>>>Eventually, I'll be reading NXE out loud to my
>>>girlfriend -- but that's current queued behind _Wheel of Time_.
>>
>>Oh, well, better give up that plan, then. Time you're finished with
>>that, she'll be too old to hear and you'll be too old to talk
>>anyway.
>
>Especially if he waits for Jordan to finish the lumbering behemoth.
>
>(How many books is it supposed to be?)

At any given point, $num_books_out + 3.

There's a fic out about Lt. Com. Data, eagerly awaiting the publication of the next *mumble* volumes, because he's convinced the series is nearly complete.

D'Archangel

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