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Commented on Charles Stross, Kingmaker
I bought Child of Fire from the Google ebookstore and enjoyed it a lot. Strangely they aren't showing the second volume as being available, can you prod somebody to fix that? The premise reminds me of the 3x3 Eyes manga...
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Apparently the TruFocals design requires circular lenses. There's an alternate approach based on liquid crystal diffraction patterns, it switches between two fixed focus settings but should work with any lens shape. The prototype presumably wasn't going for stylishness though: http://www.gizmag.com/go/5516/...

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Feòrag commented on Charles Stross, Kingmaker
It appears to require PHP, which rules it out....
adrian.wontroba commented on Charles Stross, Kingmaker
delurks I had never heard of HC before, but I bought both books from Amazon UK on the strength of Charlie's recommendation. I enjoyed both, so much so that I read them in a single sitting. I've previously enjoyed books recommended by Charlie. So occasional blog recommendations from a trusted source do work, on me at least. I'd loose interest if the recommendations were too frequent....
Harry Connolly commented on Charles Stross, Kingmaker
Tim and Ryk, I'm perfectly comfortable sharing the "Stross bump" in Bookscan terms, but less so with my other sales. I will say that the weeks previous to my guest blogging gig showed very steady sales with little variation (so steady, in fact, that I was a little suspicious of them) but the 40-book bump is well outside the typical range. Not that I'm a statistician. And thank you to everyone who has bought and tried my books. I'm glad you enjoyed them. Please tell your friends! As an author just starting out, word of mouth is what determines success...
Harry Connolly commented on Charles Stross, Kingmaker
Klaus, I did prod someone about it a short while ago. Apparently, Google had a problem with the file Random House sent them for Game of Cages and it hasn't been sorted yet. I'll send another note to see if it can be fixed. Thanks again, everyone....
Harry Connolly commented on Charles Stross, Kingmaker
Klaus, check the Google bookstore in about two weeks. RH has a number of files they need to send and, you know, big companies and all....

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Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)

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