Hrm. When I read Reprisal, I didn't even think about cell phones. Maybe I went into it mindful of when it was written. Or something.

Like Scott, I never got the impression that Rafe or anyone else was actually calling, but more that it was a curse or a haunting. It came directly from the Otherness, not from an agent of the Otherness, per se.

Well, what do you think?

As a rule I try not to and most will tell you I'm pretty successful.

I understand. They used to tell me it would make me go blind.

Ken V.

Like Scott, I never got the impression that Rafe or anyone else was actually calling, but more that it was a curse or a haunting. It came directly from the Otherness, not from an agent of the Otherness, per se.

These different interpretations are interesting.

My impression is that Rafe hates Will, and was doing the phone thing as a form of torture.

Ken V.

BTW, Catman,
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These different interpretations are interesting.

My impression is that Rafe hates Will, and was doing the phone thing as a form of torture.

Ken V.

So you thought it was Rafe doing an "impersonation" on the phone? Hmmm. I always interpretted it as coming "from the past," or "through the ether," or from the ghost of the "speaker" on the other end. Admittedly, controlled by Rafe and/or the Otherness but not directly perpetrated by Rafe.

Catman: Jack will have no part in Reprisal, so read it. (Just remember that cell phones weren't in everyone's pocket when it was written.) But once you finish that you'll want to move on to Nightworld. Go ahead. I'm not going to change the storyline much. The only major change is that Jack won't have a Otherness learning curve. The minor things will be like, say, when he spots his first chew wasp, he'll recognize it, etc.

Paul and board:

Are these changes to Nightworld , etc., only for that fancy set or will the new editions also be released to the mass market?

Just curious.

Are these changes to Nightworld , etc., only for that fancy set or will the new editions also be released to the mass market?

Any new editions will be the revised and definitive text.

Catman: Jack will have no part in Reprisal, so read it. (Just remember that cell phones weren't in everyone's pocket when it was written.) But once you finish that you'll want to move on to Nightworld. Go ahead. I'm not going to change the storyline much. The only major change is that Jack won't have a Otherness learning curve. The minor things will be like, say, when he spots his first chew wasp, he'll recognize it, etc.

For all the responses. FPW, if you aren't going to change much, will there be another opportunity somewhere for Jack to take on Rasalom (remember I haven't read Reprisal or Nightworld so I don't know how final the end is). It looks like you've been leading up to Jack taking on the Otherness in a larger way, and I for one would love to see his story arc end in an apocolyptic confrontation (after at least a few more books to lead up to it. They are so good I don't want it to end soon),

So thanks again for all of the input. Can't deal with not knowing everything I can.
Still hoping that there will be something major for Jack to do post Nightworld when I read it. Would hate to see it as the end of the "Great Battle". That would seem to make all Jack's other efforts against the Otherness mere footnotes in an epic that has already been decided.

(remember I haven't read Reprisal or Nightworld so I don't know how final the end is). It looks like you've been leading up to Jack taking on the Otherness in a larger way, and I for one would love to see his story arc end in an apocolyptic confrontation

That final apocalyptic confrontation IS Nightworld.