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The Big Idea: Alan Smale
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When you have the chance to write a sequel, you do it… right? Well, for
Alan Smale, the answer was not as straightforward as all that. Come find
out why he...
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clicked on the link and it said publication date october 31, 2009 and amazon says june 8, 2010...how did y'all cop an advance copy????????? xoxoxoxo
I wasn't expecting it either!
I walked up to a display section in Kinokuniya with my hands full of the Earthsea Quartet (which I've never read) and the recently translated Children Of The New World by Assai Djebar (who will win the Nobel Prize next yeaer), when the name 'Steig Larrson' came into my head. There was no obvious reason for me to think this name as the books facing were not his, but when I came closer, stacked behind another pile, there was this one!
Spooky, mystic, weird, eh?
I actually went to sleep early (midnight) last night, forced myself to only read the first two chapters... no let-up in the tension, man what a great read.
Salander is not the only one plotting revenge.
Off topic...
http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-regulation-can-work--we-are-the-proof-20091011-gsdd.html
... we're not the only ones ranting about libertarians.
MomMad: not you too? Part of a Secret Service conspiracy??
Rambow: Yes "Mark" put The Age link to same story in the 'Demons' post this morning, and I put it on Facebook too. Very amusing - wish I'd had some of those put-downs on hand at the time of the visit!
p.s. how are "the boys" after that soccer incident?
Sav: TGWKTHN is out in Australia too.
damn, what do i have to do to get a copy NOW? xoxoxo
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