NP; look forward to it!<br/><br/>And yes, James T. Long sucks. There's reasons why the book's nicknamed<em>Dire Red Thong</em>and it's not just the cover.<br/><br/>For the "Classic" series, there's usually the key "spine" books and the other "side" books. The spine books, usually by Mike A. Stackpole and Loren Coleman are definitely the most important but, for me, are some of the best in series in terms of quality. Robert Charette's books were also important "Spine" works but IIRC he only wrote three of them before he dropped out of the franchise.<br/><br/>The "side" books are of wildly varying quality but tend towards crap. Personally I like Victor Milan's trilogy of books, but they're so very much "your milage may vary" country.