Probably not from Theresa, Charlie, but possibly from Teresa. That is to say, Carlie.

Ha. I spent over a month working there.

True, it was a temp position that was basically menial, mostly involving picking up stuff, reporting on stuff, keeping whiteboards clean, checking in by radio as to what was up with such and such, and so on. But it was still many weeks of wandering in and out and Observing Everything.

So it goes at the Big Spiral Toilet.

Of course, the bad news is that once again you're up against Ted Chiang....

great!

Good to hear.
I can't wait to start selling Festival of Fools, it reads VERY well, in fact, I'm going to have to cry now that I know how long I may well have to wait for the sequel.

Congratulations, Charlie. I certainly look forward to seeing what you'll do with fantasy....

I just wish the first damn novel would show up... ;-)

Edited by author 11-23-2002 07:57 PM
> Good gracious, a _cute_ cover, no less.

Indeed, I want to know what the large font is. (I know what the small one is)

Good gracious, a _cute_ cover, no less.

I'd like to also ack Duncan's recomendation on Spectrum SF. Beside's the serialization of Charles's novel (which is excellent by the way), I have yet to read a story that was 2nd rate. IMHO, the quality is superior to the US magazines and the writers better (well, I do favor British SF authors anyhow). Many of my top Hugo nominations for 2001 ( http://www.nesfa.org/hugos01.html - I have initals sg) and 2002 (http://www.nesfa.org/hugos02.html) come from the magazine.

I'm just a mere fan but I do have a SF page at http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ScienceFiction.htm and a Radio log (which includes SF) at http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/

Hope you're feeling better, and, yes: please do post the next in the series.

Patrick: re /m10 -- I'm not 100% certain but I think the rec.arts.sf.composition usage was coined by Mary Gentle. So it's quite possible she picked it up from Theresa and mutated it.

Sorry to be a bit vague, but I've come down with my semiannual seasonal change cold, I'm recovering from a six-hour-long fever, and my sinsuses are in Shoggoth emulation mode (exuding copious volumes of lovecraftian adjectival gunk).

Back to the sick-bed ...

I'd love to see the sequel to this posted.

As a small token of my appreciation, I offer this parallel meme to your cat hoovering: at Caltech, the common parlance for the exact same activity is "flicking." E.g., http://www.flick.com/flicking.html

Toast rocked, btw. Enjoyable collection. Thank you.

I just don't believe that Charlie is capable of shameless self-promotion.

But that isn't one of _my_ scruples...

http://lowendpc.com/box/2002/0515.html

"Cat hoovering"!

I'm charmed; this appears to be descended from Teresa's phrase for the same behavior, "vacuuming the cat." (Related phrase: Pat Mueller's "waxing the ceiling.")