Hehe... I recall what Rushdie said in the interview, "most writers do not dare to invite trouble, and hence end up getting themselves invited by the trouble"... Bud, i am asking this because i saw in you, a sheer passion for books of wide gamut of varieties and their writers and their own stories. if the "trouble" is what discouraging you to break the shackle, i would say "go ahead and embrace it" :-)....just a friendly suggestion, am not joking. to me, you have what it takes to invite the trouble, to say the least! :P You have a good night! LooTe