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  1. March 20, 2009 · 32 words

    To A Cold Climate

    I’m leaving town for a few days— not, alas, on a signing tour or anything.I don’t know how much I’ll be able to check online, so play nice while I’m gone.

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  2. March 19, 2009 · 203 words

    Special Cool TINAG Web Page!

    Orbit has created a special web page just for This Is Not a Game. There are descriptions of the book, a thrilling excerpt, and a special surprise Not a Game, which I won’t spoil by giving away here.Elsewhere in cyberspace, Sci Fi Wire has reviewed TINAG:“Dagmar Shaw is our main protagonist in this novel, which [&hellip

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  3. March 18, 2009 · 28 words

    It’s Here!

    This Is Not a Game is available on Amazon! In the immortal words of William Mulholland: “There it is. Take it.” (Thanks to Ralf for pointing this out.)

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  4. March 16, 2009 · 14 words

    Start the Drinking Early

    Happy St. Urho’s Day, everybody! I hope you’re all wearing the Green and Purple.

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  5. March 16, 2009 · 110 words

    The Financial News

    For those who still have questions about the Madoff scandal, enlightenment may be found courtesy of those lovable characters on Sesame Street. Meanwhile, in Metropolis, Lex Luthor asks the government for a bailout. And, as a followup to the classic Jon Stewart evisceration of Rick Santelli and CNBC, we have the utter c

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  6. March 14, 2009 · 100 words

    Toy Time

    I have replaced the sad, smashed Altima with a new toy, a brand-new Eclipse GS. (I just keep buying silver sporty cars. Can’t help myself.) The 2.4 liter engine will keep this little honey zipping along the roads in style. It’s a lot less expensive than the Altima, will get better mileage, and will probably […]

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  7. March 14, 2009 · 430 words

    Playing With the Prius

    While I’ve been sorting out my car situation, I’ve been renting a Prius. I didn’t ask for one, but Hertz was short on cars that day and gave it to me anyway.I considered a hybrid when I was looking for a car last year, but I decided against it. I live far out in the […]

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  8. March 14, 2009 · 32 words

    Dear Mr. Obama . . .

    Nationalize the freakin’ bad banks already!You can always sell them later.It’s the uncertainty that’s killing the markets.What’s the problem— afraid the Republicans will call you a socialist, or something?

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  9. March 14, 2009 · 166 words

    Re-Reading Hardwired

    I’m quoting here from an email I sent to highly intelligent reader Jason Thomas, about re-reading my own book for the first time in twenty-odd years, this when I had to correct the Night Shade edition. It occurred to me that the things the reader was supposed to find shocking, back when I wrote the […]

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  10. March 12, 2009 · 86 words

    More Happy Internets Praises!

    entertheoctopus has reviewed This Is Not a Game.. . . This is a novel that’s truly of the internet age; most of the behind-the-scenes action happening in the pages would have been inconceivable only a decade ago. However, that doesn’t mean that readers have to be familiar with the tech to appreciate the story. This [&h

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  11. March 12, 2009 · 35 words

    Requiescat in Pace

    The insurance company has written off my car. Alas. I was really getting quite fond of it. Now I have to go out and find a new one. And me still creaking when I walk.

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  12. March 9, 2009 · 52 words

    Giveaway! Free Me!

    Fantasy Book Critic is giving away free copies of This Is Not a Game! Three copies of the British edition, and three copies of the US, will be given to readers on their respective continents. You are required to do nothing more than submit your name and address. Sign up here.

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