Mine has not yet arrived. I *Know* I ordered mine before Stephen did. --Doug
-- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On 9/26/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Merci! > > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > > > The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!! > > > > -S > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pamela McCorduck > >> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:55 AM > >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Shameless self-promotion > >> > >> One of our complexity scientists in this novel claims she > >> plays the piano passably. > >> > >> > >> On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> What?! No saxophone-playing complexity scientists? > >> FRIAM has at *least* two of those... > >> > >> Hmph. See if *I* read your novel. > >> > >> ;-} > >> > >> Seriously, congrats, Pamela! > >> > >> --Doug > >> > >> -- > >> Doug Roberts, RTI International > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> 505-455-7333 - Office > >> 505-670-8195 - Cell > >> > >> On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> released. The authors' copies arrived last > >> night. Set mostly in Santa > >> Fe, though parts of it are set in Frankfurt and > >> Munich, Germany and two > >> of the major characters come from New York City. > >> > >> Here's the copy blurb: > >> > >> An internationally renowned scientist who fears > >> she's taken one > >> scientific risk too many; a distinguished > >> archaeologist who's haunted > >> by taking too few; a world famous financier > >> who's lost everything > >> except his money; an art gallery owner with a > >> heartbreaking burden; a > >> fugitive filmmaker; the head of a battered > >> women's shelter--these are > >> some of the people who find themselves at the > >> end of the Old Santa Fe > >> Trail at the end of the 20th century. Chance > >> has brought them from all > >> over to beautiful legendary Santa Fe, New > >> Mexico, where they shape, > >> illuminate, and even deform each other's lives > >> unexpectedly, as if on > >> the very edge of chaos. > >> > >> This edge of chaos, a scientific term for that > >> slender territory > >> between frozen predictabililty and hopeless > >> disorder, is a dangerously > >> unstable place. Learning and change can only > >> happen there, but always > >> under threat of sliding back to frozen > >> order--or over into the chaotic > >> abyss. And Santa Fe's sons and daughters, even > >> now, keep a precarious > >> foothold on The Edge of Chaos, bringing their > >> own pasts and their > >> city's rich history into an uncertain but > >> exhilarating future. > >> > >> Available on Amazon: > >> > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/Edge-Chaos-Pamela-McCorduck/dp/0865345783/ > >> ref=sr_1_2/102-5640244-6038511?ie=UTF > >> > >> Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but > >> getting a book out is about > >> like having a baby, except it takes longer. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> "A little patience, and we shall see the reign > >> of witches pass over, > >> their spells dissolve, and the people, > >> recovering their true sight, > >> restore their government to its true > >> principles. It is true that in > >> the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, > >> and incurring the > >> horrors of war and long oppressions of enormous > >> public debt...If the > >> game runs sometimes against us at home we must > >> have patience till luck > >> turns, and then we shall have the opportunity > >> of winning back the > >> principles we have lost, for this is a game > >> where principles are at > >> stake." > >> > >> > >> Thomas Jefferson > >> > >> > >> > >> ============================================================ > >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at > >> http://www.friam.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. A hope > fulfilled is already half a disappointment." > > Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish Policemen's > Union" > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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