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Originally posted by ArkanGL:
Damn... I missed the first page.

Don't worry ... you are not the only one.

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Originally posted by ArkanGL:
Damn... I missed the first page.

Not any more. Go ahead and edit that.

Can someone from the first page copy paste that into their edited post, so that I can share some first page bliss?

Ma, Pa, lookee here! Wheeee, I'm on the first page!!!

Thanks .

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Can someone from the first page copy paste that into their edited post, so that I can share some first page bliss?

Done.


And : thanks a lot, Striv!

Thanks, AGL .

I'll be honest. I just wanted to put a post up here.

So here.

Not groundbreaking news, but Locus reports that WG has turned Spook Country in to the publisher. Book Delivered!

I was wondering, Shadoth, since I know nothing about the publishing industry, what does that mean? Does it mean he has turned in a draft which will now be edited, or that the editing process is finished and it's going to the printers? (I assume editing has been happening all along, but I'm guessing at what happens to "finish" the book.)

I believe that this is final draft, off to the printers. My knowledge is not first-hand, though.

Do you think there's any chance the book'll be available for sale by easter?

I miss the snippets he used to post. I just wanna get my hands on the book now.
So how much longer do you think we need to wait?

I have no idea. That'll depend entirely on the publisher's schedule. But Amazon has a lay down date of August 7, 2007. Might make for better touring weather?

*crosses fingers*

If he comes through AZ at all, I will be there. Even if I have to drive to the dreaded Phoenix, or the distant Flagstaff.

(I might even trek it to LA, but I'd rather not. I can stay there for free, but that would be an extremely expensive book).

Also the IMDb entry on Pattern Recognition has been updated:

Production Notes/Status:
Status: Announced
Comments: In active development
Status Updated: 16 November 2006
Note: Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

(Since I don't have ImdbPro, I don't know what other information there is about this)

From the US publisher's (Putnam) catalog, a brief description, coming soon to a bookseller website near you:

Tito is in his early 20s. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer.

Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine; she's used to that. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. Really, actively blocking it. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hoillis lets herself to think about it much. Which she doesn't; she can’t afford to do.

Milgrim is a junkie. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription anti-anxiety drugs. Milgrim figures he wouldn’t survive twenty-four hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying the little bubble-packs. What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. At least, Milgrim's very nuanced Russian would seem to be a big part of it, as would breaking into locked rooms.

Bobby Chombo is a "producer", and an enigma. In his day job, Bobby is a trouble-shooter for manufacturers of military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him.

Pattern Recognition was a bestseller on every list of every major newspaper in the country, reaching #4 on the New York Times list. It was also a Book Sense top ten pick, a Wordstock bestseller, a best book of the year for Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and the Economist, and a Washington Post "rave."

Spook Country is the perfect follow-up to Pattern Recognition, which was called by The Washington Post (among many glowing reviews), "One of the first authentic and vital novels of the twenty-first century."

*rubs hands together expectantly*

Thanks Tiger!!!

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Hoillis

Sounds good, now please insure advance copies are shipped to all wgb members regardless of post count.

we've told you, its not big enough, you're not getting one!

Yes, you have to be over...