Kevin's Watch

Colin R. Grimes: Hello, Stephen!

I was wondering if you were aware that Amazon.com.uk is currently taking orders for "Against All Things Ending" with a listed release date of October 28, 2010. Has Orion/Gollancz declared "delivery and acceptance"? Is someone just hopefully jumping the gun? Or are the Brits just that much faster at recognizing your genius? <smile>





No, I wasn't aware. My publishers never tell me such things. The Brits have definitely jumped the gun. But not without reason: they've seen (and liked) the second draft; they know when I've promised to deliver the third draft; and they know from experience that I'm a man of my word. So they are not being irrationally optimistic.

(10/28/2009)

'just' a year to go then !

Hooray!

Great! Only a year or so to go then! Can't they just release it as is? I'm willing to pay double!

ellll

Woo hoo!!!!


wait ...

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that's for UK release ... what about Canada?... probably like Gilliam's Imaginarium,,, UK get's early release date and we get an ugly, much-later, release date...

Hmm...I'm in Ohio... that's close to Canada... and if I recall correctly, I think the US has recieved the publications before the UK... I could try to illegally smuggle a copy into Canada

Orlion wrote:Hmm...I'm in Ohio... that's close to Canada... and if I recall correctly, I think the US has recieved the publications before the UK... I could try to illegally smuggle a copy into Canada

I can see it now...

"Whatcha in for?"
"Murdered 15 nuns and orphans. How bout you?"
"Smuggled a book into Canada"
"Wow, you're hardcore!"

He'll have to sit on the "Group W" bench for the rest of his days...

Wow, thanks for the link!

We did a few Alices Restaurant references (strictly from memory) in last week's Win Wayfriend's Money, but I had not heard the Massacre, nor seen movie clips in over 20 years. My wife (of 22 years next spring) had heard me do bits from it (too many times!), but professed that this was the first time she'd actually seen/heard the source material.

Anyway, Orlion, hope you do not get caught. It would be sad to later be found to be not moral enough to join the Army (etc...listen to the routine) after being convicted as a book-smuggler.

No good deed goes unpunished...

Savor Dam wrote:Wow, thanks for the link!

We did a few Alices Restaurant references (strictly from memory) in last week's Win Wayfriend's Money, but I had not heard the Massacre, nor seen movie clips in over 20 years. My wife (of 22 years next spring) had heard me do bits from it (too many times!), but professed that this was the first time she'd actually seen/heard the source material.

You're welcome, but *tsk*

I posted links to all the parts of the movie I could find in the Anti-war Song thread in Vespers...

Here's the follow-up post with more of the links. I'm hoping to find the rest for the entire movie for Thanksgiving. I've never seen it myself.

Menolly wrote:I posted links to all the parts of the movie I could find in the Anti-war Song thread in Vespers...

So you did. Actually, I was surprised you didn't cite a back-to-back set list of "The Box" and "One Tin Soldier" there.

Savor Dam wrote:

Menolly wrote:I posted links to all the parts of the movie I could find in the Anti-war Song thread in Vespers...

So you did. Actually, I was surprised you didn't cite a back-to-back set list of "The Box" and "One Tin Soldier" there.

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Has anyone else done that?

Not as yet. It's sort of a signature piece for you. Go for it!
{edit: I see that you already have done so.}

(time to negotiate an end to this thread hijacking...)

Akasri wrote:

Orlion wrote:Hmm...I'm in Ohio... that's close to Canada... and if I recall correctly, I think the US has recieved the publications before the UK... I could try to illegally smuggle a copy into Canada

I can see it now...

"Whatcha in for?"
"Murdered 15 nuns and orphans. How bout you?"
"Smuggled a book into Canada"
"Wow, you're hardcore!"

...
oh, wait ...


hey .... not fair ....