Firedance is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. Its notion of reality is so far off our own that it is a very difficult read. I am therefore not surprised it is no longer available. Such fantasies can be accepted on their own terms, however, as long as they are internally consistent. This one is, remarkably so, for a book that must have extraordinarily difficult to write. If I can ever get a copy to replace my beat-up one, preferably in hardback, I would would be most pleased. Rafti lives