Brief hiatus
I'm in Yokohama. It's foggy, the daytime temperature hits 30 degrees with 60% humidity so it's like walking around in a sauna, and while the trains are great, I wouldn't recommend Ferris wheels as a tool for overcoming jet lag. More later, when I'm fully acclimatized and have something to say.
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I went on that monster ferris wheel in Yokohama, it was fun. It would be a scary ride if it wasn't all enclosed in glass.
Posted by: Luke Jackson | August 29, 2007 12:16 AM
>30 degrees with 60% humidity so it's like walking around in >a sauna
Welcome to Japan. And yes, it was much worse earlier this month (don't mention july). Japanese usually have a small, wet towel with them, which is quite useful in that weather.
Posted by: Andreas Morlok | August 29, 2007 3:36 AM
Try the view from the top of the government building (free lift) in Shinjuku, at night. It's the most incredible metropolis landscape I've ever seen.
I hope to see you at the WorldCon, and enjoy this strange planet that is Japan!
Posted by: Sébastien Cevey | August 29, 2007 6:17 AM
Hi Charles,
Just thought you might like to know that I've just reviewed The Jennifer Morgue and Halting State (both UK editions) on my blog =D
http://thebookswede.blogspot.com/2007/08/jennifer-morgue.html
http://thebookswede.blogspot.com/2007/08/advanced-review-halting-state.html
Best,
Chris
Posted by: Chris (The Book Swede) | August 29, 2007 11:44 AM
I hope you have a great trip, Charlie! I just purchased Jennifer Morgue yesterday and I can't wait to sink my teeth in it! :-D
Posted by: Zoid | August 29, 2007 12:07 PM
Come to Trinidad, Charlie!
No, seriously, come to Trinidad.
Posted by: Noel Maurer | August 29, 2007 6:36 PM
To: Andreas (@2)
Wouldn't a dry towel work a bit better? At least for a while? :)
Posted by: Gerry W | August 29, 2007 9:09 PM
@ 7:
No, a wet towel (use cold water). Really helps on such days.
Posted by: Andreas Morlok | August 30, 2007 3:00 AM
Wait, wait. 60% humidity is like a sauna for you? That would be a really dry day for me -- both here in Puerto Rico, where our dry days are 72% (I check) and in Indiana in the summertime where our dry days are anything less than 98%. I'll see your Japan and raise you my entire life.
Also: why is a writer of ninja fiction only now visiting Japan?
Also also: I just finished Glasshouse. Double plus wow!
Posted by: Michael | September 3, 2007 3:25 AM
Michael @9: This is Charlie's first public visit to Japan. Previously he visited in ninja-mode; silent, invisible.
As for the Cosmo Clock-Ferris Wheel, I have a thing about heights and big glass windows; I'm not going up in that thing. Maybe if they let me lie on the floor....
Posted by: NelC | September 4, 2007 12:25 AM