As Others See Us Of The Day

[coalescent]

Noodling around on Amazon, I stumble upon the paperback of Lydia Millet's Oh Pure and Radiant Heart. It does not say "nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award" on the cover; instead, the uncredited "synopsis" concludes:

"Oh Pure and Radiant Heart" is no more a SF novel than "The Time-Traveller's Wife". Instead, it is a powerful and original fiction of responsibility and guilt, today's America, and the peculiar terrors of our nuclear world.

However, customers who bought this item also bought Gradisil, Nova Swing, and Hav (and the paperback for the latter carries an Ursula le Guin blurb, which suggests they're not ignoring the sf market, at least). Ha.

Comments

[talvalin.livejournal.com]

You're just bitter than he made the poll before you did.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

That poll didn't even exist when I wrote this!

[talvalin.livejournal.com]

Two LJ blunders in as many days. This is what happens you read fragments of posts out of order.

Don't suppose I could swap you Vellum for Red Seas Under Red Skies?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Given that I won't be giving him Red Seas until Mr H's gig, I'm guessing that'll be tricky.

[talvalin.livejournal.com]

Oh. I thought he already had it. :(

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Do some bloody reviews yourself.

[talvalin.livejournal.com]

Well, I asked Niall about The Dreaming Void...

I may have meant Ink when I said Vellum. I recall offering it before and you said something about not wanting to reread Vellum again (which you did lend me and I need to return).

How about End Of The World Blues?

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

How about End Of The World Blues?

Pfft.

Have you got a paperback of Locke Lamora? I'll swap you that for the trade of it and lend you Red Skies at the same time.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Don't suppose I could swap you Vellum for Red Seas Under Red Skies?

What does this mean? I have both. Or did I lend you Vellum?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Wait, so I don't need to give you the Lynch after all? I'm confused.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

No, no I don't have it yet. I was just baffled by what Lal thought he was bringing to the table. Nothing, it would appear. Worst barterer ever.

By the way, Theft is hands down the book of the year.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

By the way, Theft is hands down the book of the year.

Not the book of last year? :-p

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Not the book of last year? :-p

In my world it was published on the 7th June 2007.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I always forget you're on PST.