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THE GHOST BRIGADES by John Scalzi (Tor)

wfzimmerman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:34:17 +0000

John Scalzi, Tor

A significant improvement over his debut novel, OLD MAN’S WAR. Scalzi has ditched the annoying protagonist of OLD MAN’S WAR (annoying not because he was an old geezer, but because he was in advertising) and is focusing on the third human species in his Colonial world: the creche-born Special Forces, or “Ghost Brigades.” A good action story and a surprisingly thoughtful meditation on the meaning of identity. It will be interesting to see what Scalzi does next.

Google Book Search processing status

wfzimmerman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:04:12 +0000

Feb 2005: 2 books received, 2 live
Dec 8 2005: 12 books received, 2 live, 1 processing
Jan 18 2005: 1 book received, 2 live, 13 processing

Signs of movement! Any one else care to share their status?

Jan 26 2006: 2 received, 12 processing, 3 live. It took about seven weeks for book #3 to go from processing to live. It’s not quite all the way live yet — not showing up when I click on the book link — but I presume that will fix itself in short order.

Amazon.com Produces Bill Maher Show

wfzimmerman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:10:13 +0000

“Amazon has included me in an opportunity to provide top-shelf television-style programming live on the world’s computer screens,” said Maher. “To hold forth with the industry’s very best actors, directors, musicians, authors — I’m thrilled to be on the cutting edge of this.”Produced and distributed exclusively by Amazon.com, “Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher” will be streamed live for 12 Thursday nights this summer through a high-definition media player on Amazon.com. In addition to musical performances and interviews, every episode will feature a surprise UPS Special Delivery to a randomly selected customer. Last summer, UPS helped Amazon.com celebrate its 10th anniversary by surprising dozens of customers across the country who opened their doors to find a UPS driver alongside their favorite stars, such as Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Nick Lachey, and Jeff Bridges. Amazon.com and UPS will make more UPS Special Deliveries this summer, and the “Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher” video crew will capture the action for viewers.

Mystery font

wfzimmerman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:57:00 +0000

Name the mystery font above.