Art, it's obvious that you should have rented more than three movies. So I am going to ask the Question Man some questions. How did the Epitonium book come to be? How long did it take to put together? What advice would you give to someone who is thinking about writing a book about a whole family of mollusks? And how about you readers of books about families of mollusks? What are your recommendations? Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama