Chris, holy shit... I mean, 'Wow, you're a writer, fancy that'.

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(mental note: suck up to Chris... he's famous and might be good for a tenner if I'm ever in the US)

(Looking through wallet)

If you`d be so kind as to give me a couple days` warning, I`ll have to drop by the ATM.

Thanks very much, Nemades. I hope you enjoy it. (You will laugh. Oh yes. But that`s nothing as compared to the imminent one, inasmuch as one can assess his own writing objectively, which of course is hardly at all, making me wonder why I didn`t just spare you this unreasonably long parenthetical sentence.)



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He he he, - you got me laughing already and I haven't even got the book yet! Has to be a good sign, I won't get it for a while though as amazon have to source it (I think they need to speak to the American warehouses nicely) so its going to take a while, in the mean time I have a book on formative assessment to read, Voice of the Gods to finish (already read the ending though as other wise I would have stayed up all night to finish it and wouldn't have been fit to drive!) and I just bought a book called Mordant's need as it looked interesting. I also bought six books for the nursery kids which are all brilliant! So i'm anticipating the arrival of your book!

Well Chris, from your description on Amazon, I will be asking mrs SkidMarks to see if she can order a copy through the bookshop where she works. (Joining this Fforum could prove to have been good business practice!)

I am sure that Mr. Fforde won't mind: we all read other stuff while waiting for his next one.

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Well, thank you very much. SkidMarks and Nemades. I hope you enjoy it, at least until it gets to the incredibly cranky final third, which is meant to be a release for the reader in its severe criticism of society and the media, but which comes off (now, to me) as if I`ve sat on something sharp that`s usually reserved for fireplace maintenance. The new one`s much better. (I should just get a shirt that says that. Or perhaps sell them to all writers, not to mention musicians, and make enough that way to start my own publishing company.)

I look for other things to read between Fforde books as well, and having consumed all of my Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins and Beatles-related books about twenty times over, I`ve recently bought a few Pratchett novels, as they looked interesting. I`m looking forward to cracking the earliest one I bought, which is called, for reasons I`m sure will quickly become clear, Mort.

Mort is classy! Death is fab, I really really hope you enjoy it!!!!

Yes, Mort is a good starting place. The first two books are very funny but a bit juvenile compared to his later stuff. As this will soon degenerate into us all telling you our favourite Pratchett book I will stop rabbiting on about them and leave room for the others.

We did manage to order your book, and so I should have a copy in about 3 weeks - the problems of transatlantic and POD I suppose. You must stop running it down, though. That's what we are for.....

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Just one question: Chris, why are all your apostrophes backwards? I'm sure that can't be comfortable.

Could probably do yourself an injury like that....

May I suggest that those looking for SF direct their browsers here, to Baen's Universe. You do have to pay, but I think it's fairly worth it.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Chris Wrote:
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> >
> Anyway, I live in Albuquerque, NM, where I write
> and perform music and publish books. Blah, blah,
> blah; you've heard it before. More importantly, I
> enjoy coffee and cigarettes and I thank you very
> much ffor this delicious pie.
>
>

Chris,
YAY! Another New Mexican! Welcome! :::waves from Santa Fe:::
What kind of music? Where do you perform?
<offers good, strong coffee>
<about to order book on Amazon>



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nemades Wrote:
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> Hey! Greetings, Howdy Doodles and all that jazz!
>
> >
> I LOVE the name Albuquerque! I once met a guy
> from New Mexico who was walkign the west highland
> way and he was amazed that I had heard of new
> Mexico - apparently this is not a common
> phenomenon!?!

Nem, it's just that most Americans don't know that New Mexico is part of the US.
I've been told that I look and sound almost American, and have been told that next time I'm back in the states, to be sure to come back and visit.

(For the record, I am pale, with reddish brown hair and brown eyes. My slight accent is more Texan, I guess, but it's pretty much Standard American.)

New Mexicans are generally shocked when people know where we're from.

Ah,

I guess that would explain his surprise! You sound particularly Mexican looking I am impressed!
Ah well, I am slightly less guilty about my very poor knowledge of Geography, I spent 20 mins yesterday on the phone for a survey, I felt I ought to answer the questions as I always complain about the fact that they have all of the stats on the news that no one has ever asked me! I think the poor woman was a bit taken aback by my rather bi-polar answers, never mind! Anyway back to the point, one of the questions was yes/no to which countries were EU member states and how many countries were in it and I was stummped!!! Oops!

Ah,

I guess that would explain his surprise! You sound particularly Mexican looking I am impressed!
Ah well, I am slightly less guilty about my very poor knowledge of Geography, I spent 20 mins yesterday on the phone for a survey, I felt I ought to answer the questions as I always complain about the fact that they have all of the stats on the news that no one has ever asked me! I think the poor woman was a bit taken aback by my rather bi-polar answers, never mind! Anyway back to the point, one of the questions was yes/no to which countries were EU member states and how many countries were in it and I was stummped!!! Oops!

But you'll always be an honorary New Mexican. Just know that.
Unless you can't abide green chile. Then, you can be an honorary southeastern New Mexican. :->

Mmm…green chile. (Actually, any kind of chile.)

I'm with Annie from Melbourne but eons older. I'm a bibliophile and appreciate Pratchett/FForde in a manner undignified in one so elderly."You're a freak mum", is a phrase i hear frequently. Fell down this well quite by a google accident. Good to be here. I mostly lurk around.

Hi Annie!
I bet some pie and/or cake will be around soon.
Would you like some coffee or cocoa?

Sorry I'm late - fresh batch of cyber pies here. sweet to the left savoury to the right. Must warn you that mrs. SkidMarks' cottage and shepherds pies are not really pies, but are delicious. A bit difficult to eat by the slice, but definitely delicious.

I gather that there is a new chocolate fountain over at the treehouse.

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Hi Annie!

Were you at Nullus Anxietas? May have seen you there!

So many fresh vict.. er, faces. Welcome all!

(Rubs little paws in glee)