Re: Amazon UK ...You are most welcome. 

Re: Pugs parentage... ( ad nauseam)...Now that I have read  lengthy references 
to Pugs parentage dating back to the mid 1990's on Crydee.com... I am still not 
sure why this still constitutes a spoiler as it is an unimportant fact and does 
not effect the plot of any of the books. I assume new readers in Thailand will 
assume Pug had parents. It is only a possible spoiler (more of disappointment 
really) to realize they are ordinary people just like us....

Parks3

Sent from my iPad

On 6/04/2012, at 8:15 AM, Paddyjack <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Paul Dutton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On the plus side, Parks3 did alert me to the fact that amazon uk have now 
>> got their act together and made the reprint of ACI available for Kindle App. 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Nothing in stating my gratitude for this means that I don't respect the 
>> rules on spoilers.
>> 
>> In fact they are very necessary. The subject of the email is not always 
>> clear and I hope there are people out there who are yet to read "Magician". 
>> They don't need to see the enjoyment stolen from them by finding out later 
>> plot details too soon.
>> 
>> A spoiler does not restrict discussion at all; it just pushes it down the 
>> page. There have been many feisty discussions here over the years (pun 
>> intended).
>> 
>> Returning to lurking.
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
> 
> 
> Personally I think this rule should have evolved by now, with 30+
> books written. Even though someone did not read Magician or any early
> books you are getting spoiled by reading later books. Heck, how many
> times in ACI did you read a brief description of past events, when
> Gorath did that, when the Emerald Queen invaded this thing happened,
> or it was found out she was not this or that, or after obliteration of
> his people, that character now has hope to rebuild his country because
> this and that..... Should Ray also writes "spoiler alerts" in his
> books too? <grin>
> 
> Joking aside I know my opinion is not popular, even with Ray, and I'm
> not saying "I'm right, let's change this tomorrow". But sometimes I
> feel like it's just "the law is the law" and nobody is really thinking
> about it. I've been here since the 90s, and in those days I could
> understand the necessity. But now I'm not so sure.
> 
> PJ
> 


Reply via email to