>It didn't really sink in until I downloaded all the parts onto my
>harddrive. Symphony of the sword is now almost 2.5 MB.
>
>Wow...
>
>To put it in another way, it's about 2KB to a (double-spaced)
>typewritten page, which means that SoS is about 1,250 pages
>long.
>
>Anyone else here think that this will be the largest arc in UF, Core
>included?

Hmm, Exile has more stories (after 10 years, it should).

That said, I should mention that I planned on binding SOS at Kinkos (quietly of course) so that it could sit at home with my other books, and then I could pull it down and read it whenever. I figured the page editting alone to fit 8.5 x 11 paper in a ring binder set was going to take me most of my weekend computer time (I'm sharing a laptop with the SO at the moment). Then I realized I should really have the images to along with the book, and am hunting for a good, private printer among friends and family so that I can bind those into the book as well. I was planning on tossing in the EOJ pictures from Phil's site as well, just to round out the collection.

Mind you, while I've printed out Eyrie work before and hauled it around with me on trips, IMHO, SOS is the first set of stories to actually merit publication in book form, and an additon to my private library.

I suppose I'll eventually do this for all the stories since eventually the website will fade away or the intellectual property right goons will try something, and while I'm prepared against that day (already burned most of Eyrie to CDROM), I think papercopies might be more secure way to keeping the stories intact. Biased, I know.

t.

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