>Sure, it's all wrapped up in magical and
>exotic and travelogue, and there's the plot thread of the
>fire-throwing mafia simmering away in the background, but it's been a
>while since we've had any Space Battles In Space and I kind of miss
>those.

Well... sometimes they aren't what's happening.

(... the entire first two Symphonies, for example.)

What I was musing about earlier re expectations: Sometimes I regret going that way with No. 3.

--G.
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