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Note and Warning

In my reviews of each book, where available, you should bear in mind that I prefer romantic incarnations of the Phantom myth, with a sympathetic Phantom, not much gore, and (one hopes) quality writing. Where these qualities are absent, most particularly with the last, I am very much inclined to pan the book.

My review system is based on a scale of 5 Phantom marquee signs, , 1 being lowest and 5 being highest. It is important to notice that I judge a book against its peers-it would be very unfair to most fan fiction, for example, to rate them against the work of a professional writer. My numeric rankings, then:

A sorry effort with some gleam of light to it. The literary equivalent of Raoul.

Average. Obvious flaws, but equally obvious strong qualities.

Very good. Enjoyable; not perfect, but the good qualities far outweigh the bad.

Terrific. Solid, strong writing (speaking comparably, of course), interesting characterizations--an all-around good read.

Key

Some terms you should know:

• NYA=Not yet available
• NA=Not available (in cases where I do not have the book at all)
• OP=Out of Print
• IP=In print
• UB=Used bookstores
• ER=Extremely rare. (No, not a George Clooney joke.) Don't expect to find it right away.
• *MC=uses a character obviously based on Michael Crawford, not necessarily a Phantom character.
• *DG=uses a character obviously based on Davis Gaines, not necessarily a Phantom character.
• *GN=uses a character obviously based on Grant Norman, not necessarily a Phantom character.

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