Feb. 19th, 2007

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As usual, Steven Cloud is tapped into the Higher Wisdom. (This probably relates to Jesse's theory on the feel-good nature of zombie flicks.)
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Oh, so I went to Dreamhaven yesterday with [livejournal.com profile] nightswatch, since Neil Gaiman had recently put out his Batsignal to drum up some business for them; I guess they got broken into recently, and while not much was stolen, the place got kind of busted up. Anyway, I dropped like 45 bucks and got a signed hardback of Martha Wells' Wheel of the Infinite* (used, $15) and a signed copy of the unspeakably sexy 2006 edition of Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens. Hardback. The white version, with Crowley on it.

I used to own the somewhat fuglier 1996 Ace mass-market paperback edition, but strangely enough, it went mysteriously missing. (grazzafrazzamuzzarazza...) Gaiman notes in the intro to the new edition that "if we run across a shiny new copy [at a signing], it's usually because the owner's previous five have been stolen by friends, struck by lightning or eaten by giant termites in Sumatra." Yes, that's roughly the size of it.

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* First book of hers I've, uh, paid money for. I'll buy the whole Fall of Ile-Rien eventually, with "eventually" being defined as "sometime when I'm not living on 1K per month."

I'd wanted to grab Death of the Necromancer at Dreamhaven, too, but they didn't have it.
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Um, WOW. It's like Wondermark on really bad acid. (via Neil Gaiman.)
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I just changed my wireless provider, and am temporarily unreachable on my usual cell number. If you need to reach me in the 2-24 hours before the transfer kicks in and I get my old number back, call me at the temporary number redacted. I'll edit this post once the transfer takes effect.

EDIT: Okay, the vehicle is back on the road.

Incidentally, I'm already liking this better. For some reason, Cingular decided I wanted to get like three redundant messages in a row after doing anything that affected my balance, and it just about drove me cracked. That's done with.