Within 10 chapters this book addresses the whole gamut of questions that may arise in the context of pregnancy resulting from assisted reproduction. Incidence of abortion, extrauterine pregnancy or chromosomal abnormalities, pregnancy complications, problems regarding mode of delivery and the health status of children at birth are covered as well as the further development of the children and the social structure of the families. Topics such as follow-up of families in lesbian relationships and following gamete donations are also discussed.

This conference, dedicated to the etiology and treatment of motility disor ders in spermatozoa and male sterility, attracted some of the finest investiga tors in the field. Standards were immensely high throughout, and discussions were meaningful and detailed. Analyses on disorders in sperm motility de mand a broad-based approach, involving cytologists, geneticists, andrologists, and embryologists, because the topic has many clinical and scientific over tones. Human spermatozoa are at the mercy of so many factors as they form and mature in the testis and epididymis. Their survival and fundamental char acteristics are essential for fertilization, and the male genome imposes its influence on the embryo as it becomes active in male pronuclei very soon after sperm entry into the oocyte. All of these fundamental aspects of sperm biology demanded a broad breadth of topics in the symposium. The opening session quickly got down to fundamentals with contributions from J.-L. Gatti, J.G. Alvarez, C. Gagnon, and H. Breitbart. They discussed the mechanism and regulation of motility, the metabolic strategy of human spermatozoa, the effects of exogenous fac tors such as antibodies, infections, and toxins, and finally the role of intracel lular calcium on sperm motility. To these topics, the postcoffee session on the first morning described the genetics of motility disorders and the etiology and management of necrozoospermia. The excellent presentation provided the background detail of the symposium and opened the way for the discus sion of various clinical aspects of the topic.

As the journey continues, Eafin Lokdore remains to himself an ordinary medieval, peasant boy, only now he has been appointed his homeland's new Master Magician. By the bequest of his aged-Sage mentor, Methusass, he must now venture to save the northern Kingdom. Soon Eafin is thrust upon this quest in furthering his special powers as a Magi. In fulfilling his promise to Methusass, he must rid the northern Kingdom of the evil Sorfin in order to restore the true King to his throne and free the northern Kingdom's people from their undue bondage. The ongoing journey will again challenge his very life, in bringing him face to face with death itself.

Eafin Lokdore is an ordinary medieval, peasant boy who lives in a small hamlet within an old widow's house. Little does he know that his life is about to change irrevocably when he stumbles upon an age-old threat to their Kingdom. In order to save their homeland, he is soon being apprenticed by the aged-sage Methusass, the Kingdom's Master Magician. Eafin has survived his parent's earlier deaths and now at age fifteen must come face to face with the evil sorcerer Dredmon who destroyed them. This very action which is required for fulfilling Eafin's destiny may soon come to cost him his very life.