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The Lightstone was published as one volume in both hardcover and trade paperback (in 2001!) before being split in two for the mass market paperback edition. Before reverting Timb0h's edit of the 26th of June, is there a convention for which version to list in such cases? -> Since no one has answered, I've made this edit. The reason I judge this way to be right is that George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series also has had its hardcovers split in two for the paperback releases, yet on his page it records the hardcovers. (And I'm assuming his page gets a lot more attention/scrutiny than this one, so the standard set there is likely to be "right".)

I think both versions need mentioning as otherwise people are likely to be confused Timb0h 16:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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Zindell's science fiction novels, beginning with Neverness (1988), work to overcome the dichotomy between materialism and spirituality, being in part a mathematical search for the Source. His fantasy series, the EA Cycle is a grail-like exploration of the evolutionary progress of consciousness.

I'm sorry? The books are a mathematical search for the Source? I thought they were just really good stories.

And in what way can an exploration be grail-like? Personally, I've been involved with explorations that have been so tiring as to give me a tremendous desire for a glass of wine but I never knew I could have drank the wine directly out of the exploration itself. Transentient

I also don't see what's going on w/ the mathematical search stuff. For the grail stuff, perhaps "a search much like the grail-quest" or something. You can't have a grail quest, there's THE holy grail quest which arthur's knights set out on, that's it.--159.28.162.146 17:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)