release, "Toxin", is excellent. As a 
biology teacher, I'm constantly looking for novels that I feel good 
about recommending to my students. "Toxin" deals with e-coli bacteria in
the beef industry. Let me know what you think! 

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From: Brian Ballsun 
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 12:22:42 -0700
Subject: Hi

Well taking your adivce about not preaching (I understand your quip
about jordan fans, I'm one of em) I'm humblly suggesting Wies and
Hickman's other series. There are 3 sets that I would recommend. Wies's
Star of the guardian series, very good, and actually made me feel some
emotion !!! and The Dragonlance Chronicals and Legends series. 

the DL series are sorta wierd in how you "should" read them.
If I may suggest, Read chronicles 1 2 and 3 first, then read the legends
trilogy. If you are into background about characters read _The second
generation_ (collection of short stories) eventhough it isn't that
great. Then read chron 4, which in my opinion is quite good,
<>
-Brian Ballsun-Stanton
-TAHUD To abbreviate is human, to understand, divine
denubis@loop.com

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From: Joseph Panioli 
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 11:16:07 -0400
Subject: Site

Great. I checked out your personality check AND your authors list. I =
think you could be me!
You have so many of the same authors, and seem to rate them the way I =
probably would (if I could remember). I frequently read 3 books/week (no =
wonder I can't remember!), am addicted to scifi, and in fact have a =
whole notebook of wants/reads. I haven't completely checked out a direct =
comparison, but you've missed some and I've missed some.  Will continue =
to check out your info.
One author you don't have who's one of my favorites is James P Hogan. =
You're the 2nd scifi reader whose lists I've checked out today that =
doesn't have him. Understand, I read for entertainment, not for social =
comment or significant content. I have however found many "views" in =
scifi very thought provoking. Especially in Hogan's "The Giants Novels."
Won't bother you again if you don't mail me back.

Sue Panioli

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To: "'Doug Ingram'" 
From: Joseph Panioli 
Subject: RE: Site

The reason I first recommended the giants novels is because my son =
(almost 25) is not really an avid book reader, but he loved them and has =
recommended them to friends. I love Hogan's work and would rarely miss =
one. Check out Man, Machines and Evolution as well. Some thought =
provoking comments on various subjects. I have yet to create a =
"library". Could be a lengthy process, as my room is nearly wall-to-wall =
books. I find I have a bad habit of running into an idea an becoming =
obsessed with "I've got to find out more". Like this online thing. Just =
got my system in Feb and am not too up on things, but I guess I'm =
figuring things out. Was just getting OK on my son's old Mac LCII, too. =
But, I needed something bigger and better to satisfy my desire to work =
with NASCAR statistics, book stuff and cross-stitch needlework charts =
(all MORE of my obsessions). This was in spite of my husband's aversion =
to the electronics industry. Who knows if I'll ever accomplish anything, =
seeing as I seem to enjoy too much bugging people like you with mail =
they may not care about.
Anyway, just one other passing thought. In case you haven't, check out =
Fred's Insanity at php.iupui.edu/~mfeyerma/home.htm--I just thought it =
was one of the more interesting sites I've come across.
Sue