Yeah, but if we always read what we thought we wanted, and the authors always wrote what the editors said they wanted, there would be a lot less interesting books out there, and I'd read a lot less than I do, cause I'd be bored! Sometimes, as readers, we have to take a leap of faith in our known writers. As editors do sometimes. (Do you really think Toni would have accepted Carousel Tides from an unknown author?) Would I ever have read Duanfey if the writer had been some unknown? And my reading experience would have been poorer for that lack. Sometimes we need to be stretched outside of our comfort zone. It's not always easy, but it's almost always worth while.