Earl Borah <[email protected]> writes >On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Jason Green <[email protected]> >wrote: > Have to say I sort of agree with Parks. It's hard to have a discussion > about Ray's books if we can't reveal spoilers about any books. > >There is NO rule whatsoever that says you can't reveal spoilers about any >books. Spoilers are revealed OFTEN on this list. > >The rule is, *NAME* the book you are spoiling (just saying "spoilers" is >pretty damn useless, frankly, since there are...how many books now?) >and announce you are spoiling it prominently at the beginning of your >email. Then spoil away, being as specific as you want. If you add in a >spoiler to a different book to an existing thread, announce that at the top, >too. >
This looks like a good enough place to have my 2p worth, not aimed at you Earl, just a place to jump in. Not all email readers treat emails the same. In my own reader , I get a list of subjects and that is it. In many readers however they immediately expose some of the new content in a separate pane. Hence the spoiler space, preferably 20 lines, with a comma in each line to force a line to exist and definitely not '>' which has special meaning in email standards. If your lazy create a text document with all the necessaries and copy it into an email in future, I am sure it will save you 5 seconds. Now as to who has read what , it really doesn't matter. There are many countries that have not yet released Rays books. So what happens when they do? India has yet to get the books .. Big population. China have yet to see Serpentwar and on, so you really want to annoy 1 Billion people and risk Ray's royalties when they decide to no longer read them ? Other countries like Finland have only released Serpentwar Italy has had the Riftwar and Conclave of the shadows. I go to great lengths at Crydee to avoid spoilers, the forum we had was a bit complex for the same reason. You can't stop people spoiling things for themselves, but you can limit what you spoil for them. Do I get the point across? Think of others rather than yourselves! John The Official Raymond E Feist Website http://www.crydee.com/ Books to read, and shelves to fill, Ray's great books, just fit the bill.
