Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 17:29:57 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Life, Such As It Is Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> So.... it's always interesting when the dentist, upon looking at the = dental problem, goes "Oh my..." For the abcess I got a suppy of 500 mg amoxicillin. Usual dosage is every = 8 or 12 hours. Mine is every 6 hours for a week, with an initial hit of = 1000 mg. =20 For the pain, and oh my was there..., I have 500 mg capsules of oxycodone. After the dental appointment, which took long only bacause I was a last = minute squeezed in appointment, and after getting drugs, it was close to = 2.30pm, which meant I had been more or less awake since Thursday 7am... 31 = hours. =20 With one oxcodone down the gullet, boy did I sleep soundly... Spent Saturday doing next to nothing, just reading Bones of the Earth by = Michael Swanwick. Today, in the office for a bit to try to catch up on the email. Monday, = off to NYC again, back in loverly Bawlmur Tuesday evening. Saturday off = to London - and boy am I glad this medical adventure happened here and not = Over There. ....................... Speaking of London.... that brings to mind Da Hugos. Since two of the = novel Hugo nominees are UK only, if anyone wants me to pick up copies of = either or both, let me know.=20 River of Gods by Ian McDonald appears to be available in 3 editions: =A37.99 "mass market" size, which came out in April =A312.99 trade pb, published simultaneously with the hardcover =A317.99 hardcover The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks =A317.99 hardcover - there is a paperback, but scheduled for July, after = Hugo voting closes. As for exchange rates, it'll be a bit more than doubling the UK price and = adding a dollar sign, so =A317.99 works out to $36.00. My price may be a = bit more... and since I'll be returning to the Statres at 4pm on the 20th, = I can bring the booty directly to WSFA. Heck, I may even stay awake! If anyone is interested, let me know OFF LIST. ................................. Banging Ones Head on the Wall Dept. The current Asimovs has a very nice review of DAVY that I reissued = (http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0506/onbooks.shtml, it's the penultimate = book reviewed). On 5 April the Amazon sales rank was 378,600. It's = currently.... drum roll please... 863,056. Granted Amazon sales ranking = are not the the only way to gauge the success of a book, but it is an = indicator. The Ingram and Baker & Taylor numbers are less than thrilling = too... "Hey, it's not part of an endless series... why bother? I like my = extruded genre filler..." (That was Mr Cranky speaking... must be the = drugs.) ...................................... Best recent Lovecraftian horror: http://onion.com/news/index.php?issue=3D41= 18&n=3D1=20 ...................................... Robert Sheckley is ill, gravely ill it seems: http://locusmag.com/ .=20 mjw