here's the deal. anyone in The Hardcovers can post to this. i'd even let Richard Papin log in and give it a go. So let's out with the stories of horror at the bookstore when you read the description on the back of NIMBUS: AN ATLAS OF WHAT PEOPLE WON'T READ EVEN IF WINE'S INVOLVED. tell us why on earth we'd want to read "Harry Potter For Adults" instead. (more LOTR or HP?)
as an aside, just to illustrate how fantasy illiterate i truly am, the other day i got a misdirected IM from a friend that i hadn't spoken to in AGES and had honestly presumed dead: "John B says Voldemort is here." i was all "did voldemort go to MIT with us?" (hey. it's not out of the realm of possibility.)
Anyway. For this to be worth our while other peeps, peeps who don't work on a trading desk and who don't have peering eyes every second of every day hounding them with their accusatory looks and their "don't you dare miss trading at your levels!" implications, need to start bringing it. i realise it's a little hard at present as we don't have a book to discuss. but really. i don't think anyone in this crowd's ever been at a loss for words before. uh oh. the desk mates return.
UPDATE: jobless recovery continues in the US. you can stop gloating now about the one off in October, Mr. Mandate. heh. i said mandate.
