thanks for the recommendations, all. yes, i do want to spend my money at the only large publisher that isn't trying to basically - as i see it - screw everyone over. i want to let my money do the talking. i'll probably let emails do the talking, as well
i have all the ice and fire books - great series! i have almost all the laurell k's - not always great series, but seems that once i start with a series, i keep buying no matter how bad it gets