From: kay@invalid.net   
      
   In article <1511aa64-8e88-4740-bc19-047fdc05b958@googlegroups.com>,   
   julie@pascal.org says...   
   >   
      
   > I prefer to get a physical description when I'm reading a book because   
   > I tend to have a mind-picture of the characters. And that's all good   
   > until sometime around, oh, A Civil Campaign I suddenly shout... WHAT   
   > DO YOU MEAN IVAN HAS BLACK HAIR! (That wasn't Bujold's fault, of   
   > course, I just have this association of "Ivan" with "big blond" that   
   > is about as strong as the sky being blue.)   
   >   
      
   Grin.  For some weird reason I come away from a book with a visual   
   impression of of everything but the appearance of the characters, unless   
   there's an illustration somewhere.   
      
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   Kay Shapero   
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