> He probably has an order to destroy them after he's gone. > I really hope not, and I have mixed emotions on the topic. I've thought of this too. It's very unpleasant though, because there's nothing that gnaws me inside more than knowing that the only one of my favourite authors who is still *alive* (it's kind of like being able to ask Shakespeare about his plays) will never, ever answer a letter I write him, no matter my good intentions. I think he will either surrender all of them or none of them. Given the event in which the former is possible, it's somewhat of a Pyrrhic victory. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest