Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:16:37 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>, <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: English? Finnish?  Darn languages ...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> <whitroth at 5-cent.us> 11/11/2010 10:02 AM >>>
>Michael Walsh wrote:
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/09/hannu-rajaniemi-quantum-thie=
f=
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/32ourwn
>
>The top one gave me a 404.

I generally email to both lists and because WSFAlist trims/breaks long =
urls, I include the tinyurl version for your reading convenience.  Don't =
want anyone to miss out on my captivating links <g>

> When I got to the review...

Well .... it wasn't a review, it was a piece about the author.

The book  - in both cloth & trade pb - has sold out three printings (no, I =
don't know the quantity) in the UK.   Tor has it out next year.

>I don't want to
>read the plot, dammit!
>
>On the other hand... Finnish... Some day, I'm going to write a book, and
>have it sprinkled with quotes in Cymry (Welsh, to you) and Finnish, to =
get
>even with all the snobs who sprinkle theirs, knowing, well, *everyone*
>knows French and Latin.

Just wait for something with dialog in Baltimorese.

mjw