I'm all a-quiver. I checked the tracking -- my copy was in Albuquerque last night...
On 9/27/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They're probably checking to make sure you're old enough to read the > X-rated parts. > > > On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > 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 > -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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