Man, oh, man; I should get a triple dosage of lightning from the clear blue sky, ’cause I received my very own copy of “You’re not Fooling Anyone When You Take your Laptop to a Coffee Shop; Scalzi on Writing”. It’s easily the most expensive book I’ve ever bought, but I really couldn’t care less about the money.
Why? The book is a signed limited first edition (and there will probably only be one edition ever ). John Scalzi has doodled his name over an entire page, which is so awesome that you couldn’t believe it if I told you. I wasn’t aware that it was signed when I ordered it, nor did I know that there were only printed 500 copies (my copy is number 342). It’s like combining Christmas and your 18th birthday into one super rad book.
I will be posting pictures of this one, so stay tuned for more heavenly Scalzi pimpage. 
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So. I should probably read something of this guy’s soon, eh, to try to understand what the big deal is?
29. March 2007 @ 00:04 ( Permalink )
I like the books, but I’m not so sure you would like them. I read them mostly because of Scalzi’s writing style, not because his books are fantastic. Nice, fast and good reads, and you shouldn’t expect anything more from them.
I saw “Old Man’s War” in Outland when I visited Trondheim. Buy that one, read it in a day or two, and if you like it; buy “the Android’s Dream” on net, which his best book to date.
29. March 2007 @ 16:20 ( Permalink )