[TAG] OT: New Book

[Ben Okopnik]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:31:13PM -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:28:16PM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:11:52PM -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 08:04:07PM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > > > Your quote gremlins acting up again, Rick? I've beaten mine about the
> > > > head and shoulders with an unbated ablative absolute,
> > > 
> > > You've read the new book?
> > 
> > [perk] New? Do tell.
> 
> I scooped *you*?
> 
> Cool.
> 
> _For Us, The Living_; Robert Heinlein's first novel; written in 1938 or
> so, and lost until last June or so.

Daaaamn. I _thought_ "Grumbles from the Grave" sounded a tad
prophetic...

> In stores, as they say, now.

And in my hands, soon. ([sigh] Yeah, yeah, a dozen or so books piled
next to me and needing to be read *now*. [shrug] So it goes. What are
they going to do, not let me die when the time comes until I've read
them all?)

> My review is in my weblog.

Not *now*, Jay; I haven't trawled through lileks.com since "Regrettable
Food" came out. I'll get to you eventually. :)


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