Done :)
Yeah, I know how you feel too. If nothing else these books look beautiful but, as much as I'd like them on my shelves, I can't justify the expense at this time. Sigh... :(
I don't agree. Narrative can be defined as "a representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values", which is a pretty accurate description of what a role-playing game is.
How interested the players are in that...
I think you're confusing players with characters and narrative with narration. The very act of playing an RPG is a process of constructing a narrative. Whether or not that is important to the players is, of course, debatable.